Yesterday Mark Linkous – one of the most wonderful, innovative and fearless musicians – left this mortal coil. Words fail me.
Rest in Peace, Mark.
Yesterday Mark Linkous – one of the most wonderful, innovative and fearless musicians – left this mortal coil. Words fail me.
Rest in Peace, Mark.
Ever Fallen In Love – Buzzcocks
Alice In My Fantasies – Funkadelic
Strange Fruit – John Martyn
Girl In The War – Josh Ritter
The Other Side of Summer – Elvis Costello
Far Far Away – Slade
I’m Drunk and Real High – Ada Richards
Slippin’ and Slidin’ – Little Richard
Them Heavy People – Kate Bush
Before Destruction – Spoon
Orchestral Intro – Gorillaz
She Rode Me Down – Tindersticks
Oh, The Divorces – Tracey Thorn
Pink Lips, Black Lungs – Miles Kurosky
Man In A Shed – Nick Drake
Ruby – Ali Farke Toure & Toumani Daiabate
Dylan – The Throwing Muses
The Only Lie Worth Telling – Paul Westerberg
Ravel: Habanera – Clara Rockmore
My Propeller – Arctic Monkeys
The Lantern – Mac Rybell
Shake Your Hips – Slim Harpo
Rags To Riches – Tony Bennett
Me and Jane Doe – Charlotte Gainsbourg
Hit ‘Em Up – Carolina Chocolate Drops
Breakwater – Nick Pynn
Steam & Bells – Opsvig & Jennings
1. Paris 1919 – John Cale – Paris 1919
2. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott Heron – The Very Best of GSH.
3. Round Midnight – Miles Davis – Round About Midnight
4. Fluorescent Adolescent – Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst Nightmare
5. Moon In The Gutter – Jack Rose – Luck In The Valley
6. Babel – Massive Attack – Heligoland
7. Gotta Get His Pants Back – Griffanzo – Ain’t My Kind of Strange
8. Twenty Flight Rock – Eddie Cochran – Great Hits
9. Factory Girls – Tindersticks – Falling Down A Mountain
10. Rip It Up – Orange Juice – Rip It Up (US release)
11. Who Makes Your Money – Spoon – Transference
12. Railroad Man – Eels – Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
13. Ford Mustard Cutter – Chris Joss – Monomaniacs Vol. 1
14. Heavenly Peach Banquet – Monkey – Journey to the West
15. Tahult I – Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
16. Hallogallo – Neu – Neu!
17. It Must Be Love – Madness
18. Johnson Boys – Etta Baker – Banjo
19. It’s Different For Girls – Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
20. A Dream I Used To Remember – Opsvig & Jennings – A Dream I Used To Remember
21. It Won’t Be Long – The Beatles – With The Beatles [2009 mono remaster]
22. So Different Blues – Mance Lipscomb – The Best of Mance Lipscomb
23 Blindness – Captain Marryat – S/T
24 Naked Ladies In Electric Ragtime – Michael Chapman – Fully Qualified Survivor
25. Life on Mars – David Bowie – Hunky Dory
26. Heaven Can Wait – Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
27. Love Cry – Four Tet – There Is Love In You
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Glory Box – Portishead – Dummy
Watermelon Man – Buddy Guy – The Vanguard Sessions
Lulla – Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
Saturday Come Slow – Massive Attack – Heligoland
House On The Hill – Kevin Coyne – Marjory Razorblade
Built For Comfort – Willie Dixon with Memphis Slim – Memphis Blues
Let The Monkey Drive – Sparks – Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Tiger In My Tank – Eels – Daises of the Galaxy
Optical – Chris Joss – Monomaniacs Vol. 1
Walking Jaybird – Etta Baker – Banjo
Greenwich Mean Time – Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
Entropy – Etienne Jaumet – Night Music
Keep You Beautiful – Tindersticks – Falling Down a Mountain
Oh, The Divorces – Tracey Thorn – Love and it’s Opposite
Don’t Talk About Her – Dave Alvin – Museum of the Heart
Parchman Farm – John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers – The Beano Album
