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A music tip for these strange mornings for those seeking to escape the news for a bit: the late great Andrew Weatherall’s Music’s Not For Everyone @NTSlive broadcast from January 2nd 2020 https://www.nts.live/shows/andrewweatherall/episodes/andrew-weatherall-2nd-january-2020
A music tip for these strange times (2): @Moodymann313 brings the soul & the funk for a rollerskating jam at Red Bull Music Academy London 2010 https://soundcloud.com/aintnothingtoitbuttodoit/moodymann-live-rbma-rollerskating-jam-the-renaissance-rooms-london-04-03-2010-2
A music tip for strange times (3): Beth Gibbons & the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra collaborate for a spine-tingling performance of Górecki’s Symphony No 3 https://open.spotify.com/album/6r4bpBHOQzQ8oJoYmzmKZK?si=iiR5SMk4RhWiYQYThEx2_Q
A music tip for strange times (4): Saturday nights are not the same without @KellyAnneByrne2 on the radio kicking out the jams so here’s a new mix from her to dig into https://soundcloud.com/kellyannebyrne/music-is-the-answer-part-2
A music tip for strange times (5): Alice Coltrane’s “The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda” may well be the most transcendant music you’ll hear this spring Sunday afternoon https://open.spotify.com/album/138qRy3U1Kl5Mt9EvS754h
A music tip for strange times (6): Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela joins forces for a powerhouse of an album called “Rejoice” https://open.spotify.com/album/061q5E43gIp25oJxVxvAav?si=fO3IUOmaSi-bqbt8hbeo6A
A music tip for strange times (7) @midlandsound “As the city sleeps” mixtape from 2018 seems incredibly apt as we head into a period of lockdown, isolation & quarantine. Dreamy ambient sounds & bewitching piano works galore https://soundcloud.com/midland/as-the-city-sleeps-a-mixtape
A music tip for strange times (8): there have been 10 fascinating & enthralling releases in the Spiritual Jazz compilation series from @jazzmanrecords to date & this playlist rounds up 120 or so of the featured tracks https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4i8Hpe20NBnOFnxzwnfF5i
A music tip for strange times (9): this absolutely mighty 1997 @BBCR1 Essential Selection from Daft Punk, a time long before flashy motorbike helmets & “Get Lucky”
A music tip for strange times (10): it seems like we’ve been waiting centuries for @JayElectronica to get off his hoop & release a debut album. "A Written Testimony” shows that this was time worth taking - an album which ducks & dives with sublime aplomb https://open.spotify.com/album/0ZJt4dCoI19u71k37E1nQu
A music tip for strange times (11): it’s been years since I checked out Maria McKee’s “You Gotta Sin To Get Saved” but there’s still an awesome kick & a swagger to it, which works wonders on a very strange Saturday morning https://open.spotify.com/album/0PTGgGGsaoG4qEnvlht4Rx?si=Zx66kJPBToCQs0fDYfFBFQ
A music tip for strange times (12): one of the best Irish albums of the last couple of years is “Bleaching Bones” by Landless. Quite amazed that so few still know about this stunning collection of sublime voices, stirring arrangements & timeless songs https://landless.bandcamp.com/album/bleaching-bones-2
A music tip for strange times (13): it may be time to rewatch The Strange Story again, David Lynch’s tale of one man’s voyage across America on a John Deere lawnmower. The score by Angelo Badalamenti is a work of considerable beauty
A music tip for strange times (14): recorded in 1969, "Ó Riada sa Gaiety” from Seán Ó Riada and Ceoltóirí Cualann will never let you down https://open.spotify.com/album/0l5ETsOtqd0p4snOcfUPF4
A music tip for strange times (15): a playlist of selected highlights from @blackmadonnachi’s ace We Still Believe weekly radio show - full to the brim with deep disco & house grooves https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3237XsfR0Cj19KeN4T3Rxr?si=YKBXpCWtSKajyKntFia3jg
A music tip for strange times (16): I’ve been listening to a lot of jazz this weather & the late McCoy Tyne’s 1967 groundbreaker “The Real McCoy” is a stunner still capable of making you go “wow” https://open.spotify.com/album/22HoIP0ai6Wikh4R8yM0AX
A music tip for strange times (17): the new Nicolas Jaar album is pretty sweet, but it sent me off to re-up this darling jewel of a @BBCR1 Essential Mix from 2012 https://soundcloud.com/otherpeoplerecords/csp06-nicolas-jaar-essential
A music tip for strange times (18): the magnificent “Black Terry Cat” from @xeniarubinos still sounds so damn fresh. A slew of funky exhilarating thumpers with brains from the heart of Brooklyn https://open.spotify.com/album/7hpaJ75FV7MYcKER1px2Uv
A music tip for strange times (19): the new album from Meg Remy @YouSGirls is called “Heavy Light” & its farside pop & wonky grooves are an uncanny match for these oddball days https://open.spotify.com/album/66LP9b290P2kVNJB19Mi1C
A music tip for strange times (20): the new album from @MeltYrselfDown is called “100% YES” & it’s a joyous, freewheeling, giddy, punchy antidote to life in lockdown https://open.spotify.com/album/2yKmeb3vuqversvPm4Gykg
A music tip for strange times (21): Dusty Springfield’s peerless “Dusty In Memphis” came to mind last night when I was up in the attic staring out the window at that awesome full-ish moon https://open.spotify.com/album/5FRB5oQaHxlDNe6gMGuzu2
A music tip for strange times (22): Hal Willner was the dude who brought musicians together to create wonderful records & events. Listen to 1988’s "Stay Awake” collection of vintage Disney songs & just dig the magic #RIPHalWillner https://open.spotify.com/album/48eR76ue3eFPCJdBppIWQ0
A music tip for strange times (23) is a salute to a master at work for the last time. Tony MacMahon’s final album “Farewell to Music” from 2016 is full to the brim with these graceful, poignant, beautiful slow airs which seem to still time itself https://open.spotify.com/album/3XQmsFeYIe3kgnxr9omXM9
A music tip for strange times (24): you don’t have to go beyond your 2km lockdown zone this weekend to hear something otherworldly & remarkable, as “Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares” does that job & then some https://open.spotify.com/album/2dPfqoOzaYb2KUuW9Sid35
A music tip for strange times (the story so far): wrote a piece for @RTE_Culture about this series of daily music tips, routine & music as a rescue remedy https://www.rte.ie/culture/2020/0401/1127855-jim-carroll-music-tips-strange-times-2020/
A music tip for strange times (25): whether you listen to the album or check out the film of what happened when Aretha Franklin performer at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972, today is the right day for “Amazing Grace” https://open.spotify.com/album/5pIUimaQ6XePPXbMUi3te0
A music tip for strange time (26): the sound of an artist going their own way, ignoring the guide ropes & giving it a lash, Miles Davis & a powerhouse band shooting for the moon in 1969 on "In a Silent Way” https://open.spotify.com/album/0Hs3BomCdwIWRhgT57x22T
