Mining the Audio Motherlode, Vol. 31 (MP3s)

Give the Drummer Some's
6 Favorite Downloads from the MP3 Blogosphere

For this first post of September, here's a pop quiz to pump up that back-to-school spirit: What do Patsy Cline's fellow plane-crash victim Hawkshaw Hawkins, elegant early jazz arranger/band leader Don Redman and "Brady Bunch"-theme composer Frank DeVol all have in common? Give up? They are all 2009 inductees into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame. (Soupy Sales was considered, but didn't make the cut.)

Inspired by a recent week spent feeding chickens and downing buckwheat cakes in the Mountain State, the Miner is kicking off this week's selections with yet another WVMHOF '09 inductee, the Bailes Brothers. Why, they're just like West Virginia's motto: Wild and wonderful.

Brother Act from Kanawha County, WV
Bailes Brothers  ~  "Avenue of Prayer"
Nifty cover scan here
(Jeremy's Saggy Record Cabinet)
From the album: God's Hand Rules the World (mp3)

Holy Grail for Drummer Lovers
M'Boom  ~  "Re:Percussion"
(Fat Toro)
[Scroll down to Comments for working link]

 

Murdered in the Sivas Massacre of '93
Muhlis Akarsu  ~  "Asik Olan Durmaz Aglar" & "Aglam Gulum" (2 LPs)
(Blog: Sounds of Enlightenment)
From one of the albums: Yakma Beni Oldurursun (mp3)



Good Ol' Boy of Cuban Country
Guillermo Portabales  ~  "Sones Cubanos"
(Blog: El Negrio del Batey)
From the album: Esto Se Llama Montuno (mp3)

Get This Man A(nother) Drink
Abner Jay  ~  "Swaunee Water and Cocaine Blues"
(Blog: Allegory of Allergies)




You Bet Your Sweet Axé
Margareth Menezes  ~  "Margareth Menezes"
(Blog: Música da Boa)

Listen for music from these and other incredible finds on
Give the Drummer Some, Fridays on WFMU, 9 to Noon (ET).

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Comments

[Doug Schulkind]

A brief note about Mining the Audio Motherlode: The main focus here will be on
posts of rare and out-of-print recordings, but the blogs themselves are responsible
for the content they are providing.

A few helpful words about the downloads:
Follow the links provided to blog pages offering the downloads. Look for the download link on the page. (Occasionally, the link is listed in the Comments section. Also, if the original download link is no longer active, check further down in the string of comments; a new download link may be posted there.)

Some downloads deposit a folder on your desktop; others leave an rar. file, which needs to be opened using special software. This software is FREE and available online. (If you use a Mac, I highly recommend UnRarx.)

Some blogs provide passwords, which then must be entered when opening the rar. file. The password is typically listed right next to the original download link.

Be sure to search the archived pages at each individual blogs to find more musical gems. Also, check the blog rolls at each blog for leads to other great blogs.

Searching for a specific artist or album? Use Google's BlogSearch or the terrific music blog search engine Captain Crawl.

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

I had this album sitting on my shelf for a few years Just heard it today after seeing it here. Very cool indeed.

[Icastico]

Shameless self-promo-

middle eastern tinged jazz
http://penmallet.blogspot.com/2009/09/parahelion-fourth-when-technology-fails.html

[holland_oats]

10 download limit for m'boom!

[Icastico]

Look in the comments for another M'boom link.

[holland_oats]

thnx!