Big Ups with Amir
When you look up hardworking in the dictionary, it’s most likely you will see DJ Amir’s likeness. The man has been tirelessly unearthing gems by himself and with his DJ […]
Category Archives: record collecting
Vinyl: A Short Film By Andy Hylton
Got this little gem of a short film passed on to me a few weeks ago. I’m sure all of us vinyl diggers have been in this situation. It could […]
Anatomy Of Sample: Stanley Turrentine – Sister Sanctified
I wore the cassette of The Cactus Al/bum out in my ride as a late teen. Still reeling from the onslaught of white boy rap by the Beastie Boys, I […]
Tucker & Bloom x Rich Medina: The Game Changer
As long as I’ve been DJing, I’ve always had beef with DJ bags. I addressed that in my review of the Tucker & Bloom North/South messenger here, and introduced the […]
Feel What I’m Feelin’ – An All 45 Mix
It’s Friday, and with a nod to Adam Yauch and Saul Bass, Flea Market Funk presents Feel What I’m Feelin’: An All 45 Mix. Here’s a baker’s dozen of 7″ […]
Sonny Knight and The Lakers – Hey Girl
If you have not been following the Minneapolis, MN record label Secret Stash, here’s a good time to start. Their previous releases have gone from Deep Funk to African Soul […]
The Dust & Grooves Road Trip: Digging For America’s Finest Vinyl Collectors
It’s been about a year in the making, but The Dust & Grooves Road Trip: Digging For America’s Finest Vinyl Collectors is finally here. After last year’s successful Kickstarter campaign […]
In Praise of CTI Records
Record digging has always been an adventure and from the first time that I dug up a CTI record I was hooked on this very special label. When I found […]
Happy 40th Birthday Hip Hop
The above flyer is probably the most important flyer in the history of Hip Hop. It signified the birth of the genre by none other than the DJ Kool Herc […]
LascaMão – Rufar Dos Tamborins
Today’s heat comes courtesy of “the hottest sounds around”, we’re speaking of the Names You Can Trust label out of Brooklyn. The crew over at NYC Trust has been delivering […]
Flea Market Funk 