Classic early Jamiroquai track of their debut album Emergency on Planet Earth.
Jamiroquai:
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Hall and Oates – I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do) | (GPF)
Andrew Ashong and Theo Parrish* – Flowers | (NAT)
Another mellow, dreamy number from Detroit’s Theo Parrish and Londoner Andrew Ashong. It is taken from Ashong’s eponymous debut EP, which is out on the Sound Signature label.
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*Artist #672
Van Morrison – Listen to the lion
Between one thing and another the past couple of weeks have been rather stressful. As a result I have found myself gravitating to more mellow music. This meandering, dreamy number from Van Morrison, taken from 1972’s Saint Domoinic’s Preview, did just the trick today.
Saint Dominic’s Preview:
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Foals* – Late Night (Koreless Remix)
A smooth remix of Oxford band Foals by youthful Glasgow DJ Koreless. It is another track that I discovered via Far From Cyan.
Foals:
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*Artist #671
The Chiffons* – One Fine Day
Soul classic from The Chiffons to start the week. It doesn’t get much better than this. Pure pop magic.
The Chiffons:
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*Artist #670
Buena Vista Social Club* – El Cuarto De Tula
A colleague was talking about Cuban Collective Buena Vista Social Club and going to see them at the Cork Midsummer Festival in July.
It reminded me of finding them in my Dad’s record collection when I was at school and finding their sound both fascinating and hypnotic. Little has changed listening to them now probably 15 years later.
Buena Vista Social Club:
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*Artist #669
Carla Thomas* – Pick up the pieces (Live at Wattstax)
This is a great live recording of Stax legend Carla Thomas taken from the 1972 Wattstax music festival which took place in The LA Colluseum. It is probably my favourite track of hers (the also excellent album version is here)
Carla Thomas:
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*Artist #668
Tina Turner* – What’s love got to do with it? | (GPF)
Bombino* – Amidinine | (NAT)
Apologies for the rather esoteric choices this week, I just go where the music takes me.
A friend sent me this last week and I have been really enjoying it since. It is taken from Niger artist Bombino‘s recently released album Nomad.
Given his rather exotic roots and the fact that my friend used Tinariwen (another Tuareg band) as a comparison I was a little taken aback that I both understood the reference and really enjoyed the song! I suppose it goes to show how far writing this blog has expanded my musical horizons.
Bombino:
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*Artist #666