There's the good heat from bangin' new music and there's the bad heat that will f*cking kill you and sometimes we have both. Let's hope for more heat between the musical humans and the listening humans and less heat from the planet (which is our fault, the fossil fuel humans). Stay safe out there.

Summer 2023 was full of world music hot rocks and we can only hope for a repeat of that in 2024. We kick it off with the eternally partyistic Omar Souleyman, hit a little hop from Armand Hammer, some indie from Lord knows where (because I listen to so much music), some retro funk from the Silver Skylarks, and we take you out with a 5 minute double shot of my favorite jazz record thus far this year, the 58 minute monster shot from Ahmed out of the UK. It's hard to explain how these guys take jazz and blow it to the moon and back so please check that out.

Thanks for listening!

Excerpts from this episode:

Omar Souleyman: Male Atab

Armand Hammer: When It Doesn't Start With a Kiss

Blue Bendy: Mr. Bubblegum

Silver Skylarks: Number One Set and Sound

(Ahmed): Wood Blues

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