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Tangle Eye: Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed

by Mark F. Turner
February 9, 2004

Recent trends of DJs remixing original jazz source materials have produced some interesting results, such as Bird Up – The Charlie Parker Remix Project and Shades of Blue by hip hop producer Madlib. While the saying “There's nothing new under the sun" may or may not be true, this may be the first time that ethnic blues and gospel have entered the genre with Alan Lomax's Southern Journey Remixed by the New Orleans-based remix team Tangle Eye.

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