Daily Newsletter, May 9, 2024

Amy Aileen Wood, Idiot Grins, Stackridge, more

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
May 09, 2024

Idiot Grins - 'Hounds of Mess Around' Review

On their fifth album, 'Hounds of Mess Around,' Idiot Grins further refine their 'classic' blend of R&B, soul, roots and what not else for all-around listener's pleasure.

livinglifefearless.co/2024/opinions/idiot-grins-hounds-of-mess-around-review/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fpublished+articles

Amy Aileen Wood - The Heartening

This kind of music is often the hardest to achieve right, but Amy Aileen Wood hits all the listening spots, as it is the easiest thing to do.

echoesanddust.com/2024/05/amy-aileen-wood-the-heartening/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fpublished+articles

HOT HALF DOZEN 5.7.24

Big week- over 200 songs. From blues to break your heart ballads. English and Spanish.

indiepulsemusic.com/2024/05/07/hot-half-dozen-5-7-24/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The Quietus | Features | Spool's Out | Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For May By Daryl Worthington

Hooligan trombone, microtonal synth-wave, time-dilated dub and sweathouse drone. Daryl Worthington finds worlds within worlds in the cassette scene this month

thequietus.com/articles/34124-natalia-beylis-microcorps-chinabot-nick-granata-dawn-terry?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Tthe best 1960s festival, according to Grace Slick

While Woodstock is celebrated as the defining moment of the counterculture, according to Grace Slick, there was one that trumped it and was by far "the best".

faroutmagazine.co.uk/festival-superior-to-woodstock-grace-slick/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Seven great but overlooked albums from the 1980s 

The 1980s was a great decade for music. Here are seven albums you may have missed.

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“I’m at work in the petrol station and I read the album is at No. 23. I’d last heard it at a playback in George Martin’s studio”: Stackridge’s Monty Python-like experience with The Man In The Bowler Hat

A unique band with a comedy edge, they couldn’t believe it when Beatles producer agreed to work with them in 1973 – but their luck didn’t hold

www.loudersound.com/features/stackridge-man-in-the-bowler-hat?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Joni Mitchell Prepares a New Box Set of Her Jazz Era Recordings

Joni Mitchell's career from the mid '70s is the theme of a new vinyl box set titled, 'The Asylum Albums (1976-1980).'

livinglifefearless.co/2024/news/joni-mitchell-prepares-a-new-box-set-of-her-jazz-era-recordings/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fpublished+articles

John Lennon’s "Mind Games" Meditation Mixes are in the Works

John Lennon’s estate and the Lumenate app have partnered in creating a series of meditation mixes, from 1973's track "Mind Games."

livinglifefearless.co/2024/news/john-lennons-mind-games-meditation-mixes-are-in-the-works/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fpublished+articles

Opinion: For the greats of the jazz age, life on the road was perilous as well as glamorous

Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong created a template for what it means for a musician to be 'on tour.' How much of their accounts was pure myth?

www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-05-08/duke-ellington-count-basie-louis-armstrong-jazz-tours-racism?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fjazz

21 Greatest Jazz Albums of the 21st Century So Far | Sound of Life | Powered by KEF

In celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, here's a look at the 21 greatest jazz albums of the 21st century so far.

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