Let’s make it a double. It’ll be a pleasure……
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How about this for a playlist:
- Robert Leroy Johnson 1911-1938 - Complete Recordings (mono)
- Ken Ishii b.1970 - Metal Blue America 1997
I could try and wax lyrical about how the former has influenced the latter, but that would be a tenuous link at best. Even so, Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped the Devil) released the year after RJ’s death, does have a quite hypnotic and trance-like beat …
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Lump - Animal
Mike Lindsay (Bass Guitar, Electric Guitar, Mellotron, Piano, Roland Juno 6, Vocoder) and Laura Marling (Bass Clarinet, Flute, Vocals).
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/24)… continuing on Laura and Mike Lindsay with their release from July 2021 and they are sounding mighty fine! It has not been out for a spin in quite awhile and enjoying the beat…
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Delia Derbyshire- Hannah Peel- Unheard Delia
Via Qobuz - but on Bandcamp as well. An interview with Delia and original compositions. Delia Derbyshire is famous for the realisation of the Dr Who theme, but there is much more to her, including work done after the BBC.
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Yes, I’m enjoying this one immensely. The recording quality and instrumentation really exemplify the beauty, grace and strength of her remarkable voice.
Great to hear Angelique Kidjo here and on the Miriam Makeba re-imagining album, too. Oh, and Common on this one, also. Fantastic.
(Would like to get hold of a vinyl version of this or the Makeba album, but it looks like stream, download or CD only. Might have to settle for the latter.)
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Meg Myers, Take me to the disco. If you haven’t heard Myers before I think you might know within a few bars whether this is for you. I haven’t playered this for a while, but it’s a favourite of mine along with her first full release album, Sorry. It’s quite a high energy listen and a bit of a rollercoaster ride between soft harmonic vocals and the visceral screams of someone trying to exorcise a few ghosts. Nicely recorded, fab!
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Tony Joe White | Bad Mouthin’ | 2018
TJW’s last album, this slow talking, breathy singing swamp rocker was a fine Tennessee gentleman. As someone once said “Tony don’t do nothin’ fast”.
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Meg Myers - Take Me To The Disco
Meg Myers (Vocals), Victor Indrizzo (Drums, Percussion), Christian “Leggy” Langdon (Bass Guitar, Mixing, Percussion, Piano, Synthesizer), The Section Quartet (Strings) and Joel Shearer (Guitar, Vibraphone).
Streaming on Qobuz (44.1/16)… a mention from @Bokermonz above raised my curiosity and I have placed Meg in the queue and now taking out for a spin and the opening track ‘Take Me To The Disco’ is sounding mighty fine… Looking forward to the rest of the album.
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There was a rockabilly revival centred on a pub called The Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne when I worked at a HGV license office in the late 1980s as a student. The crowd in the office included musicians and they bought secondhand American clothes which they sometimes wore to work. I’m partial to a bit of rockabilly, each track is very short.
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Donald Fagen and others. Rock and Soul Revue.
The performances featured Fagen and included Phoebe Snow, Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs, Eddie Brigati, David Brigati and Charles Brown.
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You’ll have to check this out next.
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Tony Joe White | The Train I’m On | 1972
Hitting fifty, this old one from the late great (underrated) TJW is sounding sweet.
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England/ West Indies Test Match streamed on Talksport 2.
Test looking a bit more balanced than it was earlier, good match to listen to.
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Jeanne Moreau, self titled album. I don’t understand a word of the lyrics. Might dig up English translation later. Still enjoy this immensely. 
Thank you @Drikus. 
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