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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS – NY Daily News

WASHINGTON — Chuck Brown, who styled a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music in the nation’s capital, has died after suffering from pneumonia. He was 75.

Brown died Wednesday at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore. Hospital spokesman Gary Stephenson confirmed Brown had died after a hospital stay that began April 18.

Thanks to Brown and his deep, gravelly voice, go-go music was uniquely identified with Washington. That’s where he continued to play the city’s club circuit late in life. [Read More]

Hammock House – The Eastbound L

An unrestrained universe of sound that reimagines the compelling rhythms of yesteryear in combination with sublime, 21st century grooves. The commitment to both tradition and craft has inspired a new genre of House replete with flamboyant arrangements and magnetic beats that seamlessly conjoin to create a colorful, refined, authentic soundscape.

Each track is imbued with the spirit and vivacity of a bygone era — a tangibility capable of inducing a transcendent experience. And interwoven with its inventiveness, are subtly and familiarity. This unique sound is, at once, old and new. So, immerse yourself in the seductive resonance of Hammock House, and be prepared for a long stay.

01 SIEMBRA (JOAQUIN “JOE” CLAUSSELL REMIX) – RUBEN BLADES 10:13
02 MI GENTE (LOUIE VEGA EOL REMIX) – HECTOR LAVOE 11:36
03 FUNK DOWN (JOAQUIN “JOE” CLAUSSELL) – MONGO SANTAMARIA 8:37
04 TAKE FIVE (NICOLA CONTE REMIX) – ROBERTO ROENA 5:22
05 ALEJATE (JOAQUIN “JOE” CLAUSSELL SACRED RHYTHM REMIX) – HECTOR LAVOE 10:39
06 MORRIS PARK (BONDE DE ROLE REMIX) – LENNI SESAR 2:58
07 O ELEFANTE (SHH REMIX) – RAY BARRETTO 8:41
08 I LIKE IT LIKE THAT (AARON JEROME REMIX) – PETE RODRIGUEZ 6:30
09 SAONA (GILLES PETERSON AND SIMBAD REMIX) – NORO MORALES 7:15
10 ME VOY AHORA (SACRED RHYTHM DANCE VERSION) – ISMAEL MIRANDA 7:04

By LARRY ROHTER – NY Times

In a court ruling with significant implications for the music industry, a California judge has dismissed a suit by two song publishing companies aimed at preventing Victor Willis, former lead singer of the 1970s disco group the Village People, from exercising his right to reclaim ownership of “YMCA” and other hit songs he wrote.

Early last year, Mr. Willis invoked a provision of copyright law called“termination rights,” which gives recording artists and songwriters the ability to reacquire and administer their work themselves after 35 years have elapsed. The song publishers, Scorpio Music and Can’t Stop Productions, countered by arguing that Mr. Willis had no legal standing to take that or any other action because he had “no right, title or interest in the copyright” to the songs.

On Monday, Chief Judge Barry T. Moskowitz of Federal District Court in Los Angeles rejected the song publishers’ claim that Mr. Willis was not eligible to reclaim his share of ownership of “YMCA,” whose lyrics he wrote, and 32 other songs recorded by the Village People. The companies had initially argued that Mr. Willis had merely created “works for hire” while, in essence, an employee of the company that managed the group. They also claimed he could not reclaim his share of the song because a majority of the other copyright holders had not agreed, the issue that the judge’s ruling addressed. [Read More]