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MOVITS ; Fel Del Av Garden

Official music video for Fel Del Av Garden by the Swedish hip-hop group Movits!, where swing mixes well with hip-hop.

"Django guitar, windy street swing; music for both art directors and for your mother” is how Movits! describe their sound

Oumou Sangare

Mali

Malian musical traditions are derived from the griots, who are known as "Keeper of Memories. Malian music is diverse and has several different genres. Some famous Malian influences in music are kora Toumani Diabete, the late roots and blues guitarist Ali Farka Toure, the Tuareg, band Tinariwen, and several Afro Pop artists such as Salif Ketia, the duo Amadou et Mariam and Habib Koite virtouso musician .

Though Mali's literature is less famous than its music, Mali has always been one of Africa's liveliest intellectual centers^. Mali's literary tradition is passed mainly by word of mouth, with jalis reciting or singing histories and stories known by heart.

One of Mali's greats Oomou Sangare is playing Central Park -  Summerstage New York City this July

Little Joy

Little Joy playing Bowery Ballroom New York City - June 23rd.

Little Joy began in 2006, when The Strokes' Moretti met Rodrigo Amarante -- singer/guitarist of Brazilian indie-rock outfit Los Hermanos and recent Devendra Banhart collaborator -- at a festival in Lisbon, Portugal. A year later, the group added a third member, multi-instrumentalist Binki Shapiro (now Moretti's girlfriend), and moved into Los Angeles' Echo Park neighborhood to give birth to their own Little Joy. The trio was named after  Little Joy Cocktails Los Angeles  - the local Echo Park bar /hipster hangout.

Roland Garros

Roger Federer became only the sixth man to achieve the career Grand Slam and equalled Pete Sampras’ record of 14 majors by defeating Robin Soderling in straight sets in today's Men’s Final.

Au Revoir Simone

The cuties from Au Revoir Simone are back with a new record —Still Night, Still Light

According to Refinery 29:

"The formula is still the same: sweet songs with 3 part harmonies, 3 keyboards, and a drum machine. What we like so much about this band is how they can get so much emotion out of very simple machines. Casios never sounded so good."

Au Revoir Simone is an electronic indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, that formed in late 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard), and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard).

Hudson 400

An historic day arrives.  New York commemorates the great voyage of 400 years ago when Henry Hudson first saw the river and beautiful valley now named for him.  Celebrating the river, boats and all of the Hudson Valley communities with the Great River Day Flotilla.

I wonder what old Henry would think of what's here today?

More details are here:  hudson riverday