Category Archives: blues ‘n’ folk

luv237

Fell

mixtape #3 in this series of seasonal soundscapes mirrors the changes happening in the cool crispness of fall. autumnal audio.
photo : Autumn Waters
Tracklist
  1. September Song – Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France – Barclay (1947/1975) > buy link
  2. My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion – The Flaming Lips – Warner Bros. (2006) > buy link
  3. Autumn Sweater – Yo La Tengo – Matador (1997) > buy link
  4. October – Pivot – Warp (2008) > buy link
  5. excerpt from Wind In The Trees – Syntonic Research, Inc. (1974)
  6. October Country – October Country – Epic (1968)
  7. Autumn Almanac – The Kinks – Pye Records / Golden Hour (1967/1971) > buy link
  8. Harvest Breed – Nick Drake – Island (1972) > buy link
  9. Girl From The North Country – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1963) > buy link
  10. excerpt from Fall – Walter Carlos – Columbia (1972)
  11. Night Of The Vampire – The Moontrekkers – Parlophone / Acced Records (1961/2012) > buy link
  12. November – Neu! – Grönland Records (1985/2010) > buy link
  13. Rose Hip November – Vashti Bunyan – Philips / Dicristina (1970/2004) > buy link
  14. Autumn 2 – Vivaldi Recomposed by Max Richter – Deutsche Grammophon (2012) > buy link
  15. Comin’ Back To Me – Jefferson Airplane – RCA Victor (1967) > buy link
  16. Autumn – Joanna Newsom – Drag City (2010) > buy link

luv185

Phonograph Blues

an old time blues mix for the dog days of summer made with sides from the first half of the last century.
true blues. original blues. timeless blues.
image : Muddy Waters with his first record, 1941
Tracklist:
  1. Midnight Hour Blues – Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell – Vocalion Records / Columbia (1932/1969) > buy link
  2. 4, 5 and 9 – Leadbelly – Smithsonian Folkways Records (1948/1989) > buy link
  3. Feather Bed – Cannon’s Jug Stompers – Victor / DOXY (1928/2009) > buy link
  4. Cairo Blues – Henry Spaulding – Brunswick / Mississippi Records (1929/2009) > buy link
  5. That’s No Way To Get Along – Robert Wilkins – Brunswick / Mississippi Records (1929/2006) > buy link
  6. I’m Going Home – Charlie Patton – Paramount / Third Man Records (1929/2013) > buy link
  7. Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain’t Long – Bo Weavil Jackson – Paramount / Mississippi Records (1926/2008) > buy link
  8. Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues – Skip James – Paramount / Mississippi Records (1931/2008) > buy link
  9. Sitting On Top Of The World – Mississippi Sheiks – Okeh / Third Man Records (1930/2013) > buy link
  10. You Got to Get Sick and Die Some of These Days – Muddy Waters – Library of Congress / DOXY (1942/2013) > buy link
  11. Church Bells – Kid Prince Moore – Decca / Mississippi Records (1936/2006) > buy link
  12. Phonograph Blues – Robert Johnson – Vocalion Records / Columbia (1936/1970) > buy link
  13. Down On Me – Eddie Head & His Family – Okeh / Mississippi Records (1930/2010) > buy link
  14. Lonesome Road Blues – Cryin’ Sam Collins (a.k.a. Salty Dog Sam) – Perfect Records / Mississippi Records (1931/2009) > buy link
  15. Love Changing Blues – Blind Willie McTell – Victor / Third Man Records (1929/2013) > buy link
  16. Bull Doze Blues – Henry Thomas – Vocalion Records / Mississippi Records (1928/2010) > buy link

luv167

Six Souls In My Hollow Body

one person. one acoustic guitar. six voices, seven if they sing. a sea of emotion. a world of music. a history of song. a story to be told. a time to play. a string to ring.
photo : the inside of an Oskar Graf guitar

*this mix is dedicated to the memory of the great Stompin’ Tom Connors.
Tracklist:
  1. Georgia Buck – Precious Bryant – Mississippi Records (1969/2010) > buy link
  2. The Last Steam Engine Train – John Fahey – Takoma Records / 4 Men With Beards (1967/2012) > buy link
  3. Blackberry Blossom – Sam McGee – Arhoolie Records (1971) > buy link
  4. Fannin Street – Leadbelly – Smithsonian Folkways (1948/1989) > buy link
  5. I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow – Norman Blake – Lost Highway (2000) > buy link
  6. The Time Is Right – Michael Hurley and Amy Boute – Mississippi Records (1968/2009) > buy link
  7. Round About Midnight – Baden Powell – Musidisc (1966) > buy link
  8. Black Eyed Dog – Nick Drake – Island / Universal (1974/2004) > buy link
  9. Golden Valleys As Seen From The East – Harris Newman – Strange Attractors Audio House (2007) > buy link
  10. Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down – Fred McDowell – Alan Lomax Archives / Mississippi Records (1959/2011) > buy link
  11. Upward Over The Mountain – Iron & Wine – Sub Pop (2002) > buy link
  12. Water Verses – Harry Taussig – Takoma Records / 4 Men With Beards (1967/2012)
  13. Sugar Mountain – Neil Young – Reprise (1968/2008) > buy link
  14. Instrumental – Eddie Lee “Mustright” Jones – Mississippi Records / Sutro Park / Change (1965/2011)
  15. Kindhearted Woman Blues – Robert Johnson – Columbia (1936/1961) > buy link
  16. Peteneras – Sanchez Granada – Folkways Records (1956)
  17. Tomorrow Is A Long Time – Bob Dylan – Columbia (1971) > buy link
  18. Vaseline Machine Gun – Leo Kottke – Takoma Records (1968) > buy link
  19. Around The Bay And Back Again – Tom Connors – Rebel Records (1969) > buy link