Yes, it’s intrepid friend Andy Blumpkin’s birthday, but differently-named and unarguably much more tasteful Uproot Andy has put out a effing bangin new mix titled Guacharaca Migration.  You should go to his myspace to download the whole thing, but here are sum tasters:

Kingston Town - Uproot Andy RMX [alt]

Vale La Pena - Uproot Andy RMX [alt]

['De la serie: La Cumbia eres tú' by ojjo on flickr]

Well… Its February 14 evening and we certainly aren’t vivo-ing per lei, I tell you.

It’s been a long time for TMYLM and, rather than adding to the economic nationwide collapse of blogs, we thought it’d be better to look on the upside.  We’re coming back, and it’s gonna involve much more than some software upgrade.

Let’s talk a little about music, the world, and world music.  Some choose to tattoo it on their arms; others choose to listen to the music when it comes to you.  And others, those well-moneyed types, can afford to actually travel in these awful times.  Well, TMYLM is at least one of the above, but certainly just came back from some long, ambiguously deserved trip.  And brought these two Belizean (well, actually Garifunian) gems for you:

Reckless - Don’t Discriminate

Umalali - Yuendueya Weyu

We could discurse randomly on these pieces (hybridity of Garifuna culture; the internalization of medical debility through HIV culture in Belize; women’s agency via song, etc) but actually, the songs are great and you should enjoy them.

Well, we’re back. It was a fun trip, Il Duce Guiliani’s contribution to DF’s fashionable police scene notwithstanding. The beautiful Mexico DF, surrounded by quesadillas and tacos (but with some encroaching disturbing scenes, including a Domino’s pizza across the street from a Little fucking Ceasars). Thus, semi-happily borne into the berth of New York and with a smiley wink to all music loving friends in New York, the next few posts from this werld traveller will have some of the werld-ly music I picked up abroad.

Kumbia All Starz - Spidi Gonzalez
Ska Cubano - Yiri Yiri Bon (Dancehall Remix)

Don Omar - Con el Cucu en la Boca — LINK FIXED!

Sabor Kolombia - Bota y Tambor