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Category: Hidden Gem

Hidden Gem: Rufus Wainwright “Hallelujah”

Posted on November 7, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Rufus Wainwright “Hallelujah”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

On November 7, 2016 we lost Leonard Cohen.

The world is poorer when we lose poets (Unfathomably we lost Bowie and Cohen in one year; I feel defenseless). Rufus Wainwright is synonymous with Hallelujah (so many fantastic covers really but Rufus gives Hallelujah pathos, Leonard gives it weight because dude had weight, poets…yo). Yet rather than the traditional cover…this is Rufus’ Hallelujah with 1,500 singers. Woah. Choir! Choir! Choir! is a venerable Toronto institution. If you’re ever in town join em; that’s the way it works: show up and sing…lend your voice to the choir.

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Hidden Gem: Lilly Wood & The Prick & Robin Schulz “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)”

Posted on October 31, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Lilly Wood & The Prick & Robin Schulz “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Finally!! We all have these beats…songs that are faint memories and we don’t have enough to google. (How amazing would google become if you could hum or sing a song and it would be like…oh! I know that one here ya go! Here’s to the brave future we all want to occupy!).

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Hidden Gem: Chet Faker “No Diggity”

Posted on October 24, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Chet Faker “No Diggity”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

No Diggity remains one of hip hop’s most popular jams. At Pacific Junction Hotel bar (home of Girth Radio!) it gets dropped on the jukebox often. Actually a bit too much. There’s so many ways to cover this tune and Chet Faker does a fine job.

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Hidden Gem: ROB “Funky Rob Way”

Posted on October 17, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on Hidden Gem: ROB “Funky Rob Way”
Hidden Gem: ROB “Funky Rob Way”

You’ll either be sold by the song’s description: “Crazy rare heavy afro funk from Ghana” or the drums which needlessly to say are…funky.

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Hidden Gem: Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens “What Have You Done”

Posted on October 10, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens “What Have You Done”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Documentaries ain’t known for their excellent soundtracks. When The Garden Was Eden an ESPN 30 for 30 is an outlier. Directed by Michael Rapaport who is quintessentially New York City much like Daptone Records this track was an ideal match for a documentary on the last championship the New York Knicks won. It remains to be been seen what Phil Jackson can do and who the Knicks will become.

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Hidden Gem: Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør “Never Ever”

Posted on October 3, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør “Never Ever”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Chair Dancing!!

The video description is amazing: ” thick slices of pop drenched in heavy keyboard-gravy, seasoned with 80’s soul and that signature Röyksopp-sound; it’s disco baked beyond recognition.” Done like dinner…let’s do this thing!

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Hidden Gem: Mano Le Tough “Primative People (Tale Of Us Remix)”

Posted on September 26, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Mano Le Tough “Primative People (Tale Of Us Remix)”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

This sinister beat should be in a horror movie was my first thought when I first heard this Primative People remix. Or a sci-fi movie like John Carpenter doing Star Wars. Both?

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Hidden Gem: Bell Biv Devoe “Run”

Posted on September 19, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Bell Biv Devoe “Run”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

After a 15 year hiatus BBD are back and…it’s tight. I never thought I’d say any of that out loud…yet here we are.

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Hidden Gem: K.I.D “Errors”

Posted on September 12, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: K.I.D “Errors”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

Jay who runs the kitchen at Pacific Junction Hotel bar says to me…have you heard Kara’s new song? He fires up it up on his laptop like a proud Dad. Kara is one of us…she worked at Pacific Junction Hotel bar and with Errors she is clearly well on her way! Jay and I high fived: it’s so cool to see this happening.

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Hidden Gem: Eternia “Keep U”

Posted on September 5, 2016March 9, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Hidden Gem: Eternia “Keep U”

Sammy Younan

Girth Radio Presents…

The production on this Eternia track is outstanding…wait until you get to the They Reminisce Over You sample/moment. Produced by by Apathy of the Demigodz: well done!

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