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Yaslin Bay, the artist formerly known ass Mos Def, has began a new project. The Top Forty Underdogs.

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Chief Boima Podcast for XLR8R

01 DJ Arafat "Frapper Naboula Tala" (Ivoir Mix DJ)
02 Chief Boima "Last Night of Your Life" (Dutty Artz)
03 BB Ramazani "Fouka Fouka" (X-pol)
04 Dollar R DJ "Wolosso Azoubagehi" (Section Zouk/Score)
05 Abou Nidal "Wrou Wrou"
06 DJ Passon "Kuduro Logobie"
07 DJ Bax "Kro. D'F.L.O Gringo" (Bazzerk)
08 Chief Boima "Logobi 1"
09 Chief Boima "Decolator" (Dutty Artz)
10 The Shine feat. Jimmy "Qual é a Dica"
11 Crystal Fighters "At Home (Cousin Culo Remix)"
12 Chief Boima "Cape Verdians in Paris"
13 MC Cidinho "Dinheiro (Maga Bo Remix)" (Comando Digital)
14 Walter Ananaz "Mboia" (Bizness Music/Bomaye Musik/Sérios L)
15 J. Martins & Cabo Snoop "Good Tym" (Don Family/Storm)
16 Oz Kiezos "Princeza Rita" (Lusafrica France)
17 DJ Eridson feat. Dj D.D.Cabeça "D.D 122 Dor de Cabeça"
18 Tshala Muana "Libanga Yatalo" (Syllart)
19 Osunlade "Envision (Dixon Version)" (Innervisions)
20 AJEButter 22 feat. Taymi B "Senrenre" (Studio Magic)
21 Geelex feat. Appietus & E.L "Bend Ya Body" (Agany Entertainment)
22 Lamin Fofana "Brokedown City (Aramac Remix)" (Sticks n' Stones)
23 Sorie Kondi "Without Money No Family (Chief Boima Remix)" (Dutty Artz)

Chief Boima's Africa in New York EP comes out On Feb 21st

Europe! Catch Boima in Paris for Hell Yeah Tropical Madness at Batofar Terrasse & Club w/ Mele & Patamix DJs on Feb 18th.

followed by three dates in Germany:

Feb 22: Berlin NGOMA sound at Soju Bar w/ Zhao

Feb 24: Leipzig at Staubsauger w/ DJ Sencha

Feb 25: Krefeld at Schlachthof w/ Daniel Wahl

Daferwa - Bangbutze.com (4/4) #3 by Bangbutze on Mixcloud

Download the Rafael Aragon EP Curandero

Boima visits Chicago on March 9th for Sonic Diaspora with The People's DJ Collective

Get hip to Boima's contributions to the interwebs here, here and here

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Hearts and Spouge Beat

Our man Dontaye Ball is creating a farmers market Valentines feast for you and your bo this Saturday at Coffee Bar. The menu looks great and the meal will be accompanied by the sounds of Diya Kareem

Tasting Menu of Love

Champagne toast

Oysters on the Half Shell with Duo Bloody Mary and Champagne Shallot

Artisan cheese plate with toasted bread and local honey

Beet Salad with wild fennel, early winter Oranges, Arugula, House Made Herb Goat Cheese and Lemon Vinaigrette

Celery root and Gala apple soup shot with mint cream fraiche

Slow roasted free range chicken breast with Caramelized cauliflower puree and buttered wild mushrooms

A Threesome of Desserts

Strawberry basil panna cotta, Good Foods triple chocolate chip Cookie and pink lady apple and bourbon bread pudding

Reserve your spot ASAP

If you don't have a bo to share this intimate evening with, fear not. Dontaye will be providing the prepared food for the Lukes Local meal box next week. Sign up for your box today.

Then on Monday at Bar Tartine, Sarah Kirnon will cook two very special menus to be accompanied by beer from independent California brewers. The chef promises a playlist consisting of "some spouge ( look it up), yvonne elliman, the emotions,ashford and simpson, early calypso."

So reserve your spot and feast on Sarah's cuisine while you wait for Miss Ollie's to open.

Miss Ollie’s Menu

• Congo Style Soup
- salted beef, silver turnips, aubergine, giraumon, ti'figues, crusty yeast bread

• Miss Ollie's Fried Chicken
- pigeon pea Creole consommé, fresh bay leaf, lardons

• Christophine Tarte Tatin
- honey, wort, sweet spices

Miss Ollie, Sarah’s grandmother was a cook on a sugar plantation in Barbados is the namesake of Sarah’s signature Fried Chicken as well as her forthcoming Oakland restaurant.


Miss Edna Lewis’ Menu

• Salad of lettuce, baby spring onions, with home-made vinegar, sweet mustard
- crusty yeast bread, smoked salted butter

• Beer Braised oven Brisket
- sautéed parsnips, wild cress salad

• Rhubarb Pie with Pear Preserve
- vanilla custard sauce

Miss Edna Lewis was a chef and author sometimes called “the South’s Julia Child.” Her seminal cookbook “The Taste of Country Cooking” is considered the classic study on American Southern cooking.

Both menus will be served with bread and pickles.

THE BEER: "1 beer, 2 ways" from each of my 4 favorite independent brewers in the state.

With bread and pickles:
Linden Street Brewing Company “Deep Roots” Common Lager
and
Linden Street Brewing/Tartine Bakery “Daily BRed” Deep Roots grist fermented on the Tartine Bakery sourdough bread starter

With the first course:
Dying Vines “Dee’s Mild” Southern English Brown Ale
and
Dying Vines “Dee’s Wild” Dee’s Mild fermented on Lactobacillus


With the main course:
Moonlight Brewing “Death and Taxes” Black Beer
and
Moonlight Brewing “Prison Wages” Death and Taxes fermented with macerated pinot noir grapes and aged since 2010

With Dessert:
Craftsman Brewing “Heavenly Hefe” Bavarian Style Hefeweizen
and
Crastsman Brewing “Angelino Wiesse” Berliner Style Wiessbier

All diners will receive all 8 beers.

