In a perfect world, the best girls would go for the most talented guys.
Vilray is a most talented guy. Rachael Price is definitely the best girl.
And here they are, singing together.
272: Vilray, ‘Do Friends Fall in Love?’ (with Rachael Price)
Song Of the week
302: Bonnie Raitt, ‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’
Right up there with food and water–Those Special Pop Songs.
Continue reading...236: Jacob Collier, ‘Hideaway’
If you ever want to know what’s new in music, check out what Jacob Collier’s been doing for the previous couple of months.
Continue reading...102: Netanela, ‘Shir HaYona’ (Matti Caspi)
Noah’s dove, still searching for land.
A secular Israeli prayer for peace.
107: The Association, ‘Everything That Touches You’
Pop pap? Glorious? Should I admit in public that I really, really like this song?
Continue reading...170: Laura Nyro, ‘Luckie’ (“Eli & the 13th Confession”)
(Boom!Boom!Boom!) Are you rea-dy???
The evolution of the first 4 seconds of Laura’s masterpiece.
091: Herbie Nichols, ‘House Party Starting’
A moment of your attention please for the most famous unknown jazz pianist of the 1950s, the wonderful, forgotten but unforgettable Mr Herbie Nichols.
Continue reading...069: Catherine Russell, ‘New Speedway Boogie’
In which the daughter of Louis Armstrong’s musical director, Julliard graduate and studio singer par excellence, sparkles up an old Grateful Dead tune backed by a mandoline, string bass and tambourine.
Jerry would have loved it. So would Satchmo.