I have a fantastic podcast for y’all, but I can’t figure out the audio editing software on my computer! Until tomorrow, here’s one of the songs we featured on it for tonight’s Late Night Listening.

Sean Padilla of The Cocker Spaniels was generous enough to share a few tracks from the new album Sometimes You’ve Got To Fight To Get A Bit Of Peace.  The album came out this past Tuesday, and I’m proud to share my favorite song called Gimme Back My Red Pen.

Please support The Cocker Spaniels by purchasing a copy of the album today!  Also, Sean bakes cookies, much to the delight of several of his twitter followers (me included) and he’s preparing an east coast tour in the not to far away future.

[audio: http://www.afrolicious.com/audio/gimmebackmyredpen.mp3]

I went out to support the good homie Real8 at the Leimert Park Art Walk this weekend.  Here he is performing Im Saying at Kaos Network. If you are in Los Angeles at the end of August, make sure you come out to the Leimert Park Art Walk to catch a show (or two!)

Im Saying…(live) from real8 on Vimeo.

Peace to Real8 who has shared this exclusive track with Afrolicious.  The instrumentals were looped from Skipp Coon & Mr. Nick’s it is what it is. Enjoy Im Saying by Real8

There is music and then there is music.  I discovered the music that Muhsinah makes on a late night webbing stint early 2009. I had just re-discovered 21st Century Maroon Colony and somehow ended up on her myspace.  I couldn’t get on the mailing list fast enough.

Time flew and now Muhsinah is making more music and a short film.  This is epic y’all.  “Dear _____ ,” – The Debut Studio Album + Independent Short Film By Muhsinah is on Kickstarter now and Team Muhsinah needs to raise $31,000 to fund the project.  Please support this work in anyway you can.

If you have at anytime lamented the state of music or even the absence of Lauryn Hill, this is your moment to do something about it by putting your money into action.

Afrolicious is pledging. Ann D! is pledging. Whatchu gonna do?