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Is this referring to Westlake? Sorry I've got confused (easily done...) but like the sound of that recommendation

Maybe if you turned it up to 11...

New to me, looks like an interesting line up. One to investigate, thanks for posting

Great to hear everyone is alright

So assuming it's the same Max Johnson I checked Bandcamp https://maxjohnson.bandcamp.com/ and found that he has 13 releases since 2012 which isn't a bad release schedule and because of the sales platform he should be getting a reasonable slice of each purchase, I'm really not sure how it squares with the statement " the streaming companies have ostensibly wrestled almost all the income from recorded music away from the artists, because it only discourages people to make records".

I think "pearls" to a considerable degree too With platforms like Bandcamp artists can have instantaneous worldwide distribution it seems to me. I'd hazard there's more non-mainstream music being made commercially available these days now that the traditional gatekeepers don't have such a tight grip on the market. The issue is getting heard amongst the crowd not that music can't be made available for an audience to buy. And I don't see how 'Machine Gun' wouldn't happen today, that was hardly a major label release that the audience would listen to piecemeal on Spotify on a playlist. It was a release (if vitally important historically) in a niche market, at the time and would be now.

That description makes me sit up

I knew her name but only by association I think. This is a fabulous track I'll investigate, thanks for the recommendation John

I really enjoyed that book Sounds a fascinating listen

Michael Leonhart Mikey Hart Arthur Lee

And the one I own, purchased on your recommendation!

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That happened to me a couple of months ago. Ironically, poor health had kept me largely indoors for 4 weeks and then I caught COVID...out of nowhere seemingly. Just had my booster which made me really unwell for 24 hours but well worth it. I wish you well and hope it's not too bad a dose. Plenty of warming and heartening Soul music prescribed I suggest!

Sebastian Flyte Aloysius (the teddy bear) Anthony Andrews

They played London recently and got rave reviews which makes me wonder if I would enjoy it more live

Darius Jones - Legend of e'Boi (The Hypervigilant Eye) samples of this sound great And also, very different Macdara Yeates - Traditional Singing of Dublin

Now you're taking me back! Macdara Yeates - Traditional Singing from Dublin A new voice for the ages

Indeed, all of you and anyone else too

Be thinking of you TtK, and Dan and the horses

I keep trying to like that but it's just not working for me. Some you win...

Steve Albini Tomaso Albinoni Al-Biruni

👍 They have just announced a concert in my local park next summer, I'm tempted. Sounds like summer evening music to me.

The Teskey Brothers - The Winding Way My first listen to this band. That's a hell of a voice and they seem to have nailed the sound, perhaps a bit too slavishly retro but I like this, a lot so far. Wondering what @soulpopethinks of them? That's surely feel good and yes, who would have thought?

I do but I don't like it as much, nor it's prices... That's a great one indeed, I discovered it on a @felser BFT and I'm forever grateful for that every time I play it

Ok then! You're on a roll 😀