A Hog-Wild, Labor Day Barbecue Mixtape

The end of summer always comes way too quickly for my liking but luckily for everyone summer puts its last gasp into Labor Day weekend, a weekend reserved for high school kids to deal with the after shock of being back at school and one last summer barbecue for family and friends together.  To celebrate I’ve put together a sweet soulful compilation of some of the best soul the fifties, sixties and seventies had to offer. Punchy, bright, supple and warm, these numbers will put a little kick into your afternoon and bring you into the night. Remember, all the tracks listed here are free (just right-click on the link and save target/link as), but please, if you like them, support the artists. The mix after the jump

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A Mixtape Monday Presentation: Summer Daze

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This weeks mix comes out as a mixtape should, i.e. its meant to be played in the order presented, treat it like its a CD, the tracks are in their order for a reason.  This one is yet another summer inspired mix with an eclectic range of musicians and styles, and toeing the line between both retro and modern, all the artists are great, and if you like them, support them.  And let me know what you think of the mix, leave me a comment.  But without further ado, your mix ladies and gents, after the jump.

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Guestape: Nickin’ Phish

This next mixtape is a guest feature from Phish fanatic Nick Swanson.  In his mixtape debut Nick takes you with his colorful diction through his favorite Phish songs and why the Jam band is so legendary in its ability to switch from genre to genre and in its ability for its musicians to improvise over anything.  His mixtape after the jump.

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Dancin’ With Dabrowski: Prepping for Lollapalooza

Art of the Mixtape welcomes back the guest feature Dancin’ With Dabrowski where John has taken the time to put together a playlist of the acts to watch at the festival this year, his playlist after the jump.

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Guestape: Summer Lovin’ Torture Party


Art of the Mixtape is proud to feature a guest mixtape from Pete Willett.  While not rooting and endlessly researching The Yankees; Pete enjoys playing ridiculous amounts of jazz guitar (Pat Metheny is an unfortunate favorite) and being inspired by the non-sequitur lyrics of Matt Berninger, 80′s pop, and plenty of 90′s and 2000′s melodramatic music.  I kid, sort of, but here’s his mixtape after the jump.

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Missing My Baby (Gone on A Tuesday Afternoon)

This week is more of an ode to my girl than a mixtape, going away for a month in the wilderness of Tanzania, a continent away without any means of communication. Featuring warm and wistful numbers from the likes of the Allman Brothers, Blake Mills, Frank Sinatra, Fruit Bats, The Shins, The Beatles, Velvet Underground, Dire Straits, James Taylor, The Band, The Kills, and Richie Havens.  This week also features great classics from Joe Jackson, Ryan Bingham, G. Love, Paul Simon as well as two great classic covers by Vetiver and The Derek Trucks Band.  Hope you enjoy, the mix after the jump

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A New Art of the Mixtape Series: Dancin’ with Dabrowski

This week I am proud to feature a guest series, Dancing with Dabrowski, a college DJ and a music intern, John makes it his business finding bands on the up and up for the indie crowd.  At this moment he may or may not be doing one of the following things; traveling Europe, going to a concert for an upstart new band, DJing, or working at Sony.  His post after the jump.

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A Mixtape Monday Presentation: Cars and Trains, Boats and Planes

Introducing the themed mixtape, more music, word free. This week concerns those means of transportation. The mixtape after the jump.

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A (Belated) Mixtape Monday: More Nutrients Than A Can of Soup

Sorry Ladies and Gents, I’ve been in a music blog funk as of late but i’ve got some great tunes lined up for you so sit back, relax, and enjoy.  This week features some great lost versions of Beatle songs, some great live performances from the likes of The Allman Brothers Band, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, as well as the lost soul of O.V. Wright, the smooth Philadelphia sound of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, the eclectic sound collaging of Barton Fink, the crooning of Lou Rawls, Paul McCartney teamed up with Elvis Costello, as well as some great numbers from Lyle Lovett, The Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, Beck, and Radiohead.  If you dig it, support the artists.  The full mixtape after the jump

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Brady Harris: More than A Heart of Glass

If you’ve been keeping up with the blog, you may have remembered a fellow named Brady Harris being featured on a Mixtape Monday with a great cover of Blondie’s “Heart of Glass”.  Humble too, after stumbling across my blog Brady got in contact with me and sent me a couple of his albums.  In terms of talent he deserves to be just as well known as top level act like Spoon, but the music industry isn’t fair to all and he’s seemed to slip through the cracks.  However, his ability to cover and interpret others works is top-notch, and not just limited to Blondie songs.  Here’s a few of my faves from his album Cover Charge.  If you like these you should check out the rest, and to buy it just look for him on cdbaby.com.  The covers after the jump.

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