Leaving Candi On The Table
Written Oct. 27, 2009 by Sean Ross in Content with 0 Comments
Last night I was listening to WRXP New York's nightly new-music feature, "10 O'Clock News."
I heard a song that I loved instantly because it makes innovative use of a semi-obscure '70s R&B sample, which is always a good attention-getter in my particular case.
Fortunately, they backsold it and I was devastated to find out that . . .
It's a song that has been sitting at arm's length on my desk for at least the last two months.
The song, incidentally, is One eskimO's "Kandi." The sample is Candi Staton's "She Called Me Baby." If I had actually picked up the advance CD and looked at the bio on the back, I would have also known that two months ago.
But the song itself might not have prompted an article. At that moment, I both had greater sympathy for and greater alarm about those program directors who oversee four stations and no longer have the time (or encouragement) to go digging for new music.
So unless you are outrageously happy with the quality of product in your format right now, it's worth asking: Is your next favorite record within arms' reach?
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