Each episode our host, lil'dave, talks about the stories and influences around a group of carefully selected songs.
Episodes
Monday May 06, 2019
Monday May 06, 2019
We're looking at a classic song that brings about joy with just the uttering of a few lyrics and gets you dancing with the second your hear it's bare bones rhythm. On this episode of we are looking at the 1965 hit from The Dixie Cup called "Iko Iko" and it's connection to New Orlean's culture.
We'll focus on these songs:
The Dixie Cup - Iko Iko
Sugar Boy and his Cane Cutters - Jock-A-Mo
Dr. John - Iko Iko
Professor Longhair - Big Chief
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
On this episode of Excellent Reception, we are looking at some MC's from the UK who can hold their own on a microphone and have used their music as a platform to push the sound of hiphop in new directions
On this episode, we feature these songs:
Roots Manuva - Witness (1 Hope)
Wiley - 100% Publishing
Little Simz - Offense
TY - Eyes Open
Lewis Parker - Hard Endeavour
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
Tuesday Feb 19, 2019
We are taking a quick stop to visit the 50th state... Hawaii. When it comes to modern music, Hawaii has not just been been in a bubble all these years. The artists and musicians here have been hard at work to put their own stamp on genres like jazz, rock, reggae, hiphop, and soul music.
On this episode of Excellent Reception, we are focusing on one of my favorite Hawaiian soul songs... "Lihue" by Nohelani Cypriano.
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Monday Jan 14, 2019
Mononeon - Hot Cheetos
Friday Oct 12, 2018
Friday Oct 12, 2018
For today's show, we are going to talk about the ground breaking nu-jazz/future soul production crew known as Jazzanova. Mainly we are going to focus on one of their most well constructed songs "L.O.V.E and You & I", which took sampling to a whole new level.
On this episode, we are talking about these songs
Shaun Escoffery - "Let It Go"
Shaun Escoffery - "Let It Go (Jazzanova remix)"
Jazzanova - "L.O.V.E. and You and I"
Jazzanova - "L.O.V.E. and You and I (Madlib remix)"
Jazzanova - "L.O.V.E. and You and I (DJ Ghe remix)"
Sonar Kollectiv Orchester - "L.O.V.E. and You and I"
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
Wednesday Sep 05, 2018
On this episode, we are continuing our musical world tour in the East Asian country of Japan. We are following the careers of a handfull of music artists that draw their personal style from a variety of sources. They take these genres to new heights all while including elements that are uniquely Japanese.
On this episode, we are talking about these songs:
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker (Computer Games)
Towa Tei - Technova
Kiki Hitomi - Yellow Story
Mariya Takeuchi - Plastic Love
United Future Organization - Flying Saucer
Monday Jul 30, 2018
Monday Jul 30, 2018
This episode is produced in honor of the Blackstar Film Festival, which has taken place here in Philadelphia every summer for the past 7 years. As they describe themselves, The BlackStar Film Festival is an annual celebration of the visual and storytelling traditions of the African diaspora and of global indigenous communities, showcasing films by black people from around the world.
With the festival coming up in a few days, I felt inspired to produce some content that explores the film scores and soundtracks. For today's show, we are just going to focus on one of the most misunderstood and highly underrated soundtracks in music history... Stevie Wonder's 1979 album "Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants".
This episode highlights these songs from the album:
The First Garden
Send One Your Love (Music)
Power Flower
Outside My Window
Find more info about the BlackStar Film Festival here: https://www.blackstarfest.org/
Friday Jun 29, 2018
Friday Jun 29, 2018
On this episode, we are continuing our musical world tour down in South America by taking a look at the ever evolving sounds of Brazil. We are focusing on a group of artists who got their start during the late 60’s and early 70’s and made huge contributions to the Brazilian songbook.
On this episode, we are talking about these songs:
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
Tuesday Apr 03, 2018
On this episode of Excellent Reception, we are talking about a group of songs by artists that take on Western musical influences and combine them with sounds that come from their African musical heritage.
Featured songs:
The Lijadu Sisters - Life Is Gone Down Low
William Onyeabor - Body & Soul
Rim & Kasa - Love Me For Real
Oby Onyioha - Enjoy your life
Voilaaa feat Sir Jean - Spies Are Watching Me
Monday Feb 12, 2018
Monday Feb 12, 2018
We are back with another One-Off episode. Today on Excellent Reception we are talking about the song "Saturday Night" from Herbie Hancock 1980 album "Monster".
Herbie Hancock - Saturday Night