Now I understand why you’re always playing the Blues 
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Mizzly old ARVO need something to brighten the day up. What better than Tony Allen Lagos No Shaking on CD. Afrobeat at its best - delicately balanced between laid-back and urgent, skittering polyrhythms and ferocious grooves.
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Yes, and the wife just left me and the dog has died….
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I’m sorry to hear that but at least you can now listen to whatever music you like and as loud as you like without any complaints
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Yola - Stand For Myself
Fine songstress, and used to lead Phantom Limb.
This is a slightly disappointing album and Yolanda seems be holding back, as I know she has a powerful voice and can really belt them out. Possibly suffering from some so-so material.
Still, a pleasant listen.
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Have spent many a happy hour wandering around there as my sister used to live in Paris. Good reason to go back and find this one, thanks for telling me it was there I didn’t know.
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I do like a good C&W opening lyric.
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Ooh…hope I do too. Just ordered it.
Sons Of Kemet - Burn (Naim Jazz LP 2013)
The aforementioned Sons Of Kemet debut LP from Naim. As a committed lover of JA music and Reggae SOK’s interpretation of The Melodians - Rivers Of Babylon that closes the album really pricked my ears at the time.
What started out as a very different, original and dare I say it fresh sounding group, now four albums in I found their last critically hyped album (Black To The Future) a bit of a yawn to be honest. Strong messages of course, not taking anything away from that, otherwise the same as before albeit a bit noisier, musically bombastic ( there is a musicality and subtlety missing from the last two albums ) and treading water.
I recommend hearing this and the follow up on Naim Jazz - Lest We Forget What We Came Here To Do before diving in to either of the latter albums ( Your Queen Is A Reptile & Black To The Future)
See if you agree, or maybe its just me
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Heard a great one the other day:
‘Woke up this mornin’ and she was three States away…. ‘
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Kev - article/interview in today’s Grauniad. I doubt dog food is obligatory for just listening tho!
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Now playing…
FINK - IIUII (It Isn’t Until It Is)
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/24)… kicking off this Monday morning with another spin of Fink’s ‘IIUII’ released this past August and he is sounding sublime! A nice interview with FINK at ‘QUIP’ online. A lovely way to start the week…
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Anathema | A Fine Day To Exit | 2001
Because it’s twenty years ago with this album that Anathema shrugged off their heavy metal shackles and started making some fine alt’, prog and straight rock music.
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