The Musik Lounge

It's getting hot out here in the Pacific Northwest and the tunes reflect it today with lots of soul, a few high energy electronic jams and a smattering of everything else! Very excited for some upcoming releases. This Summer is shaping up to be sonically stellar. As always catch me every Sunday from 1 - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! UPDATE: This show is no longer available to stream, if you'd like to listen back holler at me ! Tracklist: Engless “Vanderhall Venice (Instrumental)” Bryony Jarman-Pinto “Moving Forward” Lou Rawls “My Ancestors” Butcher Brown ft. Braxton Cook “DYKDWD” Jazz Liberatorz “Music In My Mind, Pt. 2” Sault “Miracles” Al Green “It Ain’t No Fun For Me” Jonathan Ferr “Nascimento” Ohmega Watts “Platypus Strut” The Real Deal ft. Sharon Leal “Do Your Thing” Will Sessions “The Diesel” Jerry Butler “Never Give You Up” Waajeed ft. CJay Hill “Make It Happen” Ezra Collective ft. Yazmin Lacey “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing” Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes “Summer D...

 Back at it again! Had to take a break last week to handle some pressing business (DJ Hazel Bazel needed a bed y'all!) but this week I had DJ Momstractions in the Lounge to share her experiences in the Path of Totality and enjoy some good sounds. Wahoo! You know the deal, catch me live every Sunday from 1 - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org! UPDATE: This show is no longer available for streaming. If you'd like to hear it, holler at me ! Tracklist: The Allman Brothers Band “Melissa” The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis “The Time Is The Place” Roller Trio “Tracer” Khruangbin “Ada Jean” Trio Mocoto “Nao Ad!Anta” Balthvs “Eclipse Solar” Ohbliv “Essential Qualities/Inner Work Pt. 777/Lucky Day” Mike Makhalemele “Spring Is Here” Gideon Nxumalo “Frustration” Movement In The City “Seagull” Spirits Rejoice “Savage Dance & African Spaces” Femi Kuti “Set Your Minds & Souls Free” Henkel “Faith/Follow The Numbers” SSWAN “Invisibility Is A Natural Disaster” Ruth Goller “All The Light I Have, ...

Jumping into the new year with a special guest in Mizo, who always shows up with a stack of fresh wax! Enjoy the vibes as we help you thaw out! As always catch me live every Sunday from 1 - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! UPDATE: This show is no longer available to stream, if you'd like the MP3 file holler at me ! Tracklist: HxH “BSF Live Show No. 2” Jon Hassell “Streetfaxx” Gary Bartz “Carnival De L’Espirit” Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Azymuth “Quiet Storm (Akili Remix)” Arthur Verocai “Flying To LA” Emilio Santiago “Quebra Mar” Severed Heads “20 Deadly Diseases” Rob Dinero “Once You Go Blak (Instrumental)” Andre 3000 “That Night In Hawaii When I Turned Into A Panther And Started Making These Low Register Purring Tones That I Couldn't Control ... Sh¥t Was Wild” Penguin Cafe Orchestra “Cutting Branches For A Temporary Shelter” Joe Chambers “Hello To The Wind” Makaya McCraven “Venus Rising” Joe Armon-Jones “Almost Went To Far” Paulette Reaves “I Forgot To Be Your Lover” Cata...

It’s the time once again! Another Sabbath Sessions All Jazz Sureshot! Like we tend to do, we are blurring the lines of what this social music can be but we think you shall dig none the less. Beats and beauty abound. Grooves will entice and vibes will be raised. Just press play and swing with us. All styles, all eras all types are welcome - we do not discriminate nor do we hate - we just play selectah! Our crates are deep and the gems we have for you are glorious. As always, thank you for tuning in, sticking with us as we trudge the road to episode 100! Feels like just yesterday we were stoked on 50, now we are plotting on that illustrious triple digit mark! In gratitude always! Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad ft. Roy Ayers “Gravity” Walter Bishop Jr. “Coral Keys” Lonnie LIston Smith “Love Beams” Fabiano Do Nascimento “Malandro” Rob Mazurek & Emmett Kelly “Embyro Genesis” The Mystery Kindaichi Band “Meirosou No Sangeki” Irreversible Entanglements “The Port Remembers” Dezon ...

I'm making it a priority to get the heatrocks posted in the first week of the new month from here on out. This month was a slow one on the new music front, at one point I was convinced this was gonna be a short collection. Shuffle knew better though, hitting me with a number of gems that I just had to add to the mix. In the end I had enough to make this the first "double disc" heatrocks edition. Keep reading for what Vol. 1 holds and tune in tomorrow for Vol. 2! Download March 2010: Vol. 1 Here I have a folder of Jazz releases from '08 that a particular blog dubbed "best of" and of the handful that I've listened to they live up to the title. Quiet Village was among that collection and while the album has never gotten a full length play from me cuts come into my mind frame from time to time. "Too High To Move" is a great example of a smooth and melodic track letting you ride along with it. Don't be afraid by it's long nature, a trumpet ...