July Album Listenings


Playlist of the month: Singing with guitar

7/1 Whiskey Before Breakfast Band 2022 Vol 2 Out and About spotify

7/2 The Del McCoury Band 1992 Blue Side of Town spotify

7/3 Doc Watson 1964 Doc Watson spotify

7/4 Neil Young 2025 Talking To The Trees spotify

7/5 Shirley Horn Live At The Village Vanguard 1991 YouTube

7/6 Steve Cole 1998 Stay Awhile spotify

Not sure what I think about smooth jazz. I don't want to look down my nose at it, and I don't really want to listen to it either. 

7/7 Bizzare House playlist spotify

7/8 Nick Walters 2023 Padmasana spotify

7/9 Jack White 2012 Blunderbuss spotify

7/10 Ann Liu Cannon playlist spotify

7/11 I Draw Slow 2022 I Draw Slow spotify

7/12 I Draw Slow 2017 Turn Your Face To The Sun spotify

7/13 I Draw Slow 2014 White Wave Chapel spotify

7/14 Hungrytown 2024 Circus For Sale spotify

7/15 Hungrytown 2015 Further West spotify

7/16 Carolina Chocolate Drops 2010 Genuine Negro Jig spotify

7/17 The Waifs 2003 Up All Night spotify

7/18 REM 2024 remixes spotify

7/19 Damh The Bard 2003 Herne's Apprentice spotify

7/20 Cruachan 2002 Folk-Lore spotify

7/21 Libana 1986 A Circle is Cast spotify

7/22 Labina 1990 The Fire Within spotify

7/23 Labi Siffre 1971 The Singer & The Song spotify

7/24 Labi Siffre 1972 Crying, Laughing, Loving and Lying spotify

7/25 