Moonchild - Little Ghost - 2019 Tru Thoughts / EU CD / TRUCD383 / Hand written Thank You note.
Easily my favorite vocal album of the last 6 months, with its electronic production and yet still a real soul. With chilled horns, delicate percussion and cool keyboards, Amber Navran’s voice gently delivers intelligent lyrics that can linger in your thoughts for many a day.
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black, followed by Frank
The phenomenon that was Amy Winehouse passed me by. I wasn’t even aware that I’d ever heard any of her songs, although when I heard Rehab and Back to Black I realised I’d heard them in passing. That changed last evening when BBC4 repeated a couple of sets she had performed at Glastonbury in 2007, which I enjoyed. Catching up with these two today on Qobuz. I feel I really ought to buy her albums on vinyl.
Peter Gabriel. Up. At 66 mins long and with all but one track over 6 mins this is an album with a lot going on. Featuring The blind boys of Alabama, Black dyke band and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. This is an album that rewards repeated listening.
Now playing…
Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep
Natalie Merchant (vocals, Orchestration, String Arrangements), Eddie Allen (Trumpet), Dan Aran (Drums, Percussion), Minyoung Baik (Violin), Michelle Baker (French Horn), Amanda Barrett (Vocals), William Barrett (Chromatic Harmonica), Richie Barshay (Snare Drums, Frame Drum, Poyk), Andy Bassford (Guitar), Walter Blanding (Saxophone), Sterling Campbell (Drums), Erik Charlston (Percussion), Gene Chrisman (Drums), Greg Cohen (Bass), Kevin Crawford (Bodhran, Flute, Low Whistle, Tin Whistle, Vocals), Bruce Creditor (Clarinet), Joseph Daley (Tuba), Matt Darriau (Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, alto Sax0phone), Mike Davis (Tenor Trombone), Abby DeWald (Vocals), Karen Dreyfus (Viola), Steve Elson (B-Flat Clarinet, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone), Bobby Emmons (Hammond Organ), Joseph Fire Crow (Drums, Native American Flute, Rattles, Spoken Word), Pam Fleming (Trumpet), George Flynn (Bass Trombone), Isaac Freeman (Vocals), Marc Friedman (Bass), Clark Gayton (Horn Arrangements, Trombone), Victor Goines (Clarinet), Marc Goldberg (Bassoon), Lino Gomez (Bass Clarinet), Michael Gomez (Dobro, Lap Steel Guitar), Gabriel Gordon (Guitar), Wycliffe Gordon (Trombone), Daniel Grabois (Horn), Lisa Gutkin (Fiddle), Jack Hale (Trombone), Edward Hall (Vocals), Robert Hamlett (Vocals), Gilad Harel (Clarinet), Greg Heffernan (Cello), Dieter Hennings (Baroque Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Lute, Theorbo), Carlos Henríquez (Bass), Benjamin Herrington (Trombone), Rich Huntley (Drums), Trevor Hutchinson (Upright Bass), Judy Hyman (Fiddle), Motomi Igarashi (Viola da Gamba), Wayne Jackson (Trumpet), Horace James (Keyboards), Shan Jiang (Violin), Birch Johnson (Tenor Trombone),
Gerald Johnson (Saxophone), Mihail Jojatu (Cello), Katell Keineg (Vocals), Lisa Kim (Violin), Jennifer Kreisberg (Chant), Jeanne LeBlanc (Cello), Michael Leech (Bass), Anne Lehmann (Violin), Matt Lehmann (Violin), Michael Leonhart (Horn Arrangements, Trumpet), Dan Levine (Alto Horn, Bass Trombone, Tuba), Sun Li (Pipa), Jessica Lizak (Flute), Frank London (Alto Horn, Trumpet), Wynton Marsalis (Trumpet), Billy Martin (Drums), Jeremy McCoy (Bass), Larry McDonald (Percussion), Brian McWhorter (Trumpet), John Medeski (Piano), Paul Meehan (Acoustic Guitar), Kimberly Miller (Vocals), Eileen Moon (Cello), Mark Murphy (Upright Bass), Phil Myers (French Horn), Jon Nelson (Trumpet), Dan Nimmer (Piano), Sean O’Loughlin (Orchestration, String Arrangements), Sandra Park (Violin), Alberto Parrini (Cello), Paul Morrisset (Bass Guitar, Baritone Horn), Erik Della Penna (Guitar), Erik Ralske (French Horn), Joe Rice (Vocals), Robert Rinehart (Viola), John Roberts (Concertina, Voices), Deidre Rodman (Harpsichord), Uri Sharlin (Accordion), Hoova Simpson (Bass), Lorin Sklamberg (Accordion), Pete Smith (Banjo, Electric Guitar), Sean Smyth (Fiddle), Jim Spake (Horn Arrangements, Saxophone), Bill Spence (Hammer Dulcimer), Richie Stearns (Banjo), Nina Stern (Chalumeau, Recorder), Raymond G. Stewart (Tuba), Arnaud Sussmann (Violin), Paul Sutton (Drums), Sherry Sylar (Oboe), Joseph Thompson (Vocals), Kyle Turner (Tuba), Cillian Vallely (Low Whistle, Uillean Pipes), Howard Wall French Horn), Doug Wamble (Banjo, Guitar), Wang Guo Wei (Erhu), Weng Po Wei (Dizi), Joanne Williams (Vocals), Artis Wodehouse (Pump Organ), Bobby Wood (Piano, Wurlitzer), Chris Wood (Bass), Sharon Yamada (Violin), Owen Young (Cello), Reggie Young (Guitar) and Ina Zdorovetchi (Harp).
Streaming on Qobuz (88.2/44)… kicking off this Monday morning with Natalie and she and her talented group of musicians are sounding sublime! One fine album…
Zim and Lynne must look at that cover pic and feel a little nervous.
Now playing…
Nik Bärtsch’s Mobile - Continuum
Nik Bärtsch (Piano), Sha (Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet), Kaspar Rast (Drums, Percussion), Nicolas Stocker (Drums, Tuned Percussion), Etienne Abelin (Violin), Ola Sendecki (Violin), David Schnee (Viola), Solme Hong (Cello) and Ambrosius Huber (Cello).
Streaming on Qobuz (48/24)… continuing on this morning where I left off last evening with one of Nik’s fine albums. Love this talented group of musicians that make up Mobile and they are all sounding superb! Smiles in the time of Covid…
Eels - Beautiful Freak
On Vinyl
