Burl Veneer’s Music Blog Vox 2008-03-31T03:05:28Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4144aef1d3c7f/tags/breaks/ Songs I Like John Wetton: Jack-Knife tag:vox.com,2008-03-31:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce9be1b0002 2008-03-31T03:01:03Z 2008-03-31T03:05:28Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

A1 I Wish You Would

I was in the ninth grade when I discovered the "imports" section at the local record store (Waxie Maxie's), filled with stuff that looked downright weird. Even better, though, was the discounted imports bin, and one day when I had five dollars to...

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Teraphonic Overdubs

To the elite group of musicians who have mastered the art of retro-disco-cop-show-funk-o-lounge-a-phonics (i.e. Skeewiff and Shawn Lee) add Frenchman Chris Joss, who since 1999 has built up an impressive catalog of recordings in that vein. His la...

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]]> Spy music roundup tag:vox.com,2008-03-09:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00f48ce2a6c90003 2008-03-09T14:08:07Z 2008-03-09T16:09:15Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

09-Dragon City 16 Ping Island_Lightning Strike Resc

Taking me even further afield from trumpets and dark cabaret is my discovery last weekend of another whole box of CDs (about 200!) that I hadn't unpacked since moving into this house eighteen months ago. And in that box was The Fluid Soundbox by...

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]]> Back with some vintage guitar funk tag:vox.com,2008-02-12:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398dbb2830002 2008-02-12T03:08:40Z 2008-02-12T03:12:49Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

09-Scorpio 09 - side saddle -1974 A1 Dr Abraham

I've been laid low by illness for the last few days, too sick to blog, but I did manage to listen to some music and find a nice trifecta of funky guitar instrumentals from the 70s. The grandaddy of them all is Dennis Coffey's "Scorpio" from 1971....

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]]> Tell me how to funk tag:vox.com,2007-11-29:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e398c240470002 2007-11-29T06:14:14Z 2007-11-29T23:11:57Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Protest music can come from the unlikeliest places. German DJ and recording artist Malente came up with the supremely catchy "Open Secret" last year, which turns out to be quite a relevant protest song as well. The lyrics are clever, offering ir...

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]]> The chase is on! tag:vox.com,2007-08-01:asset-6a00d4144aef1d3c7f00e3989957ad0002 2007-08-01T10:19:23Z 2007-08-02T05:27:05Z Burl Veneer http://burlveneer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

06 - Breathless

Anyone who's spent any time looking for music that is both fast and funky has found that 1970s car-chase music, with its relentless hi-hats, wah-wah guitars, and frenetic basslines, will score every time. Then you find yourself spending hours loo...

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Shawn Lee--Some People

The songwriters I like best are not usually the ones who tackle heavy social issues, or reveal deep emotional truths, blah, blah, blah, etc.; rather, they are the ones who can pack a song so full of hooks that every second is bursting with delicio...

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NOMO--Better Than That

One of my discoveries on emusic since joining last November is Ann Arbor-based "post-Afro-beat" band Nomo. Their latest offering is the Better Than That EP on Dutch label Kindred Spirits; when it showed up on emusic I downloaded it immediately. ...

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