20 Songs That Make Me Happy

Many of you have probably seen the “Name 20 songs that make you happy” thing going around the social medias. Well, I took the time to make a quick playlist of 20 songs that make me happy. Listen/stream/download below.

Hope you enjoy.

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1. Manchester by Kishi Bashi

2. I Know There’s Gonna Be (Good Time) by Jaimie xx

3. Funky Kingston by Toots and the Maytals

4. Love, Love, Love 2 (Reprise) by Akron/Family

5. Mustt Mustt (Extended) by Kiran Ahluwalia

6. Konkon by Oki Dub Ainu Band

7. Scenario by A Tribe Called Quest

8. Baba O’Riley by the Who

9. Here Comes Sunshine by Grateful Dead

10. Sweet Jane by the Velvet Underground

11. Sun Hands by Local Natives

12. Reality Used to be a Friend by P.M. Dawn

13. Swerve . . . The reeping . . . by Shabazz Palaces

14. Bam Bam by Sister Nancy

15. Lalo Schifrin by Blue Scholars

16. I Heard It Through the Grapevine by Creedence Clearwater Revival

17. Baby Baby by the Vibrators

18. Love of My Life Worldwide by Erykah Badu

19. Boogie on Reggae Woman by Stevie Wonder

20. Ooh La La by Faces

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• Download a PDF of some pretty bland CD artwork

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Oki Dub Ainu Band Live For KeenStream

From the Youtube page:

“Festival TV on KEENSTREAM, a YouTube program that started in April 2020, hoping that the day will come when we can enjoy the music and outdoor activities that we love. We welcome over 100 artists in total and liven up the program with MC George Williams.”

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• Visit the official Oki Ainu Dub Band website

• Follow Oki Dub Ainu Band at Facebook

• Purchase Oki Dub Ainu Band’s music at Amazon

• Hear "マナウレラ - Matnaw Rera" by Oki Dub Ainu Band on Episode 06 of the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow

• See other Holiday at the Sea Oki Ainu Dub Band posts

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Tamikrest Live In Japan with Oki

Wowee Zowee! Musical worlds colliding!

Just the other day I featured three songs from Japan’s Oki Ainu Dub Band.

Then, back in March 2020, I featured a live version Tuareg rock group’s Tamikrest song “Itous” as the lead-off track to an introductory mix of Tuareg guitar music.

Now, here is Oki sitting in with Tamikrest in Japan!

The Facebook post by Sahara Eliki simply says:

“Tamikrest live in Japan with Oki　　　＠月見ル君想フ

"Pan kudasai" , en japonais, du pain s'il vous plait”

If you know further context or are aware of other videos, please let me know.

• Visit my previous post about Oki Ainu Dub Band

• Listen to or download my Tuareg guitar mix

• Visit the official website.

• Follow Oki Dub Ainu Band at Facebook.

• Purchase Oki Dub Ainu Band’s music at Amazon.

• Hear "マナウレラ - Matnaw Rera" by Oki Dub Ainu Band on Episode 06 of the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow.

• Visit Tamikrest’s official website

• Follow Tamikrest on Facebook

• Purchase Tamikrest’s music at Bandcamp

• Purchase Tamikrest’s music at Amazon

Oki Ainu Dub Band

Oki Kano (加納 沖, Kanō Oki) was born in Hokkaido, to a Japanese mother and an Ainu father (renowned wood sculptor Bikki Sunazawa) and grew up in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating in crafts at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music, he moved to New York in 1987, where he worked as special effects artist on film productions. He returned to Japan in 1992, and was presented with his first tonkori - the traditional stringed instrument of the Karafuto Ainu.

Oki uses the tonkori, an Ainu stringed instrument, in his performances and mixes traditional Ainu music with reggae, dub and other styles of world music. He also plays guitar and traditional Ainu percussion instruments.

Dive in to the band’s music.

First up is “Suma Mukar”:

Next is the title track from the Sakhalin Rock album Sakhalin Rock.

And here is a live performance

“Filmed at the FMM Sines Festival in 2007, this is a traditional Ainu bow and arrow dance performed by Futoshi Ikabe, to a deep dub mix by the band with Naoyuki Uchida at the desk.”

• Visit the official website.

• Follow Oki Dub Ainu Band at Facebook.

• Purchase Oki Dub Ainu Band’s music at Amazon.

• Hear "マナウレラ - Matnaw Rera" by Oki Dub Ainu Band on Episode 06 of the Global Elite Music Radio Podcast Supershow.