“Musical innovation happens from the bottom up and the outside in.” 'Music: A Subversive History,' by Ted Gioia
🎵 My week in music (week #42)
🎵Just introduced my 11-year-old daughter to the early work of Massive Attack. She enjoyed it very much. So did I.
🎵 My week in music (week #41)
“Noise is treated less as a health risk than an aesthetic nuisance [...] Complaining about noise elicits eye rolls. Nothing will get you labeled a crank faster.”
My week in music 🎵
There’s nothing like waking up on a rainy day with a new album by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.
🎵 Ghosteen
🎵 Iggy Pop’s latest album is getting mixed reviews, but I’m loving it.
Some true gems to be found here! WARP take over NTS radio with 100 hours of Eno, FlyLo, Autechre...
You will be dearly missed, mr. Rebennack... Mama Roux - Gris Gris (1968)
Excited to see Fatoumata Diawara listed as one of the guest curators for Le Guess Who 2019. Revealing the guest curators for Le Guess Who? 2019
Growing up in the Wassoulou region, she experienced stifling traditions and the oppression of women. In her music, Diawara addresses fierce political topics, fighting for the rights of women and children in her homeland.
J.J. Cale - Stay Around (2019). The long awaited posthumously released album of the under-the-radar-giant is here. It’s good.
“I choose for my family. Maybe others are capable of doing it, but I can’t go on tour and be a good dad at the same time.”
Mark Hollis, explaining his decision to leave music in 1998 (but only after releasing possibly one of the most quiet and intimate records ever made.)
Finally, a great new album by Belgium’s best kept secret: Dez Mona - Book of Many