HOT HALF DOZEN 8.8.23

126songs and albums and videos this week. Here are my favorite 6, plus a bons.

126 songs/albums/videos submitted this week for review  

Everything was for  Love, single/video by Carla Morrison. Grammy-nominated and three-time Latin Grammy-winning artist Carla Morrison debuts her first ever English language song. After you hear it you will wonder why she waited so long. The song is the title track for the upcoming film Con Esta Luz (With This Light). Absolutely beautiful. Stream on all major platforms.

Raise Some Hell in Me, single by Pamela Hopkins. Hopkins knows how to bang out country  blues rock with a twist. The song is about her slightly dangerous dad and it is a gut-grabber. Stream on Spotify.

Call Me, single by Jenny and the Mexicats. If you don’t the trumpet-wielding British-born Jenny Ball and her Spanish /Mexican band, this is a great introduction. Dance your heart out as they combine flamenco, rockabilly, jazz, and folk music.  And then then hit replay. Streaming on all major platforms.

Loud, single by Tim and Sue Bauer Lee. Three and half minutes of hard core, jangling guitar old fashioned rock and roll – but with lyrics like “I am Loser Not a Fighter.”  Sue and Tim alternate the vocals and backup chorus and make it fun. Check it out on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

A Vivir en Desacuerdo ( To Live in Disagreement), single by maJa.   Her off-kilter arrangements and thought-provoking lyrics will intrigue you, and then make you play it again. If you watch the video, don’t miss the tennis playing with T–Rex. A very good singer, songwriter, composer with a intelligent but a bit out of left field take.  Video on You Tube, music on Spotify.  Spanish.

Africa Unite, compilation album by Bob Marley. A compilation of ten catalog tracks from Bob Marley & the Wailers in collaboration with Afrobeats, created by  Fela Kuti in the 1970s and the 2020s . If you love Bob Marley – and who doesn’t – you will treasure this. Stream on Spotify  

BONUS Giraffe Forest, by Danila and Chapis. Who can resist a Mexican musical visit to the San Diego Zoo. For kids…but, it’s fun.  Spanish.

Banner: Jenny and the Mexicats  

Patrick O’Heffernan