Sunday 12 August 2012

The Surfaris - Wipeout
Album: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits
1973 Compilations (out of print) Reissued 2005: Magic

Tom Jones & Jools Holland - Life's too short (to be with you)

Album: Tom Jones & Jools Holland

2004: Warner Music

Macy Gray - The comeback

Album: The Sellout

2010: Concord Music

Elbow - One day like this

Album: The Seldom Seen Kid

2008: Polydor / UMC

FEATURED ARTIST

Bob Dylan

Album: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

2003: Columbia

   Blowin' in the wind

   A hard rain's a-gonna fall

   Don't think twice, it's all right

Louis Armstrong

Album: The Best of Louis Armstrong: The Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings

2002: Sony

   Willie the weeper

   Strolling with some barbecue

Artie White - The more you lie to me

Album: Mississippi Blues

2003: Putumayo

Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur - Don't ever let nobody drag your spirit down

Album: Blues Around the World

2006: Putumayo

Allen Toussaint: The bright Mississippi

Album: The Bright Mississippi

2009: Nonesuch

Rockie Charles - Festis believe in justice

Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon - Door poppin'

Album: Louisiana Gumbo

2010: Putumayo

 

Quincy Jones - Soul bossa nova

Album: Big Band Bossa Nova

1998: Verve / UMG

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Heritage Blues Orchestra

Album: And Still I Rise

2011: Raisin' Music

   C-line woman

   Big-legged woman

   Catfish blues

Staff Benda Bilili - Sala keba

Album: Tres Tres Fort

2009: Crammed Discs

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Stick with me baby

Album: Raising Sand

2007: Rounder Records

FEATURED ALBUM

Album: Songlines Music Awards 2011

2011: Songlines Publishing

   Femi Kuti - Dem bobo

   Afrocubism -0 A la luna yo me voy

   Cheikh Lo - Conia

   Bellowhead - Yarmouth Town

Jimmy Somerville - From this moment on

Album: Red Hot + Blue (A Tribute to Cole Porter)

1990: King Cole / Chrysalis

Steve Tyrell - Smile

Album: A New Standard

1999: Atlantic

REVISITED & TRULY GREAT

Ella Fitzgerald - It's only a paper moon

Album: Jazz Legends - Various Artists
2002: Union Square Music

Sunday 15 January 2012

The Surfaris - Wipeout
Album: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits
1973 Compilations (out of print) Reissued 2005: Magic

Fleetwood Mac - Tusk

Album: The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac

2002: Rhino / Warner

Bruce Springsteen - Tunnel of love

Album: The Essential Bruce Springsteen

2003: Columbia

Michael Buble - Haven't met you yet

Album: Crazy Love

2009: Reprise / Warner

Fleet Foxes - Montezuma

Album: Helplessness Blues

2011: Bella Union

REVISITED & TRULY GREAT

Art Neville - Big Chief

Album: Keys to the Crescent City

1991: Rounder

Louisiana Red & Little Victor's Juke Joint - Your lovin' man

Album: Memphis Mojo

2011: Ruf

Ben Harper & The Blind Boys of Alabama - There will be a light

Album: There Will be a Light

2004: Virgin

The Beatles - Penny Lane

Album: Magical Mystery Tour

2009: EMI

Richard Hawley - Born under a bad sign

Album: Coles Corner

2005: Mute

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Asa - Beautiful Imperfection

2011: Iyke the Don

Why can't we

May be

Be my man

Trombone Shorty - Suburbia

Album: Backatown

2010: Verve / Universal

Tony Bennett & KD Lang - Because of you

Album: Tony Bennett Duets: An American Classic

2006: Sony BMG

Paul Desmond - When Joanna loved me

Album: Feeling Blue

1996: Camden / BMG

Etta James - What's going on

Album: All the Way

2006: RCA Victor / Sony BMG

Nilsson - Me and my Arrow

Album: The Point

2002: BMG Heritage

Randy Newman - Feels like home

Album: Harps and Angels

2008: Nonesuch / Warner

Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Armstrong - You won't be satisfied

