[MP3] Amy Winehouse – Halftime from Lioness: Hidden Treasures

MP3 Download: Amy Winehouse – Halftime

I know I’m (blog time) late on this but so what??! This is f-cking EPIC though! Amy, you are still missed. The forthcoming Lioness: Hidden Treasures album only makes the loss slightly less hard to take.

[MP3] Amy Winehouse – Like Smoke feat. Nas x Our Day Will Come

From the forthcoming posthumous Lioness: Hidden Treasures album dropping on December 5th. My view? STRAIGHT FIYA!!! “Our Day Will Come” is a great cover of a 1963 track by Ruby & the Romantics. And I swear Nas is sounding very Illmatic-era flow on “Like Smoke”, no??

I’ve seen some carping online that the release of some of this unfinished material is a disservice to Amy‘s memory and legacy, but sub-standard Amy is still better than many singers performing at the peak of their abilities and me personally, I’ll take whatever I can get. Enjoy…

Amy Winehouse – Like Smoke feat. Nas:
[audio:http://dl.soundowl.com/22bu.mp3]

Amy Winehouse – Our Day Will Come:
[audio: http://dl.soundowl.com/22bo.mp3]

Previously on The Kitchen:

– Amy Jade Winehouse: 14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011

[Event] Tonight in Toronto: Bump N’ Hustle 16th Anniversary Party at The Rivoli!

Where I’ll be tonight with the homies, DJ Paul E. Lopes and Mike Tull!

Hot Stepper Productions celebrates 16 years of entertainment quality control at our longest running event Bump N’ Hustle Saturday September 10th at The Rivoli!

Only $10…for the $5 earlybird B 4 11:00pm guest list for you and your group email: guestlist@hotstepper.com

CLICK HERE for the Facebook Page

[DJ Mix] DJ Cutler – Newer Sounds For Older Souls

Excellent soul-focused open-format mix incorporating some hip-hop, alternative and breakbeat sounds too. Worth a listen! Here’s DJ Cutler‘s official plug:

“The majority of the tunes here were released over the past couple of years (everything besides Cortex, Dyke and the Blazers, Lovage and Glass House–the Bob & Gene is an old recording that wasn’t released until this year)… While mainstream corporate music seems to be at an all-time creative low it’s great to see so much good music being put out on the independent/underground level. As usual, all vinyl all the time. Volume 2 soon to follow…”

Newer Sounds for Older Souls, Volume 1

01) Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings–Better Things to Do (daptone)
02) Aloe Blacc–I Need a Dollar (Stones Throw)
03) Bob & Gene–It’s Not What You Know (Ever Soul)
04) Carolina Chocolate Drops–Hit em up Style (Nonesuch)
05) Charles Bradley–Golden Rule (Dunham)
06) The Black Keys–Tighten Up (Nonesuch)
07) The Apples featuring Fred Wesley–In The Air (Freestyle)
08) Cortex–Mary et Jeff (Disques Esperance)
09) Orgone–Time is Right (Ubiquity)
10) J-Rocc–Play This Too (Stones Throw)
11) Aloe Blacc–Loving You is Killing Me (Stones Throw)
12) The Roots featuring Dice Raw–How I Got Over (Def Jam)
13) Ultimate Breaks and Beats–Give it up or Turn it Loose (Traffic)
14) Budos Band–Unbroken, Unshaven (Daptone)
15) Soulive–Drive My Car (Royal Family)
16) Scott Down and DJ Cutler–Ultimate Breaks and Treats (7 inch mix) (LoDo)
17) Dennis Coffey and Mayer Hawthorne–All Your Goodies are Gone (Strut)
18) The Heavy–How You Like me Now (Count/ +1)
19) Dyke and the Blazers–Let a Woman be a Woman [Ultimate Breaks and Beats edit] (Original Sound)
20) Cut Chemist–Povo de Santo (A Stable Sound)
21) Lovage–To Catch a Thief (75 ark)
22) Glass House–I Don’t See Me in Your Eyes Anymore (Invictus)
23) The Chillharmonic Orchestra –Cold Steel (LoDo)

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[Event] TONIGHT in Toronto: Me x DJ Anousheh at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of Move On Up

Yes, we are in serious self-promotion mode here at The Kitchen right now…

Join me tonight at the Cloak N Dagger, 394 College Street, as I spin a few old school reggae & ska tunes swiped from my dad’s collection at the 10th anniversary celebration for my long-time friend, DJ Anousheh‘s Move On Up party there. It’s not just me though: other DJs who have guested there over the years will also be on the 1s and 2s tonight so it should be rockin’ and mellow good times.

The jumpoff jumps off at 10PM. Get more details from the Facebook event page HERE. Map for the Cloak after the jump.

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