What Are You Listening To? June 2024

[Zeeba Neighba]

Kansas - Leftoverture (1976)

 

[JazzyRandy]

James Francies - Purest Form (2021)

As always, many of the pieces on Purest Form are cluttered and ultra-psychedelic, trademarks of Francies' nu-jazz sound
...
Every song on Purest From bleeds personality and charm, so even as you watch him deconstruct My Favorite Things into something completely new, there's never a second where you question if the time spent with him is worth it.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Guided By Voices - Strut Of Kings (2024)

 

[axolotl]

The Road Was Bent From The Way We Took It, by Brandon Tani

5 track album

laaps.bandcamp.com

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Jacques Offenbach - The Tales of Hoffmann (Orchestre National de France/Ozawa Seiji/Placido Domingo et al)

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter (1970)



Merry Clayton sang on the Stones' Gimme Shelter. Her solo version here is the theme music for John Fugelsang's radio show.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Horslips - Drive The Cold Winter Away (1975)

Pure trad Irish music, complete with flute, harpsichord, banjo and fiddle, a non-stop joy from start to finish.

on the Sam-O-Meter. Forget the green beer, muckers. This one is bleedin' savage.

 

[Ojai Sam]

Maria Cole - Maria Cole (1960)

Vinyl Spin of the Day.

Last month we spun Maria's debut 10-inch LP from 1954. That album maximized her smoky, intimate voice in a small jazz setting, However, Dot brought in their musical jack-of-all-trades Billy Vaughn who slathered on the cloying string ork and annoying background warblers. A couple of the slower numbers succeed, but uptempo novelties like "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely)" are just embarrassing attempts to sound contemporary.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Dirty Three - Love Changes Everything (2024)



Warren Ellis band; first album in 12 years.