Tampa Calling

Black Crowes – War Paint Live
Clutch – Slow Hole To China (remastered rarities)
Rivers Cuomo – Live at Fingerprints
Omar Kent Dykes w/ Jimmy Vaughan – Big Town Playboy
Bob Dylan – Together Through Life (regular and deluxe edition with bonus Theme Time Radio Hour CD and DVD!)
Esquivel – Infinity in Sound, Volumes 1 & 2
Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella (Best of Ben Folds/Ben Folds Five as performed by University a cappella groups. Selected and produced by Ben with his own a cappella versions of Effington and Boxing.)
Heaven & Hell – The Devil You Know (members of Black Sabbath, you know?)
Mike Jones – The Voice
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Chris Botti, Chris Botti in Boston (Sony)

Bow Wow, New Jack City Pt. II (Sony)

Leonard Cohen, Live in London (Sony)

Flo Rida, ROOTS (Route of Overcoming the Struggle) (Atlantic)

Gomez, A New Tide (ATO)

Great Lake Swimmers, Lost Channels (Nettwerk)

Diana Krall, Quiet Nights (Verve)

John Parish and PJ Harvey, A Woman A Man Walked By (Island Records)

Peter Bjorn and John, Living Thing (Almost Gold)

Queensryche, American Soldier (Rhino)

John Scofield, Piety Street (Emarcy/Pgd)

Keith Urban, Defying Gravity (Capitol)

The Whitest Boy Alive, Rules (Asound/Bubbles)

Yeah Yeah Yeahs, It’s Blitz (Interscope)

There’s been this new sound swirling around; it sounds like hip hop but with an electro beat … I’m no music critic and my vocabulary to breakdown the proper terminology is laughable. All I know is this sound is propped up by new female “alternative” artists, and they all have a killer style.

In our first Fusionistas podcast (embedded below, check it) my guest is Shunda K, creator of the group Yo! Majesty. We have a candid conversation about where she’s been and where shes going, and how she was a forerunner of this new sound. Shunda has been collaborating with many artists on different tracks and we’ll link you some so you can hear for yourself. (check ‘em down below)

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