This the third full-length from expat duo Budokan Boys, Jeff T. Byrd and Michael Jeffrey Lee – Americans who met in New Orleans in 2012. Lenka Soukupová is featured on the recitation. - Popmatters.com (link to full review)

Philly born Burke (born James Solomon McDonald, March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010) was an American singer who shaped the sound of rhythm and blues as one of the founding fathers of soul music in the 1960s.[2] He has been called _a key transitional figure bridging R&B and soul_, and was known for his _prodigious output._ He symbolized the ways that spirituality and commerce, ecstasy and entertainment, sex and salvation, individualism and brotherhood, could blend in the world of 1960s soul music._ After the success of his _Papa's Got a Brand New Bag_ in late 1965, James Brown, believing he deserved to be crowned _King of Soul_, hired Burke to perform for one night in Chicago, but ended up paying not to perform but rather to watch him perform instead, expecting Burke also to surrender his crown and title to him.[117] According to Burke, _He paid me $7,500 to stand onstage and hand him my robe and crown. It was a great gig: I got paid and I didn't have to sing a note._[11][118] Burke accepted Brown's money, but retained his title and regal paraphernalia. -wiki

"Thgere is no information on this group, and perhaps they don't exist. The internetmachine says this -- In a jazz context, an organ trio is a group of three jazz musicians, typically consisting of a Hammond organ player, a drummer, and either a jazz guitarist or a saxophone player. In some cases, the saxophonist will join a trio that consists of an organist, guitarist, and drummer, making it a quartet."

"Weeks before the start of the pandemic, I captured these early spring sounds in a reserve where -- that same day -- I encountered my first fox. I've returned many times since, hoping for another glimpse. No luck!"

for many, the highlight of the DNC convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. She was back this week, charging people up in Michigan (see link). Quincy native & Harvard grad Sarah Hurwitz was speechwriter for Barack & Michelle…working with the first lady on this convention speech & saying, “I want to be clear that I did not come up with the line ‘When they go low, we go high.’ Mrs. Obama came up with that line – all I did was type it into the speech,” she wrote.

"Miyata (born 1938) is a shakuhachi flautist and composer. He performs both traditional and contemporary music. He recorded with Ensemble Nipponia in the United States in 1976. Among his students were Clive Bell, Fukuda Teruhisa, Larry Tyrrell, and Rodrigo Rodriguez. - wiki. As far as I can tell, this is his only solo studio album"

"Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun (see link); recorded at Music Inn in Lenox, MA & IN NYC. Milt Jackson, vibes; John Lewis, pno; Percy Heath, bass; Connie Kay, drums. "

"Williamson (born 1947 in Deadwood, SD) is an American feminist singer-songwriter and recording artist. She was a visible lesbian political activist during an era when few who were unconnected to the lesbian community were aware of gay and lesbian issues. Williamson's music and insight have served as a catalyst for change in the creation of women-owned record companies in the 1970s. Using her musical talents, networking with other artists working in women's music, and her willingness to represent those who did not yet feel safe in speaking for themselves, Williamson is credited by many in the LGBT community for her contributions, both artistically, and politically, and continues to be a role model for a younger generation hoping to address concerns and obtain recognition for achievements specific to people who have historically been ignored. - wiki"

"Produced by Elvis Costello. The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry - wiki"

Bass Guitar, Percussion, Chorus – John Clowry; Chorus, Voice [Laughing] – Jo Swan; Drums – Roy Dodds Guitar, Organ – Steve Robshaw; Percussion – Kenny Lacey Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Steve Mulligan Tenor Saxophone – Paul Dunmall; Violin – Pete Ridsdale; Vocals, Guitar, Organ, Double Bass, Percussion, Chorus – Pete Brandt

"Hjalkias is a Greek clarinetist born in 1934 in Kastania, Ioannina. He lived and worked in the United States from 1960 until 1979 and is now based in Athens. -Discogs.com"

"aka Gus Fairbairn, this is Deplume's 4th studio release, and the first of my discoveries of his music (he's now a frequent visitor to the Margin). He plays saxophone, composes music & poetry, sings, and is a busy collaborator & bandleader. His bandcamp page for it says, _Angus has built an audience in East London through his growing monthly development residency PEACH at the Total Refreshment Centre in Dalston. Featuring friends and special guests and a different improvisational live band every time, it has been described by Laura Barton from The Guardian as _one of the most thrilling performances I’ve seen this year; a reminder of how vital and adventurous music can be._

"Siberry (aka Jane Stewart, b: 1955 Toronto) is a prolific composer and composer learned piano from the age of four, predominantly teaching herself and developing her own concepts of notation and structure. At school she learned conventional music theory (as well as French horn) and taught herself to play guitar by working through Leonard Cohen songs. Her first song was completed at the age of seventeen. - wiki. I played her into the margin from my early days of DJ'ing, with her debut release _Jane Siberry_ that I understand she made as a prize for winning a coffeehouse competition in Guelph, Ontario. She now has 16 studio albums, plus another 5 to her name. She's had a long a complicated, ever-changing, inspiring musical career. "

Journey in Satchidananda is the fourth solo album by Alice Coltrane. Its title (and title track) reflects Coltrane's inspiration by Swami Satchidananda whom Coltrane had become close to while being his disciple. Made with Pharoah Sanders, Satchidananda is, in Hindu terms, the subjective experience of the ultimate unchanging reality… _truth, consciousness, bliss_

aka Agnieszka Skrzypek born 1976 in Warsaw. She's the first Polish singer to sign with Blue Note. This is off her 2nd of 8 studio albums. It went Platinum in Poland.

The story goes that this meditativce raga calm Shiva he “danced the Tandava destruction.” He was raging. The Goddess Pravati came along -- she was actually Shiva’s wife. Parvati created this raga Malkauns to calm Shiva’s rage. (see link for more on this album)

"Wilson's (1937-2018) works as vocalist spanned over five decades, from the mid 50s until her retirement in 2011. Contributing to the launch of her career were Cannonball Adderley's advice to move to New York City and John Levy's help in landing her first contract with Capitol Records in 1960. In the late 60s and during the 70s, she recorded also R&B, Soul and Disco music. - discogs"

Lincoln (1930-2023) was born Anna Marie Wooldridge in Chicago in 1930. She went through a succession of names, until the late ’50s at the beginning of her show business career, when she got some professional direction from Bob Russell, a song lyricist who became her manager. As she told JT back in 2003, “My manager named me after Abraham Lincoln. He said to me, ‘Since Abraham Lincoln didn’t free the slaves, maybe you can handle it,’ and I’ve been Abbey Lincoln ever since.” The “Abbey” was borrowed from Westminster Abbey. Roach and Brown had begun to develop this music in 1959 with a view to its performance in 1963 on the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation. The cover references the sit-in movement of the Civil Rights Movement. The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded the album one of its rare crown accolades, in addition to featuring it as part of its Core Collection. wiki (link for more)