Episode 4 is live.
Feature to Factory via Savoy, Prestige, Vee-Jay and the odd private press — Cajun ache, fiddles that bite, hi-fi optimism misfiring, teenage noise on cheap tape and machines learning to breathe, one year at a time, 1950–1989.
Feature to Factory via Savoy, Prestige, Vee-Jay and the odd private press — Cajun ache, fiddles that bite, hi-fi optimism misfiring, teenage noise on cheap tape and machines learning to breathe, one year at a time, 1950–1989.
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Episode 4 is live.
Feature to Factory via Savoy, Prestige, Vee-Jay and the odd private press — Cajun ache, fiddles that bite, hi-fi optimism misfiring, teenage noise on cheap tape and machines learning to breathe, one year at a time, 1950–1989.
Feature to Factory via Savoy, Prestige, Vee-Jay and the odd private press — Cajun ache, fiddles that bite, hi-fi optimism misfiring, teenage noise on cheap tape and machines learning to breathe, one year at a time, 1950–1989.
Lean, ferocious bop that never pauses to admire itself.
Hampton attacks the vibraphone like a prizefighter, all sparkle and menace.
Not refinement, but combustion.
Hampton attacks the vibraphone like a prizefighter, all sparkle and menace.
Not refinement, but combustion.
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Lean, ferocious bop that never pauses to admire itself.
Hampton attacks the vibraphone like a prizefighter, all sparkle and menace.
Not refinement, but combustion.
Hampton attacks the vibraphone like a prizefighter, all sparkle and menace.
Not refinement, but combustion.
Occasionally too suave for its own good, flirting with easy-listening gloss.
Beneath the polish is a deep groove informed by library funk and street-level soul.
Loose, gritty, and way better than its smooth surface sometimes lets on.
Beneath the polish is a deep groove informed by library funk and street-level soul.
Loose, gritty, and way better than its smooth surface sometimes lets on.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Occasionally too suave for its own good, flirting with easy-listening gloss.
Beneath the polish is a deep groove informed by library funk and street-level soul.
Loose, gritty, and way better than its smooth surface sometimes lets on.
Beneath the polish is a deep groove informed by library funk and street-level soul.
Loose, gritty, and way better than its smooth surface sometimes lets on.
A 1972 lost Grunt oddity drifting somewhere between San Francisco folk-psych & after-hours prog haze.
Flutes, wordless vocals & gentle grooves suggest an alternate Jefferson Airplane universe.
Not essential, but quietly beguiling if you like your counterculture with the volume turned down.
Flutes, wordless vocals & gentle grooves suggest an alternate Jefferson Airplane universe.
Not essential, but quietly beguiling if you like your counterculture with the volume turned down.
January 23, 2026 at 5:42 PM
A 1972 lost Grunt oddity drifting somewhere between San Francisco folk-psych & after-hours prog haze.
Flutes, wordless vocals & gentle grooves suggest an alternate Jefferson Airplane universe.
Not essential, but quietly beguiling if you like your counterculture with the volume turned down.
Flutes, wordless vocals & gentle grooves suggest an alternate Jefferson Airplane universe.
Not essential, but quietly beguiling if you like your counterculture with the volume turned down.
Less churchy uplift than spiritual reckoning, Swing Low sounds almost dangerous in its restraint.
The space, the tension, the unpolished intimacy all pull gospel toward blues, folk and something altogether darker.
The space, the tension, the unpolished intimacy all pull gospel toward blues, folk and something altogether darker.
January 18, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Less churchy uplift than spiritual reckoning, Swing Low sounds almost dangerous in its restraint.
The space, the tension, the unpolished intimacy all pull gospel toward blues, folk and something altogether darker.
The space, the tension, the unpolished intimacy all pull gospel toward blues, folk and something altogether darker.
#nowplaying
Ray Fisher - The Bonny Birdy (1972)
Old songs, sung as if they’ve never needed updating.
Fisher delivers tragedy and tenderness with the same calm resolve, her voice carrying the weight alone.
Ray Fisher - The Bonny Birdy (1972)
Old songs, sung as if they’ve never needed updating.
Fisher delivers tragedy and tenderness with the same calm resolve, her voice carrying the weight alone.
January 17, 2026 at 2:09 PM
#nowplaying
Ray Fisher - The Bonny Birdy (1972)
Old songs, sung as if they’ve never needed updating.
Fisher delivers tragedy and tenderness with the same calm resolve, her voice carrying the weight alone.
Ray Fisher - The Bonny Birdy (1972)
Old songs, sung as if they’ve never needed updating.
Fisher delivers tragedy and tenderness with the same calm resolve, her voice carrying the weight alone.
US 1st press of this strained, unsettling record with and its flashes of beauty.
The chaos feels unintentional but strangely fitting.
A vulnerable statement.
The chaos feels unintentional but strangely fitting.
A vulnerable statement.
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 PM
US 1st press of this strained, unsettling record with and its flashes of beauty.
The chaos feels unintentional but strangely fitting.
A vulnerable statement.
The chaos feels unintentional but strangely fitting.
A vulnerable statement.
Music as landmark to be hit.
January 10, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Music as landmark to be hit.
#NowPlaying
Bobby bends country songwriting to his own bruised soul phrasing.
The production stays restrained, letting emotion do the heavy lifting.
A left-turn album that rewards everyone.
Bobby bends country songwriting to his own bruised soul phrasing.
The production stays restrained, letting emotion do the heavy lifting.
