music discovery

Reggae music’s trademark sound of one-drop rhythms, upstroke guitar chords, and lyrics of love and unity have stood the test of time. 

Upon listening to Dinah Thorpe’s 2019 album The Body Wants (from Hard Music’s artist label Graffiti Alley), one is immediately struck by a sonic palette that is both warmly familiar yet totally new.  

The simplest definition of music is organized sound. The creativity of a composer is augmented by the instruments chosen to create their art and can make a song sound truly unique. Modern technology allows for full symphony orchestras to live inside of your computer, but what about the instruments that are less common? These sounds might be familiar to your ear, but their histories are less well-known. 

A Jazz Fusion group out of Paris called The Harlem Pop Trotters came together for a late-night recording session at La Comédie des Champs-Elysées in 1975. The resulting album of twelve tracks is a masterpiece and a great representation of the genre and era. 

The APM search engine is a great place for music discovery. Music can take you places, and sometimes you need to follow where it is taking you. One of those times is the first time I heard Sunshine Memory.