Suggested Listening September 4, 2020

Hi everyone, welcome to our Suggested Listening posting for this week!

Our Suggested Listening postings focus on the music of the past, with a few new songs mixed in for good measure.

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Suggested Listening postings come out weekly, on Fridays, and next Suggested Listening posting will be out on Friday, September 11, 2020.

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Anat Cohen And Marcello Gonçalves: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert (Genre: Jazz, International)

Anat Cohen (clarinet) and Marcello Gonçalves (seven string guitar) play a mini concert for NPR and us!

Songs in the set include:
Waiting for Amalia
Valsa do Sul (Waltz of the South)
In the Spirit of Baden

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Blues for the Weepers by Bettye LaVette (Genre: Jazz)

Blues for the Weepers is from Bettye’s new album Blackbirds (2020).

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Council of Elrond (2001) by Howard Shore & Enya (Genre: Soundtrack/Film Score) 

Council of Elrond is from the Lord of the Rings soundtrack; the song is also known as Theme for Aragorn and Arwen and it is a lovely, ethereal and majestic song!

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Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac (Genre: Rock)

Don’t Stop is from their smash 1977 album Rumors (1977), and this version was recorded live with University of Southern California Band.

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Downbound Train (1957) by Chuck Berry (Genre: Rock N’ Roll)

Downbound Train is a terrific early rock gem from the great Chuck Berry; from the Rock n Roll masters debut album After School Sessions (1957).

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Hideaway by Freddie King (Blues, Guitar)

The song Hideaway, a guitar classic, is from Freddie landmark album Let’s Hide Away & Dance Away (1961).

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Bonus: Hideaway by John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1965)

Listen to a young and energetic pre-Cream Eric Clapton playing guitar on this cover version of the Freddie King classic –  from the album John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton (1965).

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I’m Your Kingpen by Manfred Man (Genre: Classic Rock, R&B, Jazz)

I’m Your Kingpen is from Manfred Mann’s debut album, The Five Faces of Manfred Mann (1964).

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Old Five And Dimers Like Me (1973) by Billy Joe Shaver (Genre: Country)

This song is the title track from Shaver’s 1973 debut LP of the same name – Old Five And Dimers Like Me.

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Our Love Comes Back by James Blake (Genre: Soothing, Easy Listening)

Our Love Comes Back is from Blake’s second album Overgrown (2013).

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Traversées by Ablaye Cissoko and Constantinople (Genre: International, Jazz)

Traversées is a wonderfully upbeat song; from the album Jardins Migrateurs (2020).

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The Wilbury Twist by the Traveling Wilburys (Genre: Rock, Classic Rock)

A festive song and video; from the album The Traveling Wilburys, Volume 3 (1990)

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REFERENCES:

Print References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn

Online References

AllMusic: https://www.allmusic.com/

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Online Catalog Links:

StarCat

The catalog of physical materials, i.e. print books, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, etc.

The Digital Catalog (OverDrive)

The catalog of e-books, downloadable audiobooks and a handful of streaming videos.

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