Welcome Zadie, Blue Mountain Project’s New Program Manager

Zadie Neufville

I am pleased to announce that The Blue Mountain Project ‘s long search for a new Program Manager is over. Zadie Neufville will join the Blue Mountain Project in January 2011. She brings a vast experience in the media and a strong interest in development issues. You can read all about her on the “our team” page. And those who make the trek to Hagley Gap will be able to meet her in person.  Read more... (219 words + 1 image)

Win David Rodigan CD!

Win David Rodigan’s “FabricLive 54″ CD

Courtesy of Fabric Live

David Rodigan has done a CD for Fabric, the ultra-hip London night spot, as part of their FABRICLIVE series.  Read more... (347 words + 1 image)

CD Review: Joan Soriano, El Duque de la Bachata

Joan Soriano, El Duque de la Bachata [iASO Records, 2010]

CD + DVD
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It would take a pile of adjectives to adequately describe the music on this album. We could start with delightful or catchy, perhaps, but we should quickly add melodious, animated and danceable. Then there’s luminous, effervescent and sparkling, which all belong even if they’re pretty much synonyms. Potent fits. Candid too, and rootsy. Some “in” words: infectious, involving, intense. Vivacious, yes; rhythmic, definitely; beautiful, absolutely.  Read more... (262 words + 1 image)

CD Review: Dubblestandart, Marijuana Dreams

Dubblestandart: Marijuana Dreams [Collision Cause of Chapter 3, 2010]

The cover promo blurb said “feat. Anthony B., Elephant Man, Lee Scratch Perry, William S. Burroughs, David Lynch, a.o.!”, therefore I approached this latest Dubblestandart release with some foreboding. No, it’s not Elephant Man I fear, scary though he tries to be. It’s Scratch. Last time out with Dubblestandart, he was ridiculously and childishly profane, a tiresome caricature of his former self, thus a disappointment. Not that the others involved with that last one were inspired either.  Read more... (311 words + 1 image)

CD Review: LJX, Brighter Days

LJX, Brighter Days, 2010
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www.sonicbids.com/lyndonjohnx

If you yearn for melodic, thoughtful, satisfying reggae music that’s rootsy in style yet contemporary in outlook, search no further. Toronto-based LJX (aka Lyndon John X) has created what you need under the title Brighter Days.  Read more... (306 words + 1 image)