Take Me to The Bay

Mundo Libre

SATURDAY 1/28 Mexican Feast followed by Santero's Afrika Ep Release Party

On Saturday January 28, Soul Cocina will be returning to La Victoria to prepare a Mission District Feast! A Mexican menu with a Bay Area approach.

There will be two seatings. One at 6pm sharp and a later seating at 8pm sharp. The first course will be served right at 6pm and 8pm so please arrive on time.

You can choose one of two different prix fixe menus. The VEGAN or the OMNIVORE

Both the VEGAN and the OMNIVORE dinners will be served at both 6pm and 8pm

VEGAN

Avocado Cucumber Salad • Fried Platanos • Radish Leaf Salsa Verde

Roasted Beet • Cara Cara • Cactus Pear Vinaigrette

Winter Vegetable Soup • Chile Morita • Sweet Potato Scallion Fritters

Cactus Sopes • Cumin Roasted Purple Potatoes • Mole Rojo • Pickled Vegetables

OMNIVORE

Ceviche • Fried Platano • Avocado • Radish Leaf Salsa Verde

Roasted Beet • Cara Cara • Cactus Pear Vinaigrette • Queso Fresco

Sopa de Albondigas • Winter Vegetables • Queso Crema • Chile Morita

Birria de Chivo • Handmade Tortillas

Reserve your spot

After the feast at La Victoria the Superritmo crew (DJ Roger Mas and Kool Kyle) will be hosting the release party for Santero's Afrika EP

Live performances by SANTERO BOOGAT (Montreal) FAVI (FA) DJ sets by DJ Mr.E (Papalote Hi-Fi) El Kool Kyle (SuperRitmo) Roger Mas (SuperRitmo) & Surprise Guests! Make-Out Room San Francisco, CA 9pm-2am $5 Cover Santero now resides in Oakland, CA where he hosts a hugely successful weekly global music showcase called The Jet Set. He splits his time working as a recording artist, producer, deejay and radio host. In 2005 he was named Best New Artist by Batanga magazine for his first album and made Remezcla’s 2008 Top Ten list. Santero's sophomore release El Hijo de Obatala has garnered critical acclaim, having been featured on NPR’s All Things Considered & Latino USA. Santero’s sophomore effort made several critics’ top 10 lists for best album of 2009 in the Village Voice, SF Weekly and other publications. Santero was nominated for a 2009 SF Weekly Music Award and was featured on many prominent music blogs. The third album by Santero, entitled Afrika (2012 Round Whirled Records), is an exploration of the impact African rhythms have had on the music of Latin America. Funky Afro-Beat drums, poly-rhythmic Couper Decaler dance beats & Angolan Kuduro styles blend with Latin percussion & call and response vocals. Santero reaches deep into his Latin roots & African diaspora sensibilities to bring together the best of two musical worlds in this utterly danceable & celebratory release. Santero on Soundcloud

Boogat and Santero rocking Madrone at Tropicana -photo by Don Bustamonte Every Thursday night in San Francisco the Tropicana party goes down at Madrone Art Bar. Bringing the Family together with residents DJ Don Bustamante, DJ Apocalypto, DJ Santero and DJ MR. E. bringing you the best in Salsa, Cumbia, Reggaeton Merengue and International beats. FREE Salsa lessons with your host Señor Saenz!!! 500 Divisadero St. @ Fell. Doors 9PM. 21+ You can hear some of the latest Boogat and Santero jams on the latest Radio Plantation show Boogat is a vocalist / writer / producer living in Montréal, Canada. His music is urban and latin, in Spanish and French. Boogat’s carreer has been in three steps : first in Quebec’s underground Hip-Hop scene as the frontman and beatmaker of ‘’Andromaïck’’ (1996-2001), then with his solo french project under the name Boogat and collaborating with the ‘’Movèzerbe’’collective (2004-2009), finally in a Worldbeat 2.0 / Tropical bass project all in spanish combined with a producing career (2010-2011). Boogat’s touch figures on almost a hundred projects in Québec , USA, Brasil, Mexico, Australia and Argentina. Lots of collaborations have been made with Poirier, Roberto Lopez Project, Pawa Up First, Zizek’s Lagartijeando and El Remolon and also almost every working artist in Quebec’s Hip-Hop scene. Boogat is preparing a Spanish album dropping September 2012. Wancho Villa Wancho Villa takes this massive Boogat tune in a new direction, sampling Major Lazer's samples of Nora Dean. http://www.boogat.com/ Boogat on Soundcloud Favi is 22 year old artist, singer songwriter and poet born and raised in San Francisco , California. She blends Flamenco and Latin music foundation passed down to her by her musical family and classical vocal training gained as a member of the San Francisco Girls Chorus to R&B and Hip Hop with "scintillating talent" (38 Notes) . Transgressing borders across genres and socio political geography her music speaks truth to power in the tradition of Nueva Canción you can dance to. Since the release of "Abrázame", her first single alongside Los Rakas (Oakland/Panama) in 2010, she has collaborated with Spanish language hip hop artists including Bocafloja & Quilombo arte and released her debut mixtape, "FLOR DE AZAHAR" (Orange Blossom Vol 1) alongside DJ Santero. A quickly maturing performer she aims to shine and bring transformative flor y canto to the stage, moving the people from dancefloors to the streets, representing for flowers of self determination that blossom across the Americas and her diasporas. Her first solo album, FAVI ESTRELLA EP, drops Summer 2012. Favi on Facebook Favi on Soundcloud