Top 10 Missing Link Records
(Dec. 24, 2009) S/T — Frank Fairfield (Tompkins Square)
First release from our favorite 24-year-old purveyor of old time feelings. Startling arrangements of classic songs, sometimes haunting, sometimes jolly.
River Boat Soul —Pokey Lafarge and The South City Three (Big Muddy Records)
Ragtime meets Appalachia meets Delta cotton country blues, but entirely new and all its own. Pokey’s music makes you want to pack your bags and spend your life on the road, while at the same time making you long for home and days passed.
Enter the 37th Chamber —El Michels Affair (Truth & Soul)
Led by saxophonist Leon Michels, founder of Truth & Soul Records, this instrumental album works classic Wu-Tang cuts into smooth street soul. Not a gimmick — this is the real thing — heart and soul.
Legends of Benin — Various Artists(Analog Africa)
Compilation of obscure 1970s West African music featuring bands that combine James Brown-style funk with Latin poly-rhythms and psychedelic guitar to make a sound found no where else in the world.
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STAFF PICK / music / 8 p.m. Arkley Center for the Performing Arts, 412 G St., Eureka. Performing Fanny Mendelssohn’s stirring Overture in C and Howard Hanson’s Symphony #6, written for the 125th anniversary of the New York Philharmonic. $32/$19 general. www.arkleycenter.com. 442-1956.
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