Album: Jazz Legends

2002: Union Square Music

Mose Allison - I don't get around much any more

Album: Jazz

2011: Putumayo

Amy Winehouse - The girl from Ipanema

Album: Lioness: Hidden Treasures

2011: Universal Island

Rebirth Brass Band - AP Touro

Album: Rebirth of New Orleans

2011: Basin Street Records

Charlie Rich - Mohair Sam

Album: It Ain't Gonna Be That Way (The Complete Smash Sessions)

2011: Ace

Sunday 16 October 2011 Playlist

The Surfaris - Wipeout
Album: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits
1973 Compilations (out of print) Reissued 2005: Magic

Ben Waters - Roll 'em Pete

Album: Boogie 4 Stu

2011: Eagle Rock

Pete Johnson with Calvin Frazier - Boogie woogie
Album: Juke Joint Jump
2008: Blue Label / Sony BMG

Alex Bradford with Chris Barber's Jazz Band & Singers - Couldn't keep it to myself
Album: Chris Barber - Memories of my Trip
2011: Proper

Simon and Garfunkel - Baby driver
Album: Bridge over troubled water
1990: CBS

Perez Prado - Guaglione
Album: Cafe Latino
1996: Telstar

REVISITED & TRULY GREAT

Album: Earl Scruggs and Friends

2001: MCA / UMG

With Elton John - Country comfort

With Dwight Yoakam - Borrowed love

With Gary Scruggs & Travis Tritt - True love never dies

Charles Trenet - Je chante

Album: The Extraordinary Garden

1990: EMI

Fred Astaire - Cheek to cheek

Album: Let's Face the Music & Dance

2005: Sanctuary

Damien Rice - The blower's daughter

Album: O

2003: East West

The Cadillacs - Speedo

Album: Stateside Presents Doo Wop Classics

2007: Stateside

Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring it on home

Album: The Best of Sonny Boy Williamson

2000: Spectrum / MCA

FEATURED ALBUM

Album: The Pure Genius of Louis Armstrong - We Have All the Time in the World

1994: EMI

Tiger rag
Moon river
It don't mean a thing (If it ain't got that swing)



Doris Day - Secret love
Album: Daydreaming - The Very Best of Doris Day
1997: Sony

Drever, McCusker, Woomble - Steal what we can (Exclusive Version)
Album: That's Proper Folk
2008: Proper

Luther Allison - Part time love
Album: Mississippi Blues
2002: Putumayo

Asa - OK OK
Album: Beautiful Imperfection
2011: Iyke the Don

  

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Tony Bennett Duets II

2011: Sony
With Josh Groban - This is all I ask
With Willie Nelson - On the sunny side of the street
With Andrea Bocelli - Stranger in paradise

Lene Marlin - Sitting down here
Album: Playing My Game
1999: Virgin / EMI

Charlie Rich - Mohair Sam
Album: It Ain't Gonna be that Way - The Complete Smash Sessions
2011: Ace

Sunday 25 September 2011 Playlist

The Surfaris - Wipeout
Album: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits 
1973 Compilations (out of print) Reissued 2005: Magic

Nat King Cole - Just one of those things
Album: Cocktails with Cole Porter
2004: Capitol

Ben Waters - Mother nature's molecules
Album: Hurricane
2008: Hypertension

Dwayne Dopsie & the Zydeco Hallraisers - Travelling man
Album: Louisiana Swamp Stomp
2010: Honeybee

 

FEATURED ALBUM
The Best of Louis Armstrong, the Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
2002: Sony
Muskat ramble
Kings of the Zulus

