This week the Swap Meet opened with recent gear from Benny Sings, Larry June, Moonchild, Mike, DoomCannon, Jenevieve among others. We tipped the hat to Bob Power, the legendary engineer who passed this week, so we marked the occasion with ATCQ and Roots tunes that set the bar. If you don't know what Bob Power did for hip-hop and soul read the internet until you do.
From there things got loose in the best way: rare soul, boogie, Gary Clail/On-U, Millie Jackson talking about her fireplace, afrobeat cuts, hip-house, and a stretch of late-night Philly and Detroit flavours via Vikter Duplaix and Wajeed. Laura Nyro supplied the dollar bin jam from her Golden Jubilee minted record "Smile", Gladys Knight, and Kurt Elling with the WDR Big Band sending everyone home feeling like they'd been somewhere worth going. Good show. Glad you're listening back - big up yourself.
Deputy Paul in as cover and going nuts for Emily Fairlight, giving prominence to her quite lovely album 'Mother of Gloom', dropping her tracks in an around the likes of Julia Jacklin, Lucinda Williams, Linda Rondstat and Calexico. Chucking in a bit of Warren Zevon, Tim Barry, and the Neil Young song Jubt from the Swap meet hates the most.
A couple of technology management issues during an otherwise pretty cool show. Interview with Miles Calder about his album Autopilot Life and accompanying tour - and a whole bunch of songs from the U-Turn Collective, sent to me from Arizona on an actual record. Awesome tunes too. Do some discovering.
Fifty kinds of fun with Louis Jarlov up in the studio for a bit, mainly to be there when we play a brand new song of his and a few songs he likes; he brings the Gram, Lucinda, Drive By Truckers and Johnny Fritz among others. Found Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings covering Even Cowgirls Get The Blues in a record bin and some cool tunes by Karen and The Sorrows, Liz Cooper and The Stampede and The Burnlackers on bandcamp and still found time for classic 'dark period' Neil Young and a wicked cover of Bob Dylan's Leopard Skin Pillbox hat and heaps more.
Rosetta is driving today! She plays some of her current faves, new and old. She also has a catch up with Nabihah Iqbal before her show at Neck of The Woods tonight, and chats with Chelsea from Skilaa about what the group has been up to. Thanks for tuning in!