Sunny Singer Music Blog

Some musing about hip hop music mostly from alternative and indy artists.This is the debut album from El Michel’s Affair that was never released on cd I’m told. It was only released on vinyl. A rare find indeed!!The sound of this album is pretty funky and jazzy. The combination of jazzy horn solos and 70’s soul blend perfectly on this instrumental album.

Some musing about hip hop music mostly from alternative and indy artists.Here’s a great collection of remixes by one of Japan’s best remixer,beatdigger and deejay, DJ Mitsu The Beats. Although many of Japan’s producers lean more towards the jazzy side these remixes are more Boombap with a touch of jazz than the Jazzy Hip Hop…..enjoyDJ Mitsu The BeatsThe

Some musing about hip hop music mostly from alternative and indy artists.I’m back with some new Chorizo Funk. I have two mixes for y’all. Vol 3 is a classic Hip Hop live mix recorded for Breakstix and Vol 4 is live mix of Funk,Soul,Jazz and Hip Hop recorded at Thunderbird Coffee in Austin Texas.You can listen to Vol 3 HERE and Vol 4 HERE. Remember these

Some musing about hip hop music mostly from alternative and indy artists.DJ Okawari’s Mirror is pretty stellar musically. Leaning to that soulful jazzy Hip Hop that Japan is known for the partly instrumental album takes the listener on a smooth audio ride. Two tunes that really standout from my perspective are “Luv Letter” and “Free Bird” both which made

I want to talk about and promote the music I like whether it is well known or not… The rock and roll and guitar communities have unfortunately lost a true legend in the past few days. Les Paul passed away last Thursday from complications with pneumonia. He was 94 years old and was still playing clubs and making music right up into the end.It is perhaps somewhat

I don’t want to just talk about and promote the music that is popular, mainstream or well known….This is the thirtieth in a series of Rock & Roll features I’m writing for this site. I’m a rock and roller, so this column is a way for me to feature a different album that I like, from different genres every month.Today I put forward what is the 30th Rock and Roll

I don’t want to just talk about and promote the music that is popular, mainstream or well known….Well I just couldn’t keep away… my concert addiction continues… not that I’m really complaining. This time I caught a band I’ve seen a total of four times now, and will probably make an effort to catch every time they come around because they’re

I want to talk about and promote the music I like whether it is well known or not… When it comes to my influences in my own music and guitar playing, I’ve got far more than one might expect. Sure I have my core favorite guitarists/musicians to whom I look to the majority of my inspiration, but the number who have inspired me numbers in the hundreds I’m

I don’t want to just talk about and promote the music that is popular, mainstream or well known….As I’m sure just about everyone has heard, the music community has lost one of the most well known, most influential artists of all time: Michael Jackson. Jackson died at the age of 50 yesterday after being rushed to the hospital. In recent years it seems that Michael Jackson

A little space on web giving the people a glimspe of true school Hip Hop culture.I got a good collection of Nas Remixes by Bay Area producer Nick James. Some the joints I’m feelin and think they are on the level of the original tunes.Listen online HEREI also got collection put together by Nick James of the sample he used in the remixes.Nick James Nas Remixes