Ory's Creole trombone 

Sarah Vaughan - Perdido

Album: Sarah Vaughan - The Great American Songbook 
2007: Not Now Music

Betty Hutton - I got the sun in the morning

Album: Irving Berlin in Hollywood 

1999: Rhino

Asa - Preacher

Album: Beautiful Imperfection 

2011: Iyke the Don

The Blind Boys of Alabama & Asleep at the Wheel - The devil ain't easy

Album: Duets

2009: Saguaro Road Records  

FEATURED ALBUM

Tony Bennett Duets II

2011: Sony
With Lady Gaga - The lady is a tramp
With Amy Winehouse - Body & Soul
With Natalie Cole - Watch what happens

Sir Charles Thompson - Mister boogie
Album: Juke Joint Jump
2008: Sony BMG

Louis Prima & Keely Smith - I've got you under my skin
Album: Cocktails with Cole Porter
2004: Capitol

Chris Barber's Six-Piece featuring Jools Holland - Winin' boy blues

Album: Memories of My Trip 
2011: Proper Records 

REVISITED & TRULY GREAT

Vince Benedetti meets Diana Krall - Heartdrops
2003: TCB
Sunshine express
Detroit blues

My love

Mel Torme - Guilty

Album: The Jazz Selection Vol 1
1994: Double Play / Tring

Tom Waits - The piano has been drinking
Album: Small Change
1976: Asylum

 

FEATURED ARTIST
The Extraordinary Garden - The Very Best of Charles Trenet
1990: EMI
Boum!
La jardin extraordinaire
Que reste-t-il de nos amours

BB King - Waiting for your call
Album: One Kind Favour
2010: Universal 

FEATURED ARTIST
Doris Troy - Doris Troy
2010: Apple / EMI
Hurry
Exactly like you
Jacob's ladder

Sunday 21 August 2011 Playlist

The Surfaris - Wipeout

Album: Wipe Out, Surfer Joe & Other Great Hits

1973 Compilations (out of print) Reissued 2005: Magic

Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack lightnin'

Album: Howlin' Wolf - His Best 

1997: Chess / Universal

Rocket 88 - Bring it on home to me (live)

Album: Ben Waters, Boogie 4 Stu - A Tribute to Ian Stewart

2011: Eagle Rock

Joe Cocker - Just pass it on

Album: Hymn for my Soul

2007: EMI 

FEATURED ALBUM

Old Grey Whistle Test - Various Artists

2009: Rhino / BBC

Robert Plant - Big Log

Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's blues (Four sheets to the wind in Copenhagen)

Rory Gallagher - Bought & sold

Blossom Dearie - Blossom's blues

Album: Blossom Dearie

2003: Verve

Corrine Bailey Rae - The sea

Album: The Sea

2010: EMI

 

REVISITED & TRULY GREAT
Amy Winehouse - Back to Black (deluxe edition)

2007: Universal / Island

Love is a losing game (original demo)
Tears dry on their own
Back to black 

Tony Bennett with Dixie Chicks - Lullaby of Broadway

Album: Duets - An American Classic

2006: Sony BMG

Harry Connick Jr - We are in love

Album: We Are in Love

1990: CBS

Vince Benedetti with Diana Krall - The news

Album: Vince Benedetti meets Diana Krall - Heartdrops

2003: TCB 

Serge Gainsbourg - Marilou sous la neige

Album: French Cafe

2003: Putumayo 

ALBUM OF THE MONTH

Beverly Knight - Soul UK

2011: Hurricane

Say I'm your number one

When are you gonna learn

Featuring Glen Scott & Roots Manuva - Apparently nothin'

 

Louis Armstrong - We have all the time in the world

Album: We Have All the Time in the World 

1994: Capitol

John Lennon - Ain't that a shame

Album: Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino - Various Artists

2007: Tipitina's / Vanguard

Dame Shirley Bassey - Apartment

Album: Forever

2009: Upfront / The Mail on Sunday

Duke Ellington - Sophisticated lady

Album: Ellington at Newport 1956

1999: Sony / Columbia

FEATURED ALBUM

Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Season 3 - Various Artists

2010: Ace

Elvis Costello - So like candy

The Maytals - 54-46 That's my number

Bessie Banks - Go now