1,100+ mixes with tracks by “His+Orchestra”

Soundtracks from your favourite movies, perfect for studying or falling asleep.

50's & 60's era International vocal pop tunes from Vintage 45s. The vocalists/musicians hail from Italy, Spain, Chile, Argentina, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Lebanon, though most of the songs are in (some form of) Spanish. Featuring Caterina Valente (pictured), Carmen Sevilla & Mara Del Rio. 18 tracks total, two of which happen to be the same song but sung by different people at different tempos with different music. [TRT: 43:19]

A few of my favorites at the moment.

Un sabroso mix de latinjazz con mucho swing! Comparto con todos ustedes, disfrútenlo! enjoy!

That heart-breakin', hip-shakin', man-hatin', hedonistic, no good alley cat is back for more... she'll turn you on, then turn you over. Again.

22 tracks, including music by Syd Dale, Ricardo Tubbs & the InnerThumb and King Curtis.

some backstory:
http://8tracks.com/sidekick/you-re-walkin-straight-into-a-honey-trap
http://8tracks.com/sidekick/never-fall-in-love-with-a-grindhouse-gi...

May 19, 2012

A good selection of big band music featuring artists like Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Louis Prima and more.

revision, essays, presentations.. probably the least exciting things in your mind when it's gloomy outside.
but, hey! rain doesn't have to be too depressing! there's nothing a good cup of coffee and some nice music can't handle..

37 soft tunes to help make work easier...

seize the day

A playlist inspired by Albertine Sarrazin's novel L'Astragale. Love, youth, sickness and crime.

"I've loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night." -Galileo

A companion to "Somewhere Under the Sun," yet located in a different hemisphere of sound. Twenty-three tracks including music by Gotye, My Brightest Diamond, and St.Vincent.

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Swing sessions are pub nights that focus on great tunes from the jazz age. It's about all the lovely tunes that may get skipped for social swing dance settings. But this music deserves to be played in public for anyone to enjoy, that's why we invented swing sessions. And sure, the era had more dances than lindy hop. Here's some tracks from my set at the 4th Swing Session.