Makaya McCraven - Highly Rare. LP Blundstone 585 Benny called for a round

Benny called for a round of Cuba Libres and I gave him some chips to play for me and went to the ladies’ room and never came back

irresistible adventure

This 12" EP was re-cut and re-issued in October 2009 (with updated art) and comes with a free MP3 download

It’s kinda hard to talk about this band without dropping all the band references that make up their wild mish mash of a sound

Makaya McCraven - Highly Rare. LP Blundstone 585 Benny called for a roundDire and dark but determinedly joyful quartet improvisation captured raw to lo fi tape, copped into a heady progression of beats, blues and psychedelic trance music. Highly Rare is a new mixtape produced & arranged by Makaya McCraven. Its titled Highly Rare not only for the format of its initial release (a limited edition run of cassettes packaged in screen printed, string sealed, firecracker red envelopes), but foremost for the context of the source