Listen to 12-12-18 radio set here
Joshua Achalam (pictured) usually performs as part of Mighty Joshua and the Zion 5. But he is featured solo in this set speaking wisdom, singing poetry, and drumming in the Nyabinghi tradition. (I obtained a "bootleg" recording of his performance on WRIR Richmond Independent Radio earlier this year; props to WRIR for being an amazing station and Richmond's finest. The full set is here.)
Joshua is from Charlottesville, VA, where my own radio station WTJU broadcasts from. He has earned accolades both as an artist and an all-around good person supporting global causes, and I am happy to see him and his band perform regularly.
Another artist featured in this radio set is Jonah from Onelinedrawing, whose song Stay is a keeper from early-2000's emo.
Also featured is Layne Staley from Alice in Chains and Mad Season. His voice is emblematic of a certain type of sound coming out of Seattle in the 1990's. While playing this song on the radio, someone called in to muse about Staley (and several other things), which got me thinking more about him and looking up his musical history. His legacy would have us more finely discriminate between different kinds of 'grunge' bands, and also speak frankly about drug addiction.
Playlist
- Kadhja Bonet / Wings
- Onelinedrawing / Stay
- Julian Koster / Jeff Davis County Blues
- Lobo Marino / Come With Me
- Grizzly Bear / Service Bell
- Feist, Grizzly Bear / Service Bell
- Waldeck / Bei Mir Bist Du Schon - Dub
- Mighty Joshua / live drumming / Nyabinghi
- DeVotchKa / Let Me Sleep
- Santigold / I Don't Want
- Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros / Johnny Appleseed
- Nonkeen / The Invention Mother
- Nils Frahm / A Place
- The Good Life / The Beaten Path
- The Cure / Like Cockatoos
- Cat Power / He War
- UNKLE, Miink, Elliot Power / Ar.Mour
- Manysheva, Long Arm / Moonflower - Long Arm Remix
- JJ Doom, Beck / Banished (feat. Beck) - Beck Remix
- Lowland Hum / Raise the Ring
- Mad Season / River of Deceit
- Alice in Chains / Nutshell
- Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
- Julia Holter / Sea Calls Me Home
- Dessa / Balance
- Yowler / Angel
- Mount Kimbie / Break Well
- serpentwithfeet / whisper
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