Adieu, Mr Higginson – Angela Faye Martin – Pictures From Home
Trouble Comes Running – Spoon – Transference
Two of Us – The Beatles – Let It Be Out-takes
I’m Down – The Beatles – Past Masters Mono Remasters 2009
Dimples – Vic Chesnutt – Skitter on Take-Off
Sketch For Winter – The Durutti Column – The Return of the Durutti Column
Silver Soul -Beach House – Teen Dream
Body Parts – Jose Boyer – unreleased
Love Comes Close – Cold Cave – Love Comes Close
Mushroom – Can – Tago Mago
1. Sorted For E’s & Whiz – Pulp – Different Class
2. Woke Up This Morning – Alabama 3
3. Help Me – Sonny Boy Williamson II – Nine Below Zero
4. Fly Me To The Moon – Frank Sinatra – Mob Music
5. Just a Gigolo – Thelonious Monk – Monk’s Dream
6. Cindy Tells Me – Brian Eno – Here Comes The Warm Jets
7. Feast in the Time of Plague – Vic Chesnutt – Skitter on Take-Off
8. True Faith – New Order – 12″
9. She Loves You – Peter Sellers – Why Don’t We Do It In The Road?
10. I Want to Hold Your Hand – The Beatles – The Red Album
11. Trouble Come Running – Spoon – Transference
12. Keep You Beautiful – Tinderstcks – Falling Down a Mountain
13. I’ve Never Found a Girl – Eddie Floyd – Stax/Volt Soul Vol. 1
14. Low Rider – Stolen Property – D – Funk
15. Loser – Beck – 12″
16. Rent Man Blues – Mercy Dee Walton – Masterly Texas Blues
17. Blackberry Way – The Move – The Best of the Move
18. John The Revelator – Son House – Blues Power
19. You Can’t Put Your Arm Around a Memory – Johnny Thunders – Mob Music
20. Everybody’s Cryin’ Mercy – Mose Allison – The Best of Mose Allison
21. Ain’t My Kind of Strange – Griffanzo – Ain’t My Kind of Strange
22. Silver Dream – Beach House – Teen Dream
23. Playground Love (with Gordon Tracks) – Air – Playground Love EP
24. Chabiba – Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
25. Can’t Help Falling In Love – Bert Weedon – The Best of Bert Weedon
26. John Henry – Etta Baker – Banjo
27. How High The Moon – Les Paul & Mary Ford – Mob Music
28. Paradise Blues – Eels – End Times
29. Monkey and the Engineer – Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend
30. Messin’ With The Kid – Rory Gallagher – Live in Europe
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1. Alphabet Street – Prince – Lovesexy
2. Cowboys – Portishead – Portishead
3. Sweet Gene Vincent – Ian Dury & the Blockheads – New Boots & Panties
4. Oh Babe, What Would You Say ? – Hurricane Smith
5. Dr. Buck’s Letter – The Fall – Unutterable
6. Joe’s Garage – Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage
7. Time of the Assassins – Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM
8. Summer of Lightning – Angela Faye Martin – Pictures From Home
9. Ellington Melody – Duke Ellington – The 1952 Seattle Concert
10. Baby Don’t Lay It On Me – Mance Lipscomb – The Best of..
11. Chabibi – Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
12. Keep You Beautiful – Tindersticks – Falling Down a Mountain
13. Love Comes In Spurts – Richard Hell & the Voidoids – Blank Generation
14. Magic Dance – Su Kramer – D Funk 1972 – 2002
15. It’s Different For Girls – Joe Jackson – Steppin’ Out
16. Fire Brigade – The Move – The Best of…
17. Franz Schubert – Kraftwerk – Trans Europe Express
18. Dead From The Waistdown – Joe Quigg – From a Bedroom in Hove
19. Bad Orchesta – Ennio Morricone – Once Upon a Time in the West OST
20. Pena – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band – Trout Mask Replica
21. I’m Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down – Ann Peebles – The Complete A P
22. West End Blues – Etta Baker – Banjo
23. Stranger In The Room – Michael Chapman – Fully Qualified Survivor
24. Emma – Hot Chocolate
25. Trouble Comes Running – Spoon – Transference
26. It’s Too Easy – Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend
27. Television – Baaba Maal – Television
28. Do The Strand – Roxy Music – For Your Pleasure
29. Dick Cheney – Vic Chestnutt – Skitter on Take-off
30. I’ll Get You – The Beatles – Past Masters [Mono Remaster 2009]
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1. Ashes to Ashes – David Bowie – Scary Monsters & Super Creeps
