eMusic January Downloads By Amanda on January 26, 2009 5:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
A 8tracks of selections, the song I included is in bold after the title.
Country/Folk/Rock/Blues
Between the Whiskey and the Wine by Miss Leslie (Between the Whiskey and the Wine) 2008 release. Hard core honky tonking.
Undone: A Musicfest Tribute to Robert Earl Keen by Various Artists - Right Ave Records (Corpus Christie Bay Darren Kozelsky) Listen to the original instead. It's not bad, quite pleasant but most tribs fall into the "listen to the originals" basket for me. A good new REK original performed by him though.
Live at the Palladium in NYC, New Years '77 by Levon Helm and The RCO All Stars (Got My Mojo Working) Featuring Dr John, Paul Butterfield, Duck Dunn, Steve Cropper. Details here. It's a little ropey in a too-many-cooks sort of way but exuberant and definately worth checking out if you are a fan of that whole crew.
Animal Party by The King Khan & BBQ Show (Animal Party)
Haymaker! by The Gourds (All the Way to Jericho) This is very nice in a background kind of way, I don't know why the Gourds rarely stay long in my head but I enjoy it at time of listening.
Broken Dreams by Eleven Hundred Springs
Home by Delaney & Bonnie (It's Been a Long Time Coming and Just Plain Beautiful) On the occasion of Delaney Bramlett's death, Mojo online highlighted this 1969 disc (and it's on Stax, and thus on eMu) and it's my January download I probably listened to the most -- 56 times in whole or part according to last.fm, which doesn't include iPod time. It combines the sort of bouncy backporch jamming sound of The Band and that era's country-rock with the soul of Stax, and thus combines two of my favourite things. Most things I have in this ballpark are country-rock with some soul, whereas this is a soul album with those other things creeping round the edges. I like the term "prairie-funk" in that Mojo story. I need more prairie-funk! I'm pretty familiar with the "Further Listening" they list there, but they're not quite the same to my ears.
Adam Carroll Live by Adam Carroll (Erroll's Song)
Early Tracks Volume 1 by Howie Epstein (Simple Conversations) Collection of lofi bedroom demos from the early 1970s by the late muso who played with too many people to mention. Was my last download so I need more time but early listens promising. But you would expect nothing but quality from someone who played bass on Knocked Out Loaded.
For The Love by Tracy Lawrence
Shapes Of Things by Jeff Beck (Mr. You're A Better Man Than I) The presence of original 60s stuff like this is a bit patchy on eMu because they're mostly major label but there's a fair bit of quality early Yardbirds and this Jeff Beck collection which covers the essentials (not that I'm an expert.) This is sort of where you really miss the liner notes with digital downloads because I'm not at all sure what is what and where and when, the people at Amazon say its post-Yardbirds but "Mr You're a Better Man Than I" and "Heart Full of Soul" sure sound like the 'birds originals with Keith Relf on vocals to me so I don't know. None of which stops me enjoying listening to it.
Tuva Rock by Yat Kha (Amdy Baryp and Khandagaity)
I have to thank Andre in comments for the tip on this one. I reaally love this album, a pretty perfect blend of Tuvan sounds -- the throat singing but also the other traditional musical streams and rock. The other Yat Kha album there is one of covers, including a Hank Williams song that sort of creeped me out. I want to get it but I have to psychologically work up to it.
We Can Get Together by Sean Costello (Going Home)
Sean Costello was a promising young Atlanta bluesman when he died suddenly last year. Drugs I think, silly boy. This is a tremendous album that I also listened to on high rotation this month -- blues-rock with a side of soul and gospel, he has a distinctive honey-and-whiskey kind of voice that appeals.
Jazz/Funk/Eartha
The Space Book by Booker Ervin
Eartha Kitt in Person at the Plaza by Eartha Kitt (How Could You Believe Me?)
Spiritual Jazz by Various (Paul's Ark, Morris Wilson Beau Bailey Quintet)
The Best of Jazzman Records (Web Exclusive) by Various Artists (Send in the Clowns, Lorez Anderson)
Fiyo At The Fillmore Volume 1 by The Meters
Introducing The Tinh Nguyen Quartet by Thinh Nguyen Quartet
Bach 2000 by David Matthews And The Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (Air on the G String) Jazz interpretation of Bach pieces. Why not?
This Is What We Do by The New Mastersounds (The Tin Drum feat. Sam Bell)
At The 5 Spot, Vol. 1 [ RVG ] by Eric Dolphy
Sample My Funky Groove by Various Artists
By Shaun
on January 26, 2009 9:17 PM
I forgot about Sean Costello. I was going to download him on your recommendation but got distracted.
I went for Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings instead. All three albums as both you and Dogpossum have said good things. And they are good indeed. "How to Let a Good Man Down" is simply an awesome track.
If you are after more emu funk, have a listen to the compilations from the Stones Throw label. Especially the Heavy Funk Rarities and Funk 16 Corners compilations.
Aussie funk band The Bamboos are on emu as well and I dig them.