This weekend the vibe is all about intermingling different genres. I flew to Boston on Thursday and am thinking about the importance of regionality in music. I don’t necessarily mean where a song was created or where the folks who created it are from, but how music means different things to you based on where you are. How does a song sound different here versus there? At home versus on vacation? How can does one mix all the versions of oneself via the music they play? How does all of this act as a form of self-care or self preservation? So, this weekend, we play with that.
The playlist begins with a newer track called I Was In New York, perhaps a perfect song to encapsulate the mood set out above. It’s a newer song with deep seventies sounds and a driving force forward. From there, we have a few Afro and Arab funk tracks from the sixties and seventies with a bit of a cumbia hint. We test the limits of genre mixing by throwing on some Lee Hazelwood, his soft, clear vocals a demarkation from the global groove before. Next up is Tanya Tucker, an “original female outlaw,” and her ballad Ridin’ Rainbows. We move out of country and western sounds and into seventies groove and disco. Both good, but different, vibes. Marvin Gaye, Kiki Gyan and Donald Byrd take us through until we end with some classic R&B from Penny Goodwin.
Enjoy.
Listen to the playlist here.
The weekend menu:
The wine: Ruth Lewandowski Rosé. A pink, very glou glou stunner. Plenty of watermelon, dried mint, and sea air whirls around in this structured gem of a rosé. The perfect summer night or poolside wine.
The app: Focaccia. Truthfully, I haven’t always had luck with foccacia, but when made right it’s perfect. Eat this with some drizzles of honey, red pepper flakes and burrata.
The main: Pasta Bolognese. This recipe hails from the Boston chef behind Fox and the Knife. It’s a comfort food, but it’s also an impressive dish when done to the nines.
The side: Watermelon & Goat Cheese Salad. Cut the heaviness of the foccacia and bolognese with a super fresh, refreshing salad. It’s summer, so time to add fruit into everything.
The afters: Vanilla Bean Scotch Ice Cream. This boozy ice cream doesn’t really taste boozy. The scotch highlights the musk of the vanilla and brings out the rich, savory creaminess.
Visual appeal:
It’s unreal that this is the tenth weekend edition. Thank you, thank you for being here and making this possible. 💕