The Overlooked Tracks Podcast

Rap and Hip Hop - A Good Start of 2022

First up – Happy 2022!!  It is happy to start the year on a positive note:  A new year, looking forward to growth of the mind and spirit to explore the world of more music, and to share the discoveries with you, the listener to this podcast and this podcast is called the Overlooked Tracks Podcast!! 
A very small sample of a very energetic, very historic, very fun to listen, and very World-wide music genre of Rap & Hip Hop. Again, a hard mission to explore and pick and choose and this episode only touches the surface and hopefully, just hopefully you can have an enjoyable experience on exploring this kind of music without passing judgement, just like all of the rest of the music genres being played on this podcast. 
Music is here on earth to enjoy and join people, not to separate and degrade.  Start the new year off with an open mind and soul and see where it can take you.  You’ll be surprised.  Just one of missions of the Overlooked Tracks podcast – One music, One Genre, One Love. 

Funk Music to Finish off 2021

As we’re winding down the year of 2021 and describing this year as another turbulent one for many.  Hopefully episode #27 woke you up and gain some power with the rock artists again displayed great sounds on the Rock music Genre.  This time, the Overlooked Tracks Podcast will help you dance the year away with the great vibes of Funk Music and if you’re listening to this podcast, you have permission to dance, to feel free and to say one thing:  You are still on this earth to enjoy the great music the Overlooked Tracks Podcast displays. 
This time, we have found six music artists we think you should take an interest and in turn get you more interested in how deep the funk music rabbit-hole can go.
My name is Kenny Chiba and this is the OVERLOOKED TRACKS PODCAST – Your guide to discover great music that is simply being overlooked. Your ears will not play tricks on you because your ears will thank you for listening to this podcast.  The past, present, and future music played on this podcast will stimulate the mind and soul and for you, the listener to belief there so much to realize in the music universe.
Artwork from Ernest Eugene Barnes, Jr. (July 15, 1938 - April 27, 2009).  More information on the life of Mr. Barnes can be viewed here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Barnes

Episode #27 - Rock Gems

We’re are back from being on the road and it’s time to finish the year 2021 strong. One way to finish strong is to pay your attention to these music maestros of the rock music genre here on the 27th episode of the Overlooked Tracks podcast.  This podcast is your guide helping you enjoy these Rock Gems being discovered or rediscovered and to support their art these musicians gifted to the world. Their aim is steady with a perfect beat, chord, and lyric and again these rock tracks you’re about to hear will again give you that boost you need to finish the year with strength, courage and focus. Many people think that the Rock Genre is a dead.  Well, once you complete this 27th episode of the Overlooked Tracks podcast, you will definitely realize the Rock Genre is not dead, but has reformed into an innovative and catchy sound while staying with the edgy and sharp cuts of the guitar, drums and lyrics of rock. 

The Dynamic Treasures of Africa - Chapter Two

Welcome to Part 2 of the African Journey of the Overlooked Tracks Episode, in other words – Episode #26.  We have a hot set of tracks to display the finely tuned, uniquely made, smooth to the groove of the music artists from the continent of Africa.  This is an exciting time to give you boundless music you may have overlooked, and it’s time for you to recognize the greatness music can bring in your life, and I’m not talking cookie cutter music where it’s here today and gone tomorrow. I must tell you that it’s really worth your time to do some ear hustling and get very familiar on these tracks from these and other music artists on this podcast. 
My name is Kenny Chiba and this is the OVERLOOKED TRACKS PODCAST – Your guide to discover great music that is simply being overlooked. Your ears will not play tricks on you because your ears will thank you for listening to this podcast.  The past, present, and future music played on this podcast will stimulate the mind and soul and for you, the listener to belief there so much to realize in the music universe. 

The Dynamic Treasures of Africa - Chapter One

The Overlooked Tracks podcast is back on the road and this time we are exploring the land where the beat, rhythm and style of music began, The continent of Africa.  I need to get this out of the way now and apologize for the long absence because there were so many tracks to choose resulting in one the hardest podcast episode we’ve done at this point.  It was overwhelming on choosing songs for the podcast because there’s tons of music that’s connected with each country in Africa and it kicked my ass a bit on choosing them.

Jazz for the Beginning or Ending of Summer - It‘s a Love Supreme!!

It is summer time, or in several parts of the world, summer is coming to an end, but other parts of the globe summertime is about to begin.  Either way - it's hot, people can’t go anywhere because of the coronavirus and about that one, like I always say: WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER, so if we want to enjoy things that life has to offer, each of us need to do our fair share to REALLY bypass this crazy mess we are in.  Yep, this experience we are experiencing is crazy as hell, but just like the last episode while we are taking deep breaths and washing our worries away at the Chill Laundry Lounge, let’s take a listen to some summertime jazz music with 5 specially picked music artists to hopefully calm this storm called a world pandemic.

Relaxing at the Chill Laundry Lounge – Featuring Music from Various Artists

What’s up everyone and welcome to the Chill Laundry Lounge where you can wash your worries away and listen to some chill music and just simply lounge.  Decided to do the podcast in the neighborhood Laundry Mat and get some clothes washed and again to wash my worries away so I can chill, focus on my mental state or meet new people or old friends.  The Chill laundry Lounge can be a good place to listen to the machines wash clothes and in a way a form of meditation. This time, we invite you to listen to the sounds of you and me and we and us.  

