Professor, blogger, DJ, curator, and music zealot Oliver Wang reveals even more Soul Sides... Village Voice.
snip... "Soul Sides Vol. 2: The Covers is out this week [on Zealous Records]: Dig the distorted, drum-centered take on Burt Bacharach's "Walk on By" by El Michels Affair, Héctor Lavoe's "Che Che Cole" as recast by Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, or how Al Green mishears the Beatles (much like Bob Dylan did) and belts out "I get hiiiigh" during his cover of "I Want to Hold Your Hand."
As if grading papers, blogging about disco mixes of ex-Temptation Eddie Kendricks at Soul Sides, and doing liners for the recent What It Is? box set wasn't enough, Wang also penned the investigative notes for two reissued albums by forgotten singer Betty Davis. Once the wife of Miles Davis (and suspected paramour of Jimi Hendrix), Mrs. Davis cut a handful of raw punk-funk albums and promptly fell off the grid for nearly 30 years, despite influencing two generations of dirty-minded musicians, from Prince to Prince Paul, Rick James to Lil' Kim. With the help of Wang and Seattle label Light in the Attic, Betty's music—her self-titled debut from 1973 and the following year's They Say I'm Different —is back in the spotlight for a new generation to dig."
Soul Sides Vol 1 is a killer compilation, check it. (weird local connection - Zealous Records also release Evermore's Dreams album in the US)Tuneage... check the Hood Intenernet, indie vs hiphop mashups, ie Go Team meets the Game, Ludacris meets Bonde Do Role...
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