Just so you know, Sarah did
well at tryouts on Saturday and made the cut. All she has to do now to
be able to officially call herself a rollergirl is complete a whopping 90
days of TXRD training. Cross your fingers! OK, I have a lot of
upcoming things that I could share today, but instead of any of that I'm
going the way of semi-new so that I can ramble about the Menahan Street
Band. The soulful Brooklyn-based project is centered around Thomas
Brenneck, who most of you will probably recognize as the guitarist for the
Dap-Kings and the Budos Band, and after years of working in the bedroom he
is ready to release a debut. Make The Road By Walking will be
out on Dunham Records (it's a subsidiary of Daptone Records) in October.
Enjoy.
:Menahan
Street Band - Make The Road By Walking:
When I said I wanted to provide some music that was
essentially semi-new it was mostly because of this song,
which was actually sampled by Jay-Z last year for Roc
Boys (And The Winner Is). He mostly went with the
hook and nothing else (totally understandable, as it works
really well in that song), but all of the exquisiteness of
the original is something that shouldn't be missed.
You'll want headphones for this.
I almost shared
the Jay-Z video, but then I came across The World (Is
Going Up In Flames). It's the Menahan Street Band
with Charles Bradley, and it is amazing. The video
itself, however, is sort of useless, so just listen and
love.
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