The February issue of Black Grooves has now been posted at www.blackgrooves.org<http://www.blackgrooves.org>.
This month we're giving a shout out to several projects that have been nominated for a GRAMMY Award, including CDs by Trombone Shorty, Buddy Guy, Vashawn Mitchell, and Archeophone's historical Fisk Jubilee Quartet compilation. In celebration of Valentine's Day, we're featuring Corinne Baily Rae's The Love EP. Hip hop coverage includes new releases by Talib Kweli and MF Doom, as well as the book by Dan Charnas The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop. Under the category of folk and world music our selections are Peņa: The Roots of Afro-Peruvian Music, Laru Beya by the Garifuna musician Aurelio, and the Carolina Chocolate Drops / Luminescent Orchestrii collaboration. In addition to a 25th anniversary gospel tribute to Bishop Paul Morton, there's a new CD by the Soul Seekers and a reissue of spirituals sung by Jubilant Sykes. Wrapping up this issue is The Floacist's Floetic Soul, and the first DVD release of Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughn In Session.
Note: nice use of old phonograph in Talib Kweli video - who can identify model?
Brenda Nelson-Strauss
Editor, Black Grooves
Archives of African American Music & Culture
Indiana University
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Bloomington, IN 47408
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