Tag: Sansu

"Love Lots of Lovin'"

Rx: Love (Lot’s of Lovin’)

So, have you figured out the pattern yet? It’s still early, I know, but congratulations to those who correctly deduced that Zero to 180 is paying tribute to Allen Toussaint (who left us exactly one week ago) by taking a little “time walk” – one that began last Friday with

November 17, 2015 No Comments

"Omar Khayyam"

Toussaint’s Pop Persian Poetry

Browsing 45Cat’s database for 1966 singles associated with Allen Toussaint, my eyes were immediately drawn to an A-side entitled “Omar Khayyam” by The Rubaiyats, issued on Toussaint’s own Sansu label. As it turns out, the band’s name is inspired by the term for “a collection of Ruba’i” (as in the

November 16, 2015 No Comments