A left-turn album that rewards everyone.
January 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
#NowPlaying
Bobby bends country songwriting to his own bruised soul phrasing.
The production stays restrained, letting emotion do the heavy lifting.
A left-turn album that rewards everyone.
Bobby bends country songwriting to his own bruised soul phrasing.
The production stays restrained, letting emotion do the heavy lifting.
A left-turn album that rewards everyone.
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
Curtis Mayfield
Peter Tosh
Jimmy Nolan
Neil Young
Vini Reilly
Robert Quine
James Williamson
Hubert Sumlin
Les Paul
Link Wray
Curtis Mayfield
Peter Tosh
Jimmy Nolan
Neil Young
Vini Reilly
Robert Quine
James Williamson
Hubert Sumlin
Les Paul
Link Wray
January 5, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Who are your top 10 all-time favourite guitarists? Top of the head stuff.
Curtis Mayfield
Peter Tosh
Jimmy Nolan
Neil Young
Vini Reilly
Robert Quine
James Williamson
Hubert Sumlin
Les Paul
Link Wray
Curtis Mayfield
Peter Tosh
Jimmy Nolan
Neil Young
Vini Reilly
Robert Quine
James Williamson
Hubert Sumlin
Les Paul
Link Wray
Seven 7s on a Sunday afternoon DJ set.
January 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Seven 7s on a Sunday afternoon DJ set.
Reposted by Ben Cornish
Delirium In Hi-Fi - Elsa Popping And Her Pixieland Band. 1958 reissue [1957], Columbia. Picked up after seeing recommend on @pasty90.bsky.social 1957 list #NowPlaying
January 3, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Delirium In Hi-Fi - Elsa Popping And Her Pixieland Band. 1958 reissue [1957], Columbia. Picked up after seeing recommend on @pasty90.bsky.social 1957 list #NowPlaying
Quarteto Nôvo – Quarteto Nôvo (1967) ★★★★★
Brazilian music at full stretch: regional roots, modern jazz instincts. A legend.
Brazilian music at full stretch: regional roots, modern jazz instincts. A legend.
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Quarteto Nôvo – Quarteto Nôvo (1967) ★★★★★
Brazilian music at full stretch: regional roots, modern jazz instincts. A legend.
Brazilian music at full stretch: regional roots, modern jazz instincts. A legend.
Big Maybelle – Saga Of The Good Life & Hard Times (1966) ★★★★
Joy and hardship sharing the same breath.
Big Maybelle makes the “saga” part feel earned. Great cover too.
Joy and hardship sharing the same breath.
Big Maybelle makes the “saga” part feel earned. Great cover too.
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Big Maybelle – Saga Of The Good Life & Hard Times (1966) ★★★★
Joy and hardship sharing the same breath.
Big Maybelle makes the “saga” part feel earned. Great cover too.
Joy and hardship sharing the same breath.
Big Maybelle makes the “saga” part feel earned. Great cover too.
Stan Getz With Laurindo Almeida – Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida (1963) ★★★★½
Getz’s lyricism and Almeida’s touch meet in the middle for a joyful conversation.
Getz’s lyricism and Almeida’s touch meet in the middle for a joyful conversation.
December 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Stan Getz With Laurindo Almeida – Stan Getz With Guest Artist Laurindo Almeida (1963) ★★★★½
Getz’s lyricism and Almeida’s touch meet in the middle for a joyful conversation.
Getz’s lyricism and Almeida’s touch meet in the middle for a joyful conversation.
Abner Jay – Terrible Comedy Blues (1967) ★★★★★
Abner Jay was doing something nobody else touched. Outsider blues where the jokes cut deeper than the laments.
Abner Jay was doing something nobody else touched. Outsider blues where the jokes cut deeper than the laments.
December 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Abner Jay – Terrible Comedy Blues (1967) ★★★★★
Abner Jay was doing something nobody else touched. Outsider blues where the jokes cut deeper than the laments.
Abner Jay was doing something nobody else touched. Outsider blues where the jokes cut deeper than the laments.
Here are a few that really caught my ear.
Julius Watkins Sextet – New Faces – New Sounds (1954) ★★★★½
Turns out the French horn was always a jazz instrument — it just needed Julius Watkins.
Julius Watkins Sextet – New Faces – New Sounds (1954) ★★★★½
Turns out the French horn was always a jazz instrument — it just needed Julius Watkins.
December 31, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Here are a few that really caught my ear.
Julius Watkins Sextet – New Faces – New Sounds (1954) ★★★★½
Turns out the French horn was always a jazz instrument — it just needed Julius Watkins.
Julius Watkins Sextet – New Faces – New Sounds (1954) ★★★★½
Turns out the French horn was always a jazz instrument — it just needed Julius Watkins.
Nerd alert.
Final 2025 tally for albums listened to and given a rating on 'Rate Your Music' was 656.
Final 2025 tally for albums listened to and given a rating on 'Rate Your Music' was 656.
December 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Nerd alert.
Final 2025 tally for albums listened to and given a rating on 'Rate Your Music' was 656.
Final 2025 tally for albums listened to and given a rating on 'Rate Your Music' was 656.
It's been nice reaching out to new stuff (to me) today.
December 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It's been nice reaching out to new stuff (to me) today.
Ahead of the curve as usual.
December 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Ahead of the curve as usual.
Yes I am still in love with Hayley Mills.
December 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yes I am still in love with Hayley Mills.