The Musik Lounge

Last Fall I was honored to receive the opportunity to contribute to the fantastic publication issued quarterly by We Jazz Records , easily referred to as We Jazz Magazine. This was a full circle moment of sorts for me as I hadn’t thought about returning to music journalism since getting sober . But when presented with the chance to submit a review for the Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson & Carlos Niño Blue Note release Openness Trio I had to go for it and I’m so glad I did! Here we are ~7 months later and I’ve just submitted my fifth and sixth “record essays” for the forthcoming Summer issue and while at work on them it struck me that I need to get into a more consistent writing practice rather than just diving into it when I have an assignment. What better place to practice than right here on The Musik Lounge blog where it all began for me 20 years ago while in college, full of hopes and dreams of what a career in music writing could be. I don’t know what it will look like. I have so...

Back in your ears with another edition of The Musik Lounge! Leaned into electronic and jazz sounds heavily this week but still sprinkled in an assortment of sonic gems for your head nodding pleasure. Catch me live every Sunday Noon - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! Tracklist: Mala “Cuba Electronic” Vladislav Delay Quintet “two” Danny Brown “Shakedown” Glenn Gould “Variations Nos. 1 - 16” Abe Rounds “Mofongo” J-Zone “Calgon” Kool Keith & L’Orange “The Wanderer” The Roots “Can’t Stop This” J Dilla “Time: The Donut of the Heart” Flying Lotus “Massage Situation” Sunmundi “I Think You’re Bleeding” Flea “Frailed” Earoh “Unsafe” Manu Travão & KLG Klergé “Sanguine Banquet” Bhonstro “Progress” FARR “Make It To Summer” Adrian Younge “Respond To Sound” Jake Ferguson & Malcolm Catto “Dune” Brian Jackson ft. Lisa Fischer “Home is Where The Hatred Is” Brandon Lopez “Nada Sagrada” Liz Story “Water Cave” Alabaster DePlume “It’s Only Now Once (Elbit Systems Windowpane)” The Festival Quartet “Piano Q...

Proof that creating a new habit takes time, after almost three months of the new 3 hour session I showed up and started the show at the old time without any thought that I was off... until I kicked the show off and it all hit me! So a truncated show for y'all but that doesn't mean there are any less of the good old grooviness for your ears! Catch me every Sunday from Noon - 3 PST @ KTQA.org ! Tracklist: Subaqueous ft. Holly Thorton & Masaru Higasa “Divine Revision” Autechre “Corc” Shane Parrish “Corc” David Oistrakh, Arno Babadjanian & Sviatoslav Knushevitsky “Trio in F Sharp Minor: Third Movement” Gorillaz “Little Plastic Bags” more eaze ft. Wendy Eisenberg “biters” Pablo Color ft. Suso Saiz “Alpha y Omega” Whitney Johnson, Lia Kohl, Macie Stewart “burning - counting (sleeping)” Paul Butterfield “Done A Lot of Wrong Things” Heart “Mother Earth Blues” Chuck Roth “Private Boy” Vladislav Delay Quintet “fifteen” Carlos Niño, Laraaji, Darius Jones & Sheila Govindarajan...

Swinging back through for another round of The Musik Lounge! As always you know what it is, fresh beats, fresh gems, whether they are new or old we are just out in the world exploring the sonic pathways, looking for something to nod our head to, move our feet too, lift up the mental and exclaim love and peace. Higher frequency vibration is the name of the game. Thank you for listening and catch me live every Sunday from Noon - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! Tracklist: Angel Bat Dawid “A Modern Cosmic Apocalyptic Sonic Discourse for The Book of Enoch” Elucid & Sebb Bash “Make Me Wise” Irreversible Entanglements ft. Helado Negro “Juntos Vencemos” Nubya Garcia “In Other Words, Living” Ash Walker “Filtergits” Bushmeat Sound System “Sovereignty Beat Journalism Twice” Fatboi Sharif & Child Actor “Chemo Crystal Ball” MF DOOM “Black Snake Root” Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson “Peace Go With You Brother” Shy One ft. Steve Spacek “Driving On Sand” Deetron “You’ve Got Me Swinging” Melba Moore...

Coming to you live from the space ways, it's another edition of The Musik Lounge! Landing on March 8th aka International Womens Day I decided to play exclusively music created by the ladies today, running across time and style we touch on so many fire gems for y'all to vibe with. Press play and get zoned in! As always, thank you for listening and catch me live every Sunday from Noon - 3 PM PST @ KTQA.org ! UPDATE: This episode is no longer available to stream. If you'd like to listen back, holler at me ! Tracklist: Tomeka Reid “dance! skip! hop!” Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Jean Carne “Black Rainbows” Loula Yorke “Ice” Mary K Ashley “Restless in P a r a d i s e” Aaliyah “Extra Smooth” Joya Mooi ft. Lady Donli “Only Water” Low Leaf “Sup God” Aisha Vaughn “Forever Dreaming” Clariloops “Pass Me By” Sade “Why Can’t We Live Together” Madison McFerrin “God Herself” Cleo Sol “Nothing Is Impossible With You” Diana Ross & The Supremes “You Ain’t Livin’ Till You’re...