2. Ecstacy of Gold – Ennio Morricone – Fistful of Film Music
3. Mama Weer All Craze Now – Slade – Slayed!
4. A Line in the Dirt – Eels – End Times
5. Blue Monk – Thelonious Monk – Alone In San Francisco
5. Out Go The Lights – Spoon — Transference
6. Still In Love With You – Al Green – I’m Still In Love With You
7. Lost In Music – The Fall – The Infotainment Scan
8. Le Freak! – Chic – C’est Chic
9. Yellowbrick Road – Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Safe As Milk
10. Plus Plus – The Poets of Rhythm – D:Funk
11. I Can See Your Tracks – Laura Veirs – July Flame
12. The Ballad of Davy Crockett – They Might Be Giants – Here Comes Science
13. Flamenco Sketches – Miles Davis – Kind of Blue
14. Here I Go – Syd Barrett – The Madcap Laughs
15. Cedar Street Woman – Big Boy Henry – Slavery, Prison, Women, God & Whiskey
16. I’ve Been a Mess – American Music Club – Mercury
17. Feast In The Time Of Plague – Vic Chestnutt – Skitter On Take Off
18. Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime – E.S.O.T.S.M. OST
19. Daft Punk Is Playing At My House – LCD Soundsystem – LCD Soundsystem
20. Tahult In – Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
21. Poem: Aztec Hotel – Harold Budd – By Dawn’s Early Light
22. Fire Down Below – Lord Panama and the Stickers – Panama 3!
23. My Favourite Things – Julie Andrews – The Sound of Music OST
24. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out – John Lennon – Walls & Bridges
25. Television – Baaba Maal – Television
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This coming Friday, 29th January, I’m going to be performing as part of An Evening of Song, along with Wade Baynham & Dale Baker.
This is taking place at: The Reality Center, 916 Lamond Avenue, Durham, NC 27701
Show will start at around 7.30pm

1. Singapore – Tom Waits – Glitter & Doom
2. A Long Way Down – Nick Pynn – The Colours of the Night
3. Blackberry Way – The Move – The Best of the Move
4. Ball Park Incident – Wizzard – Singles A’s & B’s
5. Nothing Ever Happens – Del Amitri – Hatful of Rain
6. Mercy – Prefab Sprout – Jordan: The Comeback
7. Speaking With The Angel – Ron Sexsmith – Ron Sexsmith
8. Raspberry Beret – Prince – Around The World In A Day
9. Plants & Rags – PJ Harvey – Dry
10. Just Want A Little Bit – Slade – Old, New, Borrowed & Blue
11. Tenhert – Tinariwen – Imidiwan: Companions
12. High & Dry – Radiohead – The Bends
13. Moving Grooving – Little Francisco Greaves
14. Jadin’s Dream – Steve Gunn – Boerum Palace
15.Tindo – Baaba Maal – Television
16. It Tears Me Up – Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham – Moments From This Theatre
17. Reincarnation of a Lovebird – Charles Mingus – The Clown
18. Starman – David Bowie – Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
19. Glam-Racket – The Fall -The Infotainment Scan
20. To Be Young – Dave Rawlings Machine – A Friend of a Friend
21. Rene – The Small Faces – The Complete Collection
22. Parklife – Blur – Parklife
23. Cripple Creek – Etta Baker – Banjo
24. Unfaithful Servant – The Band – The Band
25. Adieu, Mr. Higginson – Angela Faye Martin – Pictures From Home
26. Rampage – The Whitefield Brothers – D: Funk
27. Gee, Officer Krupke – West Side Story OST
28. Dimples – Vic Chesnutt -Skitter On Take-Off
29. Black & Beautifu l – The Spirit House Movers
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Starting this Friday my weekly radio show will be from 10am-12pm until further notice.
If you’re in the Chapel Hill area, you’ll find me on WXYC 89.3FM or if you’re further afield you can either go along to iTunes and pick up a feed under “eclectic radio” or go here to find streaming options.