In keeping with my recently stated intention to post an
instant dewdrop of musical joy for your iPod each Friday night, what follows is
a description of a number of electic laid-back global tunes all of which have
nothing to do with squid.
Track Listing:
01 Don't Speak In English (Chip
Taylor & Carrie Rodrigues confirm that Spanish or at least not English
is the loving tongue.)
02 Dou dagbe we (Orchestre
Black Santiago. Funky grooves de la Benin)
03 Dove (Cymande. 1970’s
British + West Indian deep jazzy funk)
04 Down To The River To Pray (Alison
Krauss. The sweetest American lady singer since Emmylou calls us to prayer.)
05 Dry Your Eyes (The Streets.
Breaking up is never easy to do.)
06 Dying Breed (Alison Moorer.
Chilling country crooning from Steve
Earle’s wife. The backstory: father kills mother and then himself.
In front of her.)
07 Finger Lickin' Good (Jimmy
McGriff & Groove Holmes. Hot Hammond B3 duel that will singe holes in
your dancing shoes)
08 Four Walls (Jimmie Dale Gilmore.
Wonderful remake of Ernest Tubbs
claustrophobic classic)
09 Galiyan De Kakhan Wangon (Reshma.
Punjabi folk from the desert belle)
10 Gari La Punda (Fundi Konde.
The father of East African electric guitar plucks a contagious melody)
11 Gleams Of That Golden Morning (Bluegrass
Cardinals. Bluegrass gospel from the masters out of California.)
12 God Bless The Child (Freddy
Hubbard pays homage to Lady Day with his golden flugelhorn.)
13 Golden Rule (Charles Bradley.
The R&B find of 2010 wonders why its so hard to make it in America today.)
14 Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen.
Nothing more need be said, except Amen brother.)
15 Hound Dog (Big Mama Horton.
Proof, if it is ever needed, that the original is the real thing.)
16 How Great Thou Art (Larry
Sparks. A great hymn by a great American guitarist)
17 I Don't Think So (Shelby
Lynne. Alison Moorer’s sister is in a disagreeable mood.)
18 I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington enjoy the majesty of each
other on an all time classic.)
19 I Surrender All (Zion
Harmonizers. New Orleans gospel group
harmonizing for heaven.)
20 I Want To Rest (Brother
Claude Ely. Appalachian holiness tent meeting music. With power! )
21 Isa Lei (Ry Cooder &
Vishwamohan Bhatt share guitar chops on a beautiful Hawaiian swooner.)
22 Don't Think Twice, It's Alright (Bob Dylan & George Harrison were good friends. George dropped
by in May 1970 to jam.)
23 It's Your Thing (Grant Green.
Scorching guitar work from Mr Green.)
24 Iye Iye Oh (Sir Victor
Uwaifo. The boy genius from Nigeria.)
25 Java (Al Hirt stirs the
coffee pot.)
26 Don't Even Kick It Around (Vieux
Farka Toure gets all jazzy)
Happy Weekend!
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