A Dose of Country Music - Episode #22

Now that the Overlooked Tracks podcast is taking a break from traveling and give the magical musical bus a good tune-up, it’s time to give a music genre some exposure and try to move away from a label that country music has possessed for a long time and try to simply move away from that not so good label and reputation of the past.  When exploring this genre and connected with some music artists on social media, it is for sure that country music has got a bad rap.  Opening up the mind up a bit and taking steps to learn about country music can help you learn one thing:
THERE SOME DAMN GOOD MUSIC OUT THERE!! 
It took a bit, but now we will present to you 5 music artists that are seriously worth a listen and for you, the listener to support these and many more country music artists as much as possible.  No, I won’t get on a horse and ride into the sunset – I’m sitting on my big butt for this episode and give you gems, courtesy of the Overlooked Tracks podcast.

Music Exploring More Around Asia - Episode #21

It is time to get back on the magical music and explores more jewels in music with part 2 of the Asian Excursion – also called Episode #21 of the Overlooked Tracks podcast.  My name is Kenny Chiba and I had to reorganize the arrangement of this podcast because to tell it truthfully, it was overwhelming to get all types of music from the Asian Continent between episodes 20 and 21.
I had to pump the brakes and come to realize that I will continue to do my best to provide you the very best at music that’s being overlooked, but I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP on finding musical gems, so go to www.overlookedtracks.com/contact to give feedback and suggestions on music, go to Twitter and looked “OVERLOOKEDTRAX” to Direct Message me and guide me to a direction where great music is being buried and needs to be dug up and give life to the rest of us.
Music is the source of expression, the source of both mental and physical power and most of all to sooth the soul of the beauty and the beast.  In other words, Music should be simply shared throughout our lives to live the best lives we can.

Music Exploring Around Asia - Episode #20

As we are on the Overlooked Tracks Music Bus traveling to several destinations of The Philippines, Singapore, India and the Russian Federation and my goodness this has been a ride to journey on because there is music all over the place, an adventure to both listen to traditional and modern type of music.  Yes, it has been difficult to pick, which is what makes the trip even more pleasurable to take – to seek, explore and discover sounds from the Music Universe, which indeed is a very BIG place and again simply to live the best life with music as much as possible with the many MANY SOUNDS, RHYTHMS AND BEATS.

An Overlooked Tracks Moment - Episode #19

We are back on the road to our next destination and these set of tracks for episode #19 can be described by one word – MOTIVATION.  Tracks 1 and 2 are for the motivation of love, togetherness, and staying focused on each other during moments in life. Track 3 is simply telling you to keeping it real and stop standing still when you got to live and it’s all a big game but the difference is how you play the field!! In others words – GET OFF YOUR ASS AND LIVE YOU AND LIVE THE BEST OF YOU!!

Episode #18 - Music from the Republic of Korea (Besides K-POP)

It’s a pleasure to be with you again for another edition of the Overlooked Tracks podcast.  It’s time to display some artists from the country of Korea. Many people around the globe think the only type of music coming out of Korea is K-Pop music, which is fine and much success to the singers and singer groups, but if you look a little deeper, you can find some diamonds from singers contributing to the music  universe and you need to listen what these artists have to offer and they offer plenty.

Episode #17 - An Overlooked Tracks Moment - Chillin' While Travelling

For this chapter of the Overlooked Tracks podcast, we packed up again on the Overlooked Tracks Music Bus and fly (yes the bus can fly – Never seen a flying bus before?) to the country of Korea to find some gold  (besides K-POP music, which everyone in the world knows something about the sensation of K-POP).  Naw Man, Overlooked Tracks is in the search of hidden gold from other Korea artists providing sounds for the soul and not just for the fame and revenue.
But first, wanted to display some artists you need to listen to and recognize of the music art these artists bring to the music universe.  Two of them I wanted to play for a while now and now is the opportunity, and one is a returning artist from the first season and she is rocking it with a new release.  Let’s get started before I started one of my habits again – Talking too much from the excitement with these Overlooked Tracks artists!!

Episode #16 - Nippon: New year, New Season

KONINCHIWA MINA-SAN or Welcome everyone to season #2 of the Overlooked Tracks podcast where your music search has ended here with flavor tracks from around the world and beyond from artists you may have overloooked!! This podcast will display musical artists that compose and produce such great sounds and make you say WHAT HAVE I BEEN OVERLOOKING!? 
As we finished the first season of Overlooked Tracks, we start this path of music searching in the country of Japan – Hopefully the next host of the Olympic Games in Tokyo.  Due to Corona-Virus that stopped time pretty much everything in 2020, let’s send a couple of prayers to the Olympic Gods to hold the games this 2021 year.  When that happens, the place will go ABSOLUTELY CRAZY!!

A Japan Remix

The Overlooked Tracks Podcast is back home in Japan and it’s getting cold!!  Winter has come and the only thing that’s warm are tracks found and they’re SERIOUSLY HOT TO LISTEN TO AND HAVE THEM AS PART OF YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION.  We’re taking a break from the traveling and rightfully so, because it’s time to display the true power of the Japanese music artist – from silky smooth beauty to taking time to chill and don on the headphones to realizing that the year 2020 – Life is Like a Movie.  Stand by for some organic sounds from some organic artists.