All posts by Robert Liu-Trujillo
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Mara Hruby – From Her Eyes (Audio + Free Download)
Browsing through photographer Amanda Lopez’s blog the other day, I saw a beautiful young woman among her usual interesting subjects. Not only did I notice...
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IN THE TRUNK: Cymande – “Bird” (Audio)
Coming from the UK via the West Indies (Jamaica and Guyana), Cymande started making funky jams that have become mainstays for party rockers in the US and...
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IN THE TRUNK – “Holy Thursday” by David Axelrod (Audio)
“Bronx keeps on taking it!” That was the first thing I thought when I heard the original David Axelrod song. But then, there are so...
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IN THE TRUNK: Thee Midniters – “Whitter Blvd” (Audio)
Thee Midniters are one of those unmistakeable California Chicano rock bands. I didn’t know their name at first, but remembered their sound every time I...
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Malice & Mario Sweet – Happy 2 Year EP (Audio + Download)
I stumbled across this rare gem in a walk through musical cyberspace. A shining star that is the collaboration between producer Mario Sweet and vocalist...
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IN THE TRUNK: Emerald, Sapphire, and Gold (ESG) – “UFO” (Audio)
ESG is one of the things I most love about NYC; people breaking rules and playing, or dancing however they want to. “Emerald, Sapphire, and...
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IN THE TRUNK: “When Love Has Grown” by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway (Audio)
“When Love Has Grown” is one of my all time favorite duets; it makes me wonder what happened to the idea of beautiful duets in...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Graham Central Station” (Audio)
The voice singing “Tis your kind of music” is the blast off point for me on “Graham Central Station,” from the interplanetary LP Release Yourself. Graham...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Upside Down” by Fela Kuti (Audio)
This is the title track from Fela Kuti’s LP Upside Down released in 1976. The first time I heard this song was on Rich Medina’s...
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IN THE TRUNK: Stevie Wonder – “Sylvia” (Audio)
“Sylvia” is one of my favorite Stevie Wonder songs. It’s not very well known but is a gem from the 1966 Down to Earth album...
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IN THE TRUNK: “I Can Understand It” by The New Birth (Video)
It’s funny how musical taste can change. I bought this record in a $1 stack many years ago, but didn’t fully appreciate it until I...
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IN THE TRUNK: “A Blues for George Jackson” by Archie Shepp (Audio)
Borrowed from my mom’s record collection about eight years ago, the LP Attica Blues contains a song “A Blues for George Jackson” by Archie Shepp,...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Kon Ek Pakhi” by State of Bengal and Paban Das Baul
I first heard “Kon Ek Pakhi” in a record store and immediately asked the clerk “Who’s that playing?!” It didn’t matter that I don’t speak...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Funeral Do Lavrador” by Zelia Barbosa
This is one of those tracks that caught me right away. The LP, Brazil: Songs of Protest by singer Zelia Barbosa was released sometime in 1968...
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IN THE TRUNK: “Must Be Something” by Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson
The first time I heard “Must Be Something,” it was very reaffirming for me. I cannot call myself a revolutionary or a political activist but...
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De La Soul Wear Their “Royalty Capes” in New Video
The legendary rap group, De La Soul give us the third visual treatment for the single “Royalty Capes,” taken from their crowdsourced album Anonymous Nobody which was released in...