Mining the Audio Motherlode, Volume 57 (MP3s)

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

"Some outrageously wonderful music to share with you this week..."

Yeah, I realize I'm starting to sound like a broken record here, but the astonishing abundance of free unbroken records available online is simply impossible to wrap your head around. I ask you, has there ever been a better time to be alive and have ears? The problem is, how do you take it all in? You could personally spend an absurd number of hours clicking from blog to blog trying to keep track of it all, or you could rely on Mining the Audio Motherlode to do it for you.

This column is all about obsessively digging up and sharing the phenomenal, rare, out of print recordings buried all over the Internet. While assembling this weekly survey is a labor of love, paying for the server space and bandwidth it takes to maintain this blog—and WFMU, the non-profit radio station that hosts it—costs cold hard cash. So, once a year we ask you to do some sharing too. Before scrolling down to have a go at this week's goodies, please take a moment to pledge your support to WFMU.

As an added incentive for your gift, I am offering Love Your Motherlode, a CD compilation of my favorite tracks from my favorite downloads offered in this space over the past year. (For more info, go here.) Many thanks!

Umkhonto We Sizwe!
Various  ~  "South African Freedom Songs"
(Forum: Zero G Sound)
From the album: U-Machel (mp3) by Sechaba Zambia

Axe Murderers
Various  ~  "West Coast Guitar Killers"
Volume 1 | Volume 2
(Blog: Twilightzone!)
[PW = rideyourpony]

Steel This Guitar
Jenks "Tex" Carman  ~  "Jenks "Tex" Carman"
(Blog: Allen's Archive of Early...)
From the album: Wreck of Old No. 9 (mp3)

Mr. Elegance
Jimmy Scott  ~  "The Source"
(Blog: Singers Saints)

Brazil in 1938: Be Hear Now
Various  ~  "Missão de Pesquisas Folclóricas"  (6 CDs)
(Blog: Vila de Patos)

Pilantragem Power!
Wilson Simonal  ~  "Vou Deixar Cair"
(Blog: Loronix)
From the album: Mamae Passou Acucar Em Mim (mp3)

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

[Sister Hairy Hymen]

I cant beleive I am the first to comment on this Update, all the album in this one are super cool, the Guitar killers and the South Africa freedom songs are esp top nothch!