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Wednesday, Sep 20 2023, 7AM
Bob Dylan originally wrote this song for The Band in 1967. Nina Simone performed it on her 1969 album, "To Love Somebody." This album was released at the time when many of the record companies were attempting to push their jazz artists into the mainstream by having them record the popular songs of the day – to be attractive to that “hip, young audience.”
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Nina Simone is performing it live in Paris in 1968 here.: www.youtube.com
Find this fifth solo album from the Swedish singer here: nenehcherry.bandcamp.com
Brand new release from England's Cleo Sol and is rumoured to be a member of the pseudonymous collective SAULT who have released eleven studio albums.
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76th spin
This amazing song featuring Seattle's Ishmael Butler samples Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes track "Devika (Goddess)" from Liston Smith's 1975 album 'Visions of a New World'.
Watch the trio - Seattle's Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mary Ann "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira (from Silver Spring, Maryland), and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving (from Philadelphia) - perform live for KEXP in 2016 from the Kex Hostel in Iceland:
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Utah based solo artist (Luc) ford. says "The album title, ‘Guiding Hand,’ is a tribute to the people in our lives who give us momentum and push us forward. For Luc, that force is intangibly linked to his older brother Parker who passed away in a swimming accident when Luc was 7. Parker had just arrived at college that summer and was in a water activity where a classmate of his got pinned in a hidden whirlpool under a bridge. Parker ended up diving in twice in an effort to rescue that friend. While he was able to save that student’s life, Parker was knocked unconscious underwater and fell into a coma which he never came out of.
The hands seen on the cover of this record are plaster casts of his Mom and Parker's joined hands, which his parents had made in the mortuary during the week between his passing and burial.
“I feel so lucky to have had an older brother that exposed me to so much great music as a kid." fordsounds.bandcamp.com
"The Weight" sampled South Bronx's 1980 song, "The Big Throwdown."
Bob Babbitt of the Motown house band The Funk Brothers recalled to Mojo magazine February 2009 the recording of this track: Putting it together was simple, we just did that one song in the three-hour session and we had enough time left over to eat some BLT sandwiches. We didn't know it was going to be political, because the lyrics weren't written when the rhythm track was recorded.
These Staten Island instrumentalists are still bringin' it after two decades playing together.
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Live on KEXP in 2019:
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José González's cover of "Heartbeats" by Swedish band The Knife.
This album is turning 20 years old October 29th! In celebration, a special deluxe reissue of the album will be out on October 27th!
josgonzlez.bandcamp.com
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New album out November 10th! Pre-order it here: www.beirutband.com
Released today in 2005, The Weight is a Gift still hasn't gotten a job nor applied to schools. You're 18 for God sakes!
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Songwriter Matthew Caws on "Always Love": "I still have strong feelings for this song. The words still resonate with me. I feel like most people can identify with wanting to feel part of a loving relationship, of a warm and mutually supportive partnership. I’ve never gotten tired of singing it." bit.ly
Dear GOD this is amazing.
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“I wrote and recorded the demo in my bedroom in one day, during my final year of university in 2018,” frontwoman Lily Fontaine commented on the inspiration behind ‘The World’s Biggest Paving Slab’ in press materials. Adding: “Moving to a city for university forced me to reflect on how my experience of growing up in and around Pendle, how witnessing the social, economic and political issues that exist around there in juxtaposition with the beauty of the landscape and the characters that live within in it, has shaped me into the artist and person that I am.”
We just got our hands on a version of The Breeders “Divine Hammer,” featuring Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis on vocals. It's named “Divine Mascis" and will appear on their 30th anniversary reissue of the album, which comes out this Friday, September 22, via 4AD.
“At the time, J Mascis was a guitar god… we sent him the tape to put guitar on, so when it came back and he’s got rid of our voices and just put his vocal on, we were like, ‘Wha?!’ But it’s really cute,” Kelley Deal told Uncut. “There’s a freshness to it, and it’s just so weird. I like his voice and the idiosyncratic way he sings and delivers lines. So I thought it was really neat.”
J. Mascis choppin' at our hearts.
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Check out Dinosaur Jr. performing live, recorded exclusively for KEXP.
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The best song in the world right now. Nay, the galaxy. Nay, the universe. NAY, THE MULTIVERSE! #NerdDadJokes
The band recorded The Twits in eight weeks in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca. It’s Bar Italia’s second full-length of the year, following their debut, Tracey Denim, which dropped in May. We like them a lot.
Not only was this released on this day 38 years ago, but it's also drummer Alannah Currie's 66th birthday today!
Look here. We're playing New Wave Ballads cuz it's rainy, and cuz, well, you know.
And you wanted to dance so I asked you to dance
But fear is in your soul
Some people call it a one night stand
But we can call it paradise
Don't say a prayer for me now
Save it 'til the morning after
8th grade slow dance time. Uh, or I'll just hold this wall up.
Oh thank God that slow dance is over. My tummy feels funny now, Cathy.
Romance is in the air...and in our hair...as is dippity doo. So much tall hair.
Maybe the most popular song featuring a marimba as a lead instrument?
"Love My Way" was the first Psychedelic Furs song to chart in America. Released in 1982, 'Forever Now' is the third studio album by the Psychedelic Furs.
From the second studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics, consisting of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. - eurythmics.com
Second slow dance of the night. Or a medium slow dance. Ugh, I am bad at this.
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Patty in Burien writes: Do you really want to make me cry? LOL done! LOL 🤣🤣🤣
The most romantic song of the night, maybe. baby, you're much too fast...and that's not Lake Minnetonka.
Um, do you want to, er, um, dance with me? Yes? (brain explodes).
I know I've had this cassette for a while. I'll dub it and get it back to you....wait, sax solo...
Everyone should be late for work today. #KnowwhatImean #SayNoMoreSayNoMore
He looked across the dance floor. They looked back. He smiled. A smile was returned. This song played. His hair, high. Hers, higher. Both wore eyeliner. Romance was in the air.
Our new hero is Regan in Edmonds who wrote: "Either my heart's gonna explode or I'm going to have an orgasm because all the 80s prom music is sending me. Keep up the good work. If I wasn't 51, I'd be having a baby at nine months."
Man, these Long Island Iced Teas go down sooooo smooth.
Maybe Long Island Iced Teas weren't the best idea.
