{Sooooo…I know I’ve been away for a while. I could excuse it away connected to a lot of things, the start of school, my responsibilities taking care of my new dog, getting divorced, but no matter what, I’ve just been taken away from this blog and from music in general. Well, this Lent I decide to give up procrastination, and thus, I’m back and I plan to keep it regular. I’m not going to pull 40 days, 40 posts, but I do promise, I’ll be back here on the regular and getting everything back to the way it should be, at least until Easter!}
This was a collection that unfortunately slipped through the cracks of 2014, and would have been in my best of list had I gotten time to spend with it last year. Boogie music has broken big in some circles, especially here in LA due to Dam Funk and Funkmosphere, but much of the focus has been on US based artist. Some of the more interesting and funky bigs of Boogie were created elsewhere and maybe the best was made in Brazil. Cultures of Soul has collected some of the best Boogie from some big names, such as Tim Maia, Marcos Valle, Jorge Ben and Banda Black Rio and combined it with deeper cuts from the likes of Sandra Da Sá, Tarántulas (covering MJ’s “Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough”!) and Cassiano, who is featured above. As I said, it’s a shame I didn’t get a chance to give this one all the spins it deserved in 2014, but I’ll more than make up for it here in 2015.