‘Can We Use That Beat?’: Inside Souls of Mischief’s ‘Make Your Mind Up’

‘Can We Use That Beat?’: Inside Souls of Mischief’s ‘Make Your Mind Up’

The members of Bay Area hip-hop group Souls of Mischief—Tajai, Phesto, A-Plus and Opio—were still in high school when they started recording with fellow Hieroglyphics crewmate Del the Funky Homosapien. They were so young, in fact, they needed their parents’ permission to participate in an overnight recording session for “Burnt,” the B-side to Del’s “Mistadobalina.”…

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Cowboy Junkies Ride Unplugged… Again

Cowboy Junkies Ride Unplugged… Again

Time has not diluted the Cowboy Junkies’ dreamy mix of tempestuous torch songs and soup-for-the-soul soundscapes, but it has given it a naturally more seasoned feel and bittersweet bite that fans (and those who only knew their music in the ’80s and ’90s) should appreciate.  The Canadian band’s latest reintroduces and reimagines one of their…

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