Lula Collins :: Help Me

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In 2009 the Tompkins Square label released the three CD compilation Fire In My Bones: Raw, Rare And Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-2007). Expertly curated by Mike McGonigal, the delta gospel soul of Lula Collins "Help Me" was a stand out, and its source material (1977's The Delta Gospel Queen) received a vinyl reissue a decade later. At ten tracks, the LP is chock full of a special and swampy spiritual heat . . .

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Transmissions :: Vashti Bunyan

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Vashti Bunyan's songs were too imaginative and powerful to be lost to the sands of time. Though her 1970 album Just Another Diamond Day was barely heard on original release, it became a freak folk foundational document. Recently, Bunyan published her first book, Wayward: Just Another Life. She joined us to discuss the book, that journey, and what it felt like to have her work rediscovered—and why she hates being called a “folk” singer . . .

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John Coltrane And Johnny Hartman (1963)

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Turning 60 this year, Coltrane and Hartman is essential listening not just for jazz aficionados, but hopeless romantics far and wide. The smokey mood of the record eclipses its genre, belonging more to an ethereal wavelength of nocturnal ambiance than musical categorization . . .

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Rich Ruth :: Live At Third Man Records

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Over the past 5 years, Rich Ruth, with his debut LP, Calming Signals, and his latest, I Survived, It’s Over, has established himself as one of the most exciting up-and-coming talents in the ever–burgeoning sphere of cosmic music. It’s difficult to pinpoint his work as jazz, ambient, komische, or post-rock, as it employs elements of all those genres and more in a way that feels wholly natural. Is it post-genre? Perhaps. Ruth calls it “instrumental music,” which is true, albeit reductive. One thing is certain, it is not to be missed . . .

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Cian Nugent :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview

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On She Brings Me Back To the Land of the Living, Irish guitarist and songwriter Cian Nugent explores gentle revelations through impressionistic folk rock. Effortlessly blending mood, groove, and traditionally-based song craft, the album was inspired by a return home to care for his ailing mother. Nugent joined us to discuss how she influenced the album, psychedelic production tricks, and share a play list of music that inspired its knotty, soulful tone . . .

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Aquarium Drunkard Book Club :: Chapter 23

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Welcome back to the stacks. It’s Aquarium Drunkard’s Book Club, our monthly gathering of recent (or not so recent) recommended reading. In this month’s stack: American polymath Harry Smith's seismic influence over nearly every aspect of counterculture, the monk-like practice of deep listening, a survey of women in punk, how birds sleep and more . . .

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John Andrews & The Yawns :: Love For The Underdog

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From the music down to the apropos cover art, there's an identifiable cinematic charm that permeates Love For the Underdog, the fourth LP from John Andrews and The Yawns . . .

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The Circling Sun :: Spirits

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Name checking Sun Ra, Pharoah Sanders and Alice Coltrane, The Circling Sun is collective murderer's row of New Zealand jazz luminaries crafting modal/spiritual jazz. Spirits, released later this month via Soundway Records, is their debut . . .

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Sessão de Verão 2: Thiago França – The Silver Saxophone

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Thiago França may just be the busiest musician in Brazil. His typical performance and recording schedule is often filled up 6-7 days a week, sometimes with more than one performance a day. That’s in addition to his recording schedule, which has borne a small mountain of albums and appearances. Even with a shallow dive into contemporary music from Brazil you’re likely to encounter his name in album credits. He . . .

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Ill Considered :: Ill Considered 3

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Get lost in this, the self-contained world of the London based jazz outfit Ill Considered. Formed in 2017 by Emre Ramazanoglu and Idris Rahman, the project began as an experiment in improvisation utilizing drums, bass, saxophone and percussion. Now boasting over a dozen releases, for a taste, dig into the group's 2018 full-length, Ill Considered 3. While no longer a strictly improvised excursion, the sentiment most definitely remains over the course of the LP's eight tracks, culminating in a heady 35 minute brew . . .

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William Tyler on Secret Stratosphere

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Fresh off the release of the live album rock out Secret Stratosphere, William Tyler joins us to discuss his full band vision, discuss the last decade or so in film, and detail his fears about AI and the digital landscape . . .

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BC Camplight :: The Last Rotation of Earth

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The new album from Brian Christinzo, known professionally as BC Camplight, begins with a joke and ends with a wordless two-minute outro track, “The Mourning." This is the kind of emotionally discordant record Christinzo has given us with The Last Rotation Of Earth, one where gallows humor sits next to genuine vulnerability and devastation . . .

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Celtic Guru :: Van Morrison In The 80s | A Sense of Wonder

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Fresh off the road from showcasing his calculated brand of Celtic Soul, Van returned to the studio in 1984 to record his most overlooked work of his 1980’s oeuvre. From the opening licks of “Tore Down a la Rimbaud” we’re greeted with familiarity: a tight groove, a muted edge, and Van drawing inspiration from his literary heroes. The studio craftsmanship of Morrison’s prior works of the decade remains, and he runs a tight ship keeping the layers of arrangements and backing singers right on time . . .

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The Lagniappe Sessions :: Taylor Zachry & Erin Rae

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Erin Rae returns to AD with her third Lagniappe Session, this time as a duo with Taylor Zachry. A callback of sorts to her initial session from 2019, this installment once again finds the Nashville based singer-songwriter paying tribute to the enduring work of the late Gene Clark, covering "Out On The Side" and "Polly" - both tunes via Clark's own late sixties collaboration with banjo player Doug Dillard . . .

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The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)

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Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.

34.1090° N, 118.2334° W . . .

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