The Jazz Butcher- - La mer-

2009-06-14T21:58:45Z

En 1983, the Jazz Butcher chante que « les éléphants font des vacances comme tout le monde », vont à la plage, et nagent. Rencontre avec les absurdités, les révoltes, l'humour anglais et l'élégance du groupe de Pat Fish, auteur entre autres de Gift of Music (1985) et Distressed Gentlefolk (...) Folk, Francophone

Boys Dont Cry

2008-12-05T11:34:15Z

Je suis un mauvais garçon : je n'ai pas parlé une seule seconde ni ici ni ailleurs du nouvel album de Lambchop. C'est quand même la première fois depuis un moment (Is A Woman, en 2002 à vue de nez) que le groupe fait quelque chose de vraiment excitant et troublant. Rien à voir avec Damaged, (...) Reprises, Folk, ballade

Holly Conlan - OK

2008-12-07T05:58:38Z

<img height=200 src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Cs2uR3kzL._SL500_AA280_.jpg><img height=200 src=http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J4jCgxAML._SL500_AA280_.jpg> Holly Conlan: Ok</a> From <a href="https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/network/build-links/individual/get-html.html?ie=UTF8&asin=B001BULB5G" target="_blank">Bird EP</a> (2006) Anjulie: Day Will Come Soon</a> From <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001KRNW2U?ie=UTF8&tag=sousid-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B001KRNW2U" target="_blank">Boom EP</a> (Hear, 2008) I can't really explain my soft spot for folk-poppy singer/songwriter stuff. My wife's theory is that I listened to too much Sarah McLachlan in my 20s but I don't really hear that connection in either Conlin or Anjulie's songs. Both do, however, remind me a little of Feist (who I like) as well as Sarah Shannon (Velocity Girl) whose <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006369U?ie=UTF8&tag=sousid-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00006369U" target="_blank">2002 album</a> I was entirely taken with. Folk, ballade

Harry Nilsson : Everybody's Talkin

2008-10-21T09:34:23Z

My interest in Harry Nilsson came through coversong, most specifically 1995 covers album For The Love Of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson, which I picked up when it was new in order to gain access to otherwise-unavailable rarities from Marc Cohn, Aimee Mann, and a solid roster of other perfectly (...) Folk, Harry Nilsson

Steve Forbert - The Moonbeam Song (Harry Nilsson cover)

