The first Etta James song I remember hearing was “Tell Mama”, on Soul Jazz’s marvellous “Chicago Soul” compilation. I remember being dumbstruck by the force of her voice; how she could somehow combine being angry, pleading, triumphant, playful, lustful, and yearning, all within the space of a single song. Or sometimes even a single line [...]
All posts for the month January, 2012
RIP Etta James
Posted by loftandlost on January 20, 2012
http://loftandlost.com/2012/01/20/rip-etta-james/
New Year New Music Four – Griggleschpot
As I mentioned the other day, I get lots of emails. I don’t listen to many, sadly, and sometimes it takes something unusual to get noticed. Calling yourself “Griggleschpot” might normally make me wince and move on, but something in the brevity and politeness of the email made me wander over to the Soundcloud link. [...]
Posted by loftandlost on January 19, 2012
http://loftandlost.com/2012/01/19/new-year-new-music-four-griggleschpot/
New Year New Music Three – Guided By Voices
Guided By Voices are one of those bands that I only know through reputation and a Best-Of, 2003’s “Human Amusements at Hourly Rates”. The problem with such a prolific band is that there’s so much material you just don’t know where to start, even when some of the songs on the best-of have clawed their [...]
Posted by loftandlost on January 17, 2012
http://loftandlost.com/2012/01/17/new-year-new-music-three-guided-by-voices/
New Year New Music Part Two – Town Hall
As a music blogger, even one on the dusty edges of the blogosphere1, you have to get used to getting a lot of PR mails. And I mean lots. I get around 30 a day, and I know many bloggers who get up to ten times that. Picking music you might want to listen to [...]
Posted by loftandlost on January 14, 2012
http://loftandlost.com/2012/01/14/new-year-new-music-part-two-town-hall/
New Year New Music Part One – Craig Finn
So here we are, on the 13th day of the New Year, and my writer’s block that has been dogging me since last year has managed to get itself distracted for long enough for me to get my fingers on a keyboard and start writing some goddamn posts. Every year, I’ve spent January hunting through [...]
Posted by loftandlost on January 13, 2012
http://loftandlost.com/2012/01/13/new-year-new-music-part-one-craig-finn/
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