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A journey through South Africa primarily through the Gallo Records imprint, whose A&R through 1950 was run by Griffiths Motseiloa. We explore the mystery of “Rae Gae”, published in 1939, a full 30 years before Reggae became a genre, Mirabi music, Amapiano, and much more.
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Episode 173 explores the color and fabric of folk music from two disparate regions: SE Asia and SE United States, including folk recordings from Vietnam, Cambodia and Appalachia. Most artists are unidentified, except: GB Grayson, Bascom Lamar Lunsford, and Sylvester Weaver and a few others. “One evening, approximately 30 years ago, I went to a … Continued
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This episode covers the legacy of legendary bassist Richard Davis as a sideman for Roland Kirk, Jaki Byard, Andrew Hill, Gabor Szabo, Van Morrison, Janis Ian, Eric Dolphy, George Benson, Sonny Stitt, Phoebe Snow, Paul Simon and Sarah Vaughn. Renowned bassist Richard Davis passed away in September of 2023. This show will review only a … Continued
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A tribute to the late great Bobby Tench, and featuring samples of his recorded output as a sideman or as a leader including: The Gass, Jeff Beck, Ginger Baker, Freddy King, Streetwalker, Hummingbird, Topper Headon, Boxer, Joanna Connor, Roger Chapman, and Van Morrison. When ABOT does a tribute show, we try to do it for … Continued
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This is episode 167 of A Box of Toys where we review yet another obscure record label: Real World. Some of the artist that were of utmost interest include Mahmoud Tabrizi Zadeh, *Unknown Moroccan Musicians, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Orquesta Revé, Tabu Ley Rochereau, Remmy Ongala, *Musicians of the Nile, Sabri Brothers, Mama Mosambiki, Nibiro … Continued
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This record label review show (last of the Box of Toys “original series”) features Robot Records, out of San Antonio, Tx. Artists include Johnathan Coleclough, Andrew Chalk, Andreas Martin, A Mouse Orchestra, David Jackman, Kay Hoffman, Lempke Fuchs, Jacques Jejune and Fote.
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Our continuation of the Klanggalerie Label Review show including Charles Bobuck, Blaine Reninger, Charles Hayward, Jac Berrocal, Amy Denio, Hardy Fox, Blurt, Chrome, Severed Heads, Bourbonese Qualk, Storm Bugs, The Darkening Scale, Rabbit Rabbit Radio, Hula, and Non Toxique Lost.
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This week on A Box of Toys we will be rerunning Episode 80 from November 9, 2021. Staalplaat and Klanggalerie stable of artists reviewed and sampled including Blackhouse, Muslimgauze, Zoviet:France, Hafler Trio, Randy Greif, Clair Obscur, Merzbow, Charlemagne Palestine, konstructivists, Psychic TV, Thignpaulsandra, DDAA, Caroline K, RATL, and Snakefinger.
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Episode 166 covers a set of singles that were obtained from Unsound records. Unsound records has mix of Cairo (Egypt) & Montreal (Canada) avant garde artists. This episode includes Karkhana, Alvarius B, Jane and the Magic Bananas, Ed Yazijian, Clandestine Trio, The Dwarves of East Agouza, AAMM, A-Trio with Alan Bishop, Sam Shalabi, Sir Richard … Continued
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It’s a RERUN! But we’ll be back next week with a brand new show! Episode 75 – September 28, 2021 This week we dissect what makes a good DJ tick by tackling the monumental and obscure release by Shiro the Goodman from 2003 entitled Dance Crazy Until A Meal Rots. Samples include The Bug, Gold … Continued
