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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

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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!

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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...

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👍 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 😀

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