SONG OF THE DAY Tom Rush – Urge For Going

Sometimes in life, you have moments when you see or hear something and you know you’re going to love it right from the start….this song was one of those moments. I’m only on my th…

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SONG OF THE DAY Brasstronaut – Bounce

Brasstronaut have been around for over a decade and yet I only heard them for the first time today…Coming together in 2007, they disbanded a year later, but band members are still active in m…

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SONG OF THE DAY Brasstronaut – Bounce

Brasstronaut have been around for over a decade and yet I only heard them for the first time today…Coming together in 2007, they disbanded a year later, but band members are still active in m…

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🦇🎃SPOOKY SONG OF THE DAY🦇🎃 Ralph Nielsen & The Chancellors – Scream

Coming in at just under two minutes long, this frantic and somewhat deranged slice of garage rock mayhem is billed as the “wildest rock’n’roll song ever”! Whether that is th…

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SONG OF THE DAY 🦇🎃SPOOKY SONG OF THE DAY🦇🎃 John Lee Hooker – Graveyard Blues

The song Graveyard Blues was written by John Lee Hooker and was first recorded and released by John Lee Booker and His Guitar in 1951.

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🦇🎃SPOOKY SONG OF THE DAY🦇🎃 Johnny Parry – Take My Love To The Voodoo Man

Well, it’s that time of year again where the night creeps into the day far earlier than you want and the air fills with ghoulish devilry…I’m a sucker (excuse the pun) for all thin…

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SONG OF THE DAY Otis Rush & Little Milton – I Can’t Quit You Baby

After hearing this song the other day, I’ve had it pacing about in my head and though I started off this post with the aim of sharing Little Milton’s rather delicious version, it didn&#…

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SONG OF THE DAY Orchestra Mambo International – Flauta Pa’ Ti (feat. Chip Wickham)

The nights may be drawing in and the chill of Autumn is upon us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still celebrate a bit of sunshine! So here we are….I present a slice of sizzling su…

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SONG OF THE DAY Aretha Franklin – Won’t Be Long

Singer, songwriter, and musician Aretha Franklin was just 22 years old when she sang Won’t Be Long on The Steve Allen show in 1964. Written by J. Leslie McFarland, Franklin was the first to record …

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SONG OF THE DAY Wade Flemons – What A Price To Pay

Introduced to the glories of music from childhood, Wade Herbert Flemons, simply known as Wade Flemons, was led into music by his minister father, fed on a staple diet of glorious gospel. This soul …

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SONG OF THE DAY Doctor Zygote – Dragon Chase

So, I have just emerged out of a random rabbit hole with this tune in tow! I’ve just found it and thought I’d share. I’m loving its dark, looming presence and the rhythm section i…

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SONG OF THE DAY The Mystery Lights – Before You Realise It

The Mystery Lights have yet to release a song I don’t like (or even come close to), which is a pretty impressive record as far as I’m concerned! Today’s offering was released last…

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SONG OF THE DAY Ricky Nelson – Gloomy Sunday

I’ve only ever heard Billie Holiday’s and Artie Shaw’s versions of this song (see below), so to hear an acoustic rendition sang by a male vocalist gives it a whole new feel and so…

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SONG OF THE DAY Bedlam Four – Hydrogen Atom (Or Mushrooms Are In)

Hailing from Hastings, Minnesota in the mid-1960’s, the Bedlam Four emerged out of an earlier pych-rock outfit called The Echomen. Active primarily between 1965 and 1968, they are possibly be…

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SONG OF THE DAY Wild Fire – The Dealer

Hailing from Trinidad and Tobago and coming together in 1962, Wild Fire (or The Sparks as they were originally known right up until the 1970’s) were one of the mot popular and influential ban…

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SONG OF THE DAY Ghostland

Dressed up in chills and whispering an empty sigh as it walks, this desolate serenade follows you about with its haunted frame a heavy shadow to bear. Capturing the feeling of isolation, nostalgia …

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SONG OF THE DAY Greg Foat & Sokratis Votskos – Tsamykonos (feat. Warren Hampshire & Ayo Salawu)

London-based Greg Foat is a prolific pianist-composer and arranger from the Isle of Wight who has been recording albums since 2011. Founding the Greg Foat Group in 2009, his creations map an evocat…

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SONG OF THE DAY The Funkees – Acid Rock

The excellence of The Funkees shone through even without lyrics, and today’s song is testament to that. Harnessing their own brand of funk, their sound was tight and yet free flowing. The Fun…

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SONG OF THE DAY Jigsaw – Seven Fishes

Releasing what has been labelled a “massive international hit single”, Sky High was the track that brought this British pop-rock band to super stardom. Though if this was the only song …

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SONG OF THE DAY Elvis – Reconsider Baby

Tonight I have had the pleasure of hearing a couple of Elvis songs I’d never heard before and to having the opportunity to savour, indulge and write about these songs is one of the reasons I …

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SONG OF THE DAY The Ghostmen – The Ghost

I’m sure I’ll regret not saving this song for Halloween, but The Ghost has crawled under my skin this evening so I thought I’d haunt your ears with this find… Released in 19…

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SONG OF THE DAY Michael Yonkers – Puppeting

“An obscure late-sixties ahead-of-his-time visionary….” (Subpop Records) I found this song in a playlist I’d compiled ages ago and fail to see how I’ve not featured this art…

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SONG OF THE DAY Dudu And The Big Time Boys – How Long?

Arriving in just under two months and in time for Christmas, Analog Africa have scheduled another exciting release! Sound City Joburg – South Africa’s Township Soul 1969 – 1981 is…

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SONG OF THE DAY Lee Hazelwood – For One Moment

“For One Moment” is a melancholic baroque-pop song written, produced, and performed by the American singer-songwriter Lee Hazlewood. It was originally released in 1966 on his critically…

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SONG OF THE DAY Nina Simone – Blackbird

Written at a time when the Civil Rights movement was gathering momentum, Nina Simone released this song in the early-1960’s. Recorded and issued whilst she was still signed to Colpix Records,…

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SONG OF THE DAY Nico Saquito – Al Vaiven De Mi Carreta

What brought me to this song today was in fact a cover of this song, and a gorgeous cover it is too (I’ve pasted it below), but I had to feature the original! This is very magic and I am very…

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SONG OF THE DAY Fabulous Caprices – Groovy World

Though they only recorded a handful of songs, this band were never short on the funk! Today’s song is testament to that! Consisting of Chris Lynwood on guitar/vocals, Ronald Curry on bass, To…

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SONG OF THE DAY Laurindo Almeida & Ray Brown – Brazilian Greens

As cool as you could ever imagine a song to be coming from an artist who has been credited as one of the “pioneers in the creation of bossa nova”, this is Brazilian Greens! Released in …

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SONG OF THE DAY Phyllis Dillon – Woman Of The Ghetto

he song “Woman of the Ghetto” was originally written, recorded, and released by American soul-jazz vocalist Marlena Shaw.She co-wrote the powerful, socially conscious track alongside Ri…

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