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In this episode of the Major Scale we have Nobody… no, it’s not a scheduling snafu, it’s Elvin Estela, an artist who goes by the moniker of Nobody. For over 20 years he’s been fighting the good fight by composing amazing music that ranges from the outer reaches of psychedelic infused hip hop to rare groove suites of the highest order. We’ve been dying to talk to him since The Major Scale started and on this episode he joins us to wax poetic on music, influences, ‘90s college radio, and other things all too familiar.

Michael Blake returns with something old that is new again–the re-release of Slow Poke At Home. Originally recorded in 1998 during a landmark year in the saxophonist’s career, today the original release fetches a fairly hefty price. Like all of Blake’s work, Slow Poke is a curious collection of originals and imaginative covers by Duke Ellington, Neil Young, and Eddie Harris. It’s a sonic crossroads of bluesy slide guitar and a jazzy rhythm section that, at times, is gruff and rootsy as well as ethereal. 

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