I was thinking about what I wanted to play for you this week, and I got to reminiscing about the music that spoke to me in the mid-to-late 90s. I decided to pick 1994, 20 years ago, as my focus this time. Enjoy!
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Deep Forest "Comparsa" from Comparsa (550 Music, 1998) Miriam Makeba "Pata Pata 2000" from Homeland (Putumayo, 2000) Rusted Root "Send Me on My Way" from When I Woke (Mercury, 1994) Zaz "Si" from Recto, Verso (Play On, 2013) Dom La Nena "Start a War" from Golondrina EP (Six Degrees, 2014)
Kiya Heartwood "Turnaround" from The Living Tree (self-released, 2013) Ani DiFranco "Out of Range" from Out of Range (Righteous Babe, 1994) Sweet Honey In The Rock "Greed" from ...Twenty-Five... (Rykodisc, 1998) CommonbonD "Gotta Get It Goin' On" from Super Elastic Acoustic Plastic (self-released, 1994) Pontiak "Wildfires" from Innocence (Thrill Jockey, 2014)
Over The Rhine "Let's Spend the Day in Bed" from The Trumpet Child (Great Speckled Dog, 2007) Catie Curtis "Troubled Mind" from Truth From Lies (Guardian, 1994) Mary Chapin Carpenter "Shut Up and Kiss Me" from Playlist: The Very Best of Mary Chapin Carpenter (Legacy/Columbia, 1994) Indigo Girls "Language or the Kiss" from Swamp Ophelia (Epic, 1994) Laura Cantrell "All the Girls Are Complicated" from No Way There From Here (Thrift Shop, 2014)
Faded Paper Figures "Invent It All Again" from New Medium (Shorthand, 2010) The Butchies "Love in the Hour" from Population 1975 (Mr. Lady, 1999) Lift "Turn Away" from September EP (Daemon, 1999) Tegan and Sara "Now I'm All Messed Up" from Heartthrob (Vapor, 2013) Mogwai "Blues Hour" from Rave Tapes (Sub Pop, 2014)
Rebel Set "Riddle Me This" from How To Make a Monster! (Burger / Silver Hornet, 2013) Against Me! "True Trans Soul Rebel" from Transgender Dysphoria Blues (Total Treble, 2014) Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "You'll Be Lonely" from Give The People What They Want (Daptone, 2014)
Lack of Afro "The Outsider (Part 2)" from The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Club Volume 2 (Freestyle, 2013)