Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Radio Free Amsterdam

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Monday, December 13, 2021

John Sinclair Full Audio Catalogue (Bandcamp)

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  1. Monk's Dream (Live At The Scarab Club)
    John Sinclair & Planet D Nonet

  2. Beatnik Youth

  3. Beatnik Youth Ambient

  4. Mohawk

  5. I Mean You
    John Sinclair & Michael Ray & Steve Fly

  6. Fattening Frogs For Snakes, Volume 4--Natural From Our Hearts
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  7. Always Know: A Book Of Monk--Volume Two

  8. Still Kickin'

  9. Beatnik Youth Ambient
    John Sinclair & Youth

  10. Mobile Homeland

  11. It's All Good (U.S)

  12. Keeping The Blues Alive
    John Sinclair & Adventures In Bluesland

  13. Mohawk
    John Sinclair & Steve Fly

  14. Viperism
    John Sinclair & Various Artists

  15. Conspiracy Theory
    John Sinclair & Various Artists

  16. Beatnik Youth
    John Sinclair & Youth

  17. Song Of Praise
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  18. Let's Go Get Em'
    John Sinclair & His International Blues Scholars

  19. Honoring The Local Gods
    John Sinclair & Hollow Bones

  20. It's All Good (U.K)
    John Sinclair & Various Artists

  21. Viper Madness
    John Sinclair & Planet D Nonet

  22. Detroit Life
    John Sinclair & His Motor City Blues Scholars

  23. Tearing Down The Shrine Of Truth And Beauty
    John Sinclair & Pinkeye Orchestra

  24. Fattening Frogs For Snakes, Volume 3--Don't Start Me To Talking
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  25. Guitar Army
    John Sinclair & Various Artists

  26. Fattening Frogs For Snakes, Volume 2--Country Blues
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  27. Criss Cross
    John Sinclair & Mark Ritsema

  28. No Money Down
    John Sinclair & Various Artists

  29. Peyote Mind
    John Sinclair & Monster Island

  30. It's All Good

  31. Fattening Frogs For Snakes, Volume 1--The Delta Sound
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  32. Steady Rollin' Man
    John Sinclair & His Boston Blues Scholars

  33. Underground Issues

  34. White Buffalo Prayer
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  35. Full Circle
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  36. If I Could Be With You
    John Sinclair & Ed Moss & The Society Jazz Orchestra

  37. Full Moon Night
    John Sinclair & His Blues Scholars

  38. Thelonious: A Book Of Monk--Volume One

 

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Sunday, March 7, 2021

Full Moon Night

 

 

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Thelonious: A Book Of Monk--Volume One

 

"This unique tribute to pianist Thelonious Monk contains no music. It is poet John Sinclair's ode to the life and times of Monk, intertwined with the poet's personal musings on how these compositions relate to his own life.--All Music.

Produced For – Big Chief Productions
Produced For – BarKubCo Music Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – New Alliance Records
Copyright (c) – John Sinclair (2)
Recorded At – Chez Flames

Executive-Producer – Harvey Robert Kubernik
Producer – John Sinclair / Keith Keller
Recorded By – Keith Keller 

 

 

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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

JOHN SINCLAIR 2020 PRODUCTS

JOHN SINCLAIR 2020 PRODUCTS
@ May 22, 2020

(Detroit)—Poet/author/bandleader John Sinclair will release a plethora of new literary
and recording projects with a variety of publishers and record outlets in 2020.
First to appear will be a 2 nd edition of Sinclair’s ground-breaking blues poetry book
Fattening Frogs For Snakes: Delta Sound Suite, initially published by Dennis
Formento at the Surregional Press in New Orleans in 2002. The new edition will be
published by Horner Books in Flint, Michigan.

FFFS will be followed by a 2 nd printing of the U.S. edition of It’s All Good: A John
Sinclair Reader by Horner Books in Flint, accompanied by the first U.S.Hardbound
Edition of It’s All Good, also from Horner Books. Both FFFS and It’s All Good sold out
their first editions.

FFFS will also be honored in the fall with the release of a 4-LP box set of the poet’s
recording of the four sections of the text with ensembles from New Orleans, Detroit and
Mississippi, accompanied in the box set by the new printing of the book of Fattening
Frogs For Snakes: Delta Sound Suite. This major project has been undertaken by
Jett Plastic Recordings of Detroit.

Cary Loren at BookBeat in Oak Park is completing his reissue series of Sinclair’s four
publications by the Detroit Artists Workshop Press in 1965-67 with the release of a
facsimile edition of FIRE MUSIC: a record, Sinclair’s second book of poetry originally
issued in 1966.

