Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Great mix tape

I bought the Bob Dylan Artist's Choice CD a few days ago at Starbucks (Yeah, I know they're just horrible and how could I ...). It's great. Just what I want in a mix tape. A few tracks from groups I know and love and a few things that are new to me and really great. I have a list of new records to run out and get now.

You can hear samples here.

My favorite track is the weirdest one. It's called Tezeta (Fast) and it's by Getatchew Kassa. In the notes Dylan says he first heard this song on an unmarked disc that someone made for him and he thought it was a Cajun record played backwards. The description is apt. It's actually a group from Ethiopia. I found Tezeta (Slow). It sounds less backwards Cajun but is also good.



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