This week saw the welcome return of Yinka Oyewole to the Phoenix FM studios. The last time I spoke to him on the show was on the phone while he was still over in New York last year. He’s back in London now for a bit and has been busy recording his new album ‘A Hundred Hurricanes Coming Through’ and creating videos for some of the songs, including I Don’t Exist and No Brakes which we heard during the show (check the videos here and here). It was great to hear Yinka talk about the process of making the videos as you could tell it was enjoyable for him to use this new form of creative output and, as with all his work, he cared a lot about the attention he puts into it to get his results. We also dove into his back catalogue by hearing songs from the South London-Brooklyn EP and when he was in his band Sabatta.
We also spoke about how his music can’t be defined by a certain genre, something I’ve talked about before with other artists that have been on the show. One comparison I made with him once related to his more rock side was Jane’s Addiction as they were technically a rock band, but certainly unique in their style, so I couldn’t help also playing one of their songs too. When Yinka and I get talking it doesn’t take us long to talk about how things are unfolding in the world, either in politics or in events that are happening in the world. It certainly didn’t take long for the freshly unfolding news of the horse DNA found in burgers sold in supermarkets to get us off talking about it. It also influenced the music played too as I could’t help getting the perspective from Curtis Mayfield and the wonderful John Trudell.
You can check out Yinka’s website here and listen again to the show:
Yinka – Musical Meanderings 15th January 2013 by Graham Stannard on Mixcloud
Here’s the playlist for 15th January 2013 (Albums in brackets)
1. Trippy Wicked & The Cosmic Children of the Knight – Going Home (Going Home)
2. The Joy Formidable – The Greatest Light is the Greatest Shade (The Big Roar)
3. Yinka – (Sometimes These South London Streets Remind Me Of) Brooklyn (South London- Brooklyn EP)
4. Yinka – I Don’t Exist (A Hundred Hurricanes Coming Through)
5. Yinka – No Brakes (A Hundred Hurricanes Coming Through)
6. Sabatta – So High (Sabatta)
7. Jane’s Addiction – Up The Beach (Nothing’s Shocking)
8. Yinka – The Wander Returns (South London- Brooklyn EP)
9. John Trudell & Bad Dog – Carry The Stone (Live à Fip)
10. Curtis Mayfield – (Don’t Worry) If There’s a Hell Down Below We’re All Going to Go
11. The Black Crowes – Seeing Things (Shake Your Money Maker)
12. DarkShiRe – Skywalker (Serenity)