Sinclair’s long-awaited jazz work in verse dedicated to the music and life of pianist
Thelonious monk, always know: a book of monk, volumes 1 & 2 will be issued in 2020
by the Trembling Pillow Press of New Orleans), who have earlier published his
collection Song of Praise: Homage to John Coltrane. “I’m hoping the publication of
the first half of this work, started in 1982, will inspire me to go ahead and compose the
rest of the poems for volumes 3 & 4,” Sinclair chuckled.

Finally, RJ Spangler & the Planet D Nonet will issue a double LP recording of the Nonet
with John Sinclair reciting verses from always know: a book of monk with music
comprising entirely of Monk compositions performed by the nine-piece orchestra led by
RJ Spangler & James O’Donnell.

These products are released under the auspices of the John Sinclair Foundation, with
representation by Ben Horner of Horner Books in Flint. Please contat Ben for further
information: chefbmoney @ gmail.com

BOOKS

always know: a book of monk, volumes 1 & 2 (Trembling Pillow Press, New Orleans)

Fattening Frogs For Snakes: Delta Sound Suite, 2nd edition (Horner Books, Flint)

It’s All Good: A John Sinclair Reader, U.S. Edition, 2nd printing (Horner Books, Flint)

It’s All Good: A John Sinclair Reader, U.S.Hardbound Edition (Horner Books, Flint)

FIRE MUSIC: a record, facsimile edition of Artists Workshop Press 1966 edition (Book
Beat, Oak Park)

RECORDINGS

Fattening Frogs For Snakes: Delta Sound Suite Box Set (4 LPs + Book) (Jett Plastic
Recordings)

Monk Suite with the Planet D Nonet “Live” at the Scarab Club (RJ Spangler label)



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Monday, October 5, 2020

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 875 - BLACKBIRDS


Episode 875 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor with a program centered on the great Detroit singer Bettye LaVette and her brand new album for Verve Records called Blackbirds, a tribute to great singers of yore like Billie Holiday, Ruth Brown, Della Reece, Nancy Wilson, Dinah Washington and others, interspersed with pieces of conversation between Bettye and the editors of Big City Rhythm & Blues magazine, Robert Jr. Whitall & Sugar Mae Owens. The musical program concludes with a number from her previous album, I’ve Got My Own Hell To Raise.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents

BLACKBIRDS

JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 875

Cass Corridor, Detroit, August 8, 2020 [20509]   

Yusef Lateef: Happyology

Bettye LaVette: Blackbird

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: Romance In The Dark

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: Strange Fruit

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: I Hold No Grudge

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: Romance In The Dark

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: Blues For The Weepers

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: Drinking Again

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: Save Your Love For Me

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: Book Of Lies

Bettye LaVette Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: One More Song

Bettye LaVette Closing Conversation with Robert Jr. & Sugar Mae

Bettye LaVette: On The Surface

Charlie Parker: They Can’t Take That Away From Me

A JOINT PRODUCTION

Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam

Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair

Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation


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Monday, March 23, 2020

Big Chief: Getting High With John Sinclair And The Fly

Artwork by Frenchy 
AVAILABLE HERE IN PAPERBACK.



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PARADISE VALLEY WALK JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 848 C



Episode 848 is coming from Radio Free Amsterdam’s Detroit headquarters in the Cass Corridor with an hour of music by the Planet D Nonet from their albums Blowin’ The Blues, Dave’s Garage, Blowin’ Away The Blues, Swinging The D, Live at the Scarab Club, and Kings of Kansas City Swing in our second hour of a long-awaited salute to the great Detroit drummer, bandleader and producer RJ Spangler, co-leader (with trumpeter James O’Donnell) of the Planet D.

The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
PARADISE VALLEY WALK
JOHN SINCLAIR RADIO SHOW 848
Cass Corridor, Detroit, January 25, 2020 [20123]
Yusef Lateef: Happyology
Planet D Nonet: Honeydripper
Planet D Nonet: Big John Special
Planet D Nonet: Hoppin’ John
Planet D Nonet: Shorty George
Planet D Nonet: Shuffling & Rolling
Planet D Nonet: King Porter Stomp
Planet D Nonet: Weird Beard
Planet D Nonet: Paradise Valley Walk
Planet D Nonet: Freedoms
Planet D Nonet: Prince Of Wails
Planet D Nonet: Jones Law Blues
Planet D Nonet: Rumba Negro
Planet D Nonet: Country Cooking


A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by John Sinclair for Radio Free Amsterdam
Program produced, edited, assembled & annotated by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt

© 2020 The John Sinclair Foundation

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John Sinclair - Scuze' Me feat. Laith Al Saadi And Steve Fly



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Uniquely Detroit - John Sinclair




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