Well, it's May, huh? Sorry for the lack of mixes during April. But love means never having to say you're sorry, and since I love you, you understand how life calls. In fact it's why I had to include this cool track from Nate Smith called "I'm Rushing Over" 'cause I felt you needed to hear it. The groove is tight and slightly nostalgic to 80's R&B, plus John Howard's voice is a winner.

Sliding from there into some broken-beat jazz-funkiness from Flowriders, "Russellology" speaks to all things literally heard, seen, said, and done. No, really. Hoodoo. Voodoo. I love jams like this, however you have to wonder what leaf blend the lyricists smoke sometimes.

Showing Dallas love, enjoy this fun slice of hip-hop as locals P.P.T. evoke Human League and Pet Shop Boys with fake accents to extend the joke. The song, "Love Crimes" from their latest project, Denglish, however is quite good. P.P.T. brings "party" to hip-hop music where people can actually dance, something that's been a long time gone.

Keeping this electronic mood, a fixture in the Boston music scene, Andre Obin, brings the track, "Angel Dust". While this single is available at iTunes and eMusic (like all the music I play), this is also going to be on his forthcoming disc from Moongadget imprint in June 2008.

House. For me, a live sounding house groove takes the expression of jazz and gospel music and allows you to slowly "go in" until you feel that spirit. The track, "In Your Phantom", by Missing Soul, is a fine example of what I mean. You can do it. Take your time. Do it right.

Rounding out the set is a young lady from Toronto that was discovered by Prince's manager, according to reports I'm reading. (Now which incarnation of the artist we know as Prince, I have no earthly idea.) Anyway, as the piano introduces the song, you come into a latin-inspired jazz number called, "So Deep" by Jennie Laws. She's got chops and nice songs. I'm digging it.

So along with your new Madonna, Portishead, and Jamie Lidell downloads, you've still got music to buy. Gas money? Nah! Besides you could have the coolest music collection on the bus ride to work.

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