East Village Radio

I love spreading the word about quality music to friends because I want to share the experience with them. iTunes has made this sharing difficult and easy. Difficult because any music bought through iTunes can not be imported into a different/un-authorized account. Easy because iTunes has ignited the podcast revolution. Record labels like Stones Throw (songs/mixes by J.Rocc, J Dilla, Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf, Egon, Baron Zen, James Pants, Rhettmatic, etc) and Mad Decent (Diplo, BlaqStarr, DJ Sega, South Rakkas Crew, Bonde Du Role) have been making quality music available for free for several years now.

This past week I happened upon East Village Radio and was blown away by their content. "East Village Radio is dedicated to streaming and linking the music, art, culture and community of the East Village, NYC into the world's conscience." A sampling of their line-up:

"The Wax Poetics Record Rundown" with J.Kirby, & Josh D.
"Authentic Shit" with Mark Ronson
"Turntable Lab Radio" with Snack & Cmish
"The Let Out" with "The Fader" Magazine Crew
"Fat Beats Radio" with Monster and Bill Sharp

Need I say more?

Some of these Podcasts are only available through the website via xml web addresses (and not through the iTunes music store). To acccess the schedule, and the podcast xml addresses, E.V.R. requires a login and password. Once set up you can access the schedule and add as many podcasts as you want.

To add podcasts via an xml web address in your iTunes go to "Advanced">"Subscribe to Podcasts..." a pop-up box will appear where you can type (or paste) the xml address then click "OK."

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