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Dayos Winter 10

It's nice to be back writing myspace blogs again after a year's hiatus. Yes, I have been incommunicado for a while on myspace; this was mainly due to pressing family issues that needed my full at...
Posted by Dayo on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:54:00 PST

Dayo's Tribute To Alice Coltrane 10

We were still reeling from the death of James Brown when we learnt of the passing of another music great  Alice Coltrane. Granted, she was not as well known on a global level, but her standing as a ...
Posted by Dayo on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:17:00 PST

Dayo's James Brown Connection 10

Things have been a bit hectic since I got back from Nigeria a few weeks ago. Xmas was suddenly upon us and there was so much to do; so, sincere apologies for the lateness of my new blog. I was initia...
Posted by Dayo on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:30:00 PST

Dayo's Motown 10

I have been 'Motown Tracking' again these past couple of days. Motown is one of those Labels I grew up with; I think it is arguably the most important R&B label ever (big statement!) - in th...
Posted by Dayo on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:11:00 PST

Dayo's Naija 10

The 1st of October is Independence Day in Nigeria. It is 46 years today that Nigeria gained independence from its colonial masters (Great Britain). To be honest, from a socio-political perspective, ...
Posted by Dayo on Sun, 01 Oct 2006 06:43:00 PST

Dayo's Acid Jazz 10

To some people, Acid Jazz is a 'swear word', and to some others, the whole acid jazz story has been done to death; but in my view, it can't be done enough! The other night I was listening t...
Posted by Dayo on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:44:00 PST

Dayo's Post Carnival/Good Times 10

Wow! I just checked the date of my last blog, and I can't believe it's been a good month since I last put up a blog. Oh well...haha Anyway, as we keep it going... Since I moved back to the UK in the ...
Posted by Dayo on Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:53:00 PST

Dayo's Lovebox 10

Since the festival season in the UK is now in full swing, I thought I should do something a little bit different this time. I went to the Lovebox weekender this weekend gone. Lovebox has grown from st...
Posted by Dayo on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:39:00 PST

Dayo's Remixer's 10

I thought I should dedicate this next blog to certain individuals who took music making to the next level back-in-the-day. When I was growing up In the late-70s/80s, we awaited a REMIX the same way w...
Posted by Dayo on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:00:00 PST

Dayo's Italo 10

The story continues.... Another genre that became really big from the early 80s onwards was a sound that went hand-in-hand with Boogie music. It became known as Italo-Disco/or Italo-Sound. It was a k...
Posted by Dayo on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 08:14:00 PST