Overall = 2.7 (10) ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Vinicius Cantuaria - Psychedelic Rio - Sunnyside, 2024. ๐ง๐ท ๐ตโ๐ซ โ: I might describe this as Dreamy Brazilian Cowboy music rather than Psychedelic Rio. Perhaps the lyrics are the trippy part and I just don't understand Portuguese? The album has some creative guitar work and the songs create… Continue reading In The Stacks 5/10/26
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In The Stacks 4/5/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Vinicius Cantuรกria- Sol Na Cara - Gramavision/Rykodisc, 1996. ๐ง๐ท ๐ฃ๏ธโ๐ ๐ธ ๐๏ธ ๐ ๐๐ฎ: A beautiful, drifting and languid, modern Brazilian recording. This was Mr. Cantuรกriaโs first International album and he had released several albums in Brazil prior. There is a very subtle use of electronics that I love and he employs… Continue reading In The Stacks 4/5/26
In The Stacks 3/11/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix ๐ฆด- Ancient to the Future (The Old New!) - New Icon Boogie Down Productions - Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hip Hop - Zomba, 1989. ๐คโฐ๏ธ๐๐ฝ โ๏ธ: Education. These songs all focus on teaching something: the history of Hip Hop; rewritten/overwritten Black History; the history of Boogie Down Productions; police violence - without… Continue reading In The Stacks 3/11/26
In The Stacks 2/25/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix New icon! ๐ฅ - Drunk ass music VA - Bossa Copa: Un Show de Bossa en Bossa Copa - Historia De la Bossa Nova, 1966. ๐ง๐ท โ โบ๐๏ธ: A collection of live Bossa Nova that appears as if it were a concert recording, but seems to actually be a sampler from the… Continue reading In The Stacks 2/25/26
In the Stacks 1/26/26
ItS Intro/Key Play/Mix Luiz Bonfรก - IAmor! The Fabulous Guitar of Luiz Bonfรก - Atlantic/Collectibles, 1958. ๐ง๐ท๐ธ โ: Lovely guitar playing by a master, who performs Sambas, Bossas, Jazz Standards and mostly originals. There are many solo pieces, but also wonderful tracks featuring bleary vibraphone and mellophone. If anything the album is too short, but… Continue reading In the Stacks 1/26/26