Havana Cultura present a new project bringing the best of a new generation of Cuban musicians together to create an album of modern Cuban urban music.The launch party will be hosted by Gilles Peterson who will be spinning his favourite Cuban tracks from past to present. The 9-piece Havana Cultura Band will headline this Cuban [...]
I haven't even had chance to listen to this yet, but considering that Gilles Peterson Digs America was one of the best soul/jazz comps of the last few years I can't believe that this will be anything other than great.If you've already heard it, let me know what it's like - otherwise I'll try to pop back to let you know what I think.
VA - Gilles Peterson Brazilika [2009]The Far Out label has been Britain's foremost outlet for Brazilian music for the past fifteen years, and now Gilles Peterson - a long-standing friend and supporter of label founder Joe Davis - has fashioned a collage-style mix-tape culled from the vaults. "The pair released the first 'Brazilika' compilation on Gilles' Talking Loud label 15 years ago and now ...
I just met gilles Peterson, or Giels Peterson as he writes it - a 68 year old Norwegian man who speaks all the latin languages and was having breakfast next to me in the Saratoga dining room here in H...
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God has meant it good with me recently. After my final success in finding a job, he also hit my nose on two fabulous mixes respectively compilations of Brazilian music.After "Cultura Copia" of DJ Nuts, about which I lost some words ">here":http://mog.com/Hermes/blog_post/152529 I recently found this compilation of Gilles Peterson."Gilles Peterson in Brazil" covers a wide spectrum of Brazilian m...
Havana Cultura present a new project bringing the best of a new generation of Cuban musicians together to create an album of modern Cuban urban music.The launch party will be hosted by Gilles Peterson who will be spinning his favourite Cuban tracks from past to present. The 9-piece Havana Cultura Band will headline this Cuban [...]
Alright, lets get this straight. I hate Gilles Peterson. Not because he's an asshole (maybe he is, I don't know) but because he is just too good at what he does. I mean his tastes are impeccable (mostly), he's got any rare groove DJ's dream job - an internationally syndicated radio show on BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/), plus he gets paid to go to places like Brazil and Af...
It's time to cast votes for this year's Worldwide all winners. Tough choices to be made given how long the "list":http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/allwinners2006.shtml of nominees is this year. Hurry "over":http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gillespeterson/allwinners2006.shtml & vote before Dec. 13th!My thoughts:Track of the year1. Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators - 'Feeling Free' (Tim...