Apparently Andy Bey died recently.  So grateful for his work, which is singular.  Glad I had a chance to see him live ~15 years ago and had been hoping for another chance ever since then.  :(

“The song changed everything for me,” Ayers said. “It’s still the last song of my show. People always join in and it’s been sampled over 100 times, by everyone from Dr Dre to Pharrell Williams. It see

Hell of a catalogue.  Gotta be RAMP Sunshine for me.

Blue Sunshine

oh wow - footage of Andy singing "I've Had a Little Talk"! I love how the camera just focuses on his FACE the whole time:

and I was like "Uh, I already told my friend Andy I'd go to his house." 2 hours later I'm sitting there in his room while he scrolls through screen grabs of hentai on his computer and I was like "I t

I got the chance to speak with Andy a while back and he had nothing but great things to say about Carla (and Steve).  I never got to see her play live but hopefully she's inspired people to continue w

A great pianist and composer, had that beautiful minimal-but-complex stuff mastered.  I discovered her work though Andy Sheppard back in the 90s.  Well worth checking, don't let her brutal glare and h

The Soul Fantastics 45rpm [Emily Soul - Ain't No Sunshine] G+

still giving a lot of time to the sza and panda bear/sonic boom albums. the andy shauf album, norm, is just so good too. there's a whole concept to the album so if you end up addicted to it,

The real find is Arran though: it’s crisp and clean with some citrus notes, and in the same way that a G&T in the sunshine is paradoxically both thirst quenching and thirst provoking, I always want to

Nunez could be the new Rush, or the new Andy Carroll.  He looks good on paper, but same as Haaland, he'll have to deal with more thorough challenges here and mix it up with the more uncouth centres. 

He’s got a nice Let The Sunshine In cover. Otherwise check whosampled.com for breaks?

band representing the "art scene" curated by Andy Warhol. He was a clever guy, and putting a model in the band was a very good mood for them. John Cale was always holding it down for the Avant Garde,

Yellow Sunshine - Yellow Sunshine

This cover of ain’t no sunshine. 

This cover of ain’t no sunshine. The recording sort of sounds like shit. Some notes make you wince. At the same this is one of those best digger show off records that other nerds would enjoy. And when

Candy Maker - Tommy James & the Shondells

https://www.dublab.com/archive/greg-belson-45s-of-fury-northern-soul-special-w-dj-bywell-nancy-yahiro-andy-cobb-10-23-13

who made the sunshine >> pray for paris muggs' album is heavy i just came across my 12" for this and i have to ask... anyone know the sample? been to tha-braekes... f