2008-10-21T09:34:23Z

Harry Nilsson - Coconut

2008-09-22T19:57:49Z

<img src="http://o-dub.com/images/soulcrates2.jpg" /> <img src="http://bywayof.net/captains_crate/2008/09/22/odonel1.jpg" /> <img src="http://bywayof.net/captains_crate/2008/09/22/kingharvest1.jpg" /> <img src="http://bywayof.net/captains_crate/2008/09/22/somtres1.jpg" /> <img src="http://bywayof.net/captains_crate/2008/09/22/nilsson1.jpg" /> <img src="http://bywayof.net/captains_crate/2008/09/22/van1.jpg" /> O'Donel Levy : I Believe In Miracles taken from the album Windows on Groove Merchant (1976) King Harvest : Take It Easy taken from the album Dancing In The Moonlight on Perception (1973) Som Tres : Take It Easy My Brother Charles taken from their self-titled album on Odeon (1969) Nilsson : Coconut taken from the album Nilsson Schmilsson on RCA (1971) Van Morrison : It's All Right taken from the album Bang Masters on Epic (1991) originally recorded for the Bang label in 1967 Today I pulled together a seemingly random bag of tunes that share a certain slinky slowness- the noggin bopping tempo- which fits perfectly to an early Autumn blue sky day with nothing to do but laundry. I have a few other LPs by <a href="http://www.dustygroove.com/browse.php?kwfilter=O'Donel+Levy&incl_oos=1&incl_cs=1&format=all" target="blank">O'Donel</a> and I can always count on him for some solid jazz-funk fusion goodness, but when this slow bounce scat-fest came on I too was reminded about the realness of miracles. Keep in mind- O'Donel is on guitar while vocalist Aleta Green is vocalizing the EXACT same line! There's plenty of other good funky moments on the record, but this track is what I'm needing today. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Harvest" target="blank">King Harvest</a> is a group I knew nothing about until now. I picked up the record because I usually like the soul music I find on the <a href="http://www.dustygroove.com/item.php?id=fdjk2r86yz&ref=browse.php&refQ=label%3D129456%26amp%3Bincl_oos%3D1%26amp%3Bincl_cs%3D1%26amp%3Bformat%3Dall" target="blank">Perception label</a>. Definitely not The Fatback Band, this funky-country-soul song still won me over instantly. This Som Tres record was an easy pick to follow up with, and I'm surprised we haven't posted it here in the Crate before. Such a classic! And when your name happens to be Charlie, the song feels that much more like it was written specifically for you. I've heard a handful of other Brazilian versions of this song- written by Jorge Ben I believe- but this Som Tres take on it has got to be the most true embodiment of the song's message. Check the rest of the record at <a href="http://loronix.blogspot.com/2006/11/som-tres-um-e-pouco-dois-e-bom-esse.html" target="blank">Loronix</a>. Do we ever need an excuse to drop a lil <a href="http://www.harrynilsson.com/" target="blank">Nilsson</a> into our set? Whether or not this song has been played 2 bazillion times does not seem to affect my love for it. And with the new track by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AROeEiidM8Q" target="blank">Tyga</a> getting spins in the club and on MTV, I wanted to return to the version that made me realize Bobby McFerrin wasn't the first vocalist to get crazy nice with the vocal instrumentation and tropical-coco-butter harmonizing. I can also relate to the way the man feels on the cover of this one- sometimes putting on an entire outfit is just too much work, that's why we have bathrobes. Last but certainly not least, a song of pure, unbridled catharsis from an album that I can't seem to take off repeat. There's a whole <a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/09/van_morrisons_c.html" target="blank">story behind the recordings</a> found on this CD (which were never collectively released at once until 1991!), but there's also the tale of a much younger me, listening to this record by default every other weekend when I stayed at my Dad's house and came up with another thousand ways to use a stick as a toy. Is Van the most soulful white man ever? Until I'm shown a better example (Bobby Caldwell comes close) he will hold the title. Pop-rock, Folk

Russian Red - Girls Just Want To Have Fun

2008-09-14T17:32:14Z

Russian Red est une jeune chanteuse et auteur espagnole dont le dernier album est intégralement en anglais, chose plutôt rare car mal perçue ces dernières années dans le monde de la pop espagnole. I Love Your Glasses est sorti en 2007 et l'artwork du disque ne peut que nous rappeler Feist. La (...) Reprises, Folk

Texas Lightning - Like A Virgin

2008-08-10T13:30:38Z

Kiwi Sue reminded me several months ago that Saturday is Madonna's 50th birthday. Even though she can't sing or act her way out of a paper bag I can understand her appeal during her prime. She was mighty hot, even in those Playboy pictures with the hairy armpits. Now she's dried up and scary (...) Reprises, Folk, ballade

The Tarriers : The Banana Boat Song

2008-08-14T15:33:22Z

Guitarist, banjo player, and well-respected arranger of folksong Erik Darling, who passed away last week at the age of 74, tended towards the leeward side of fame: he was the guy who replaced Pete Seeger in the Weavers, if that rings a bell among any of the oldguard folkies who remember a time (...) Folk, original

Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

2008-08-08T23:51:52Z

1+1+1 = 3 Prince 1 2 3 4 Feist 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Count The Days Inez & Charlie Foxx 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Count The Days Patti LaBelle & The Blue Belles 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Kool & The Gang 2 4 6 8 The Jackson Five 2-4-6-8 Motorway The Tom Robinson Band 2+2=5 Radiohead 3x7 Jewel King 3x7 Slim Smith (...) Folk, Pop, ballade

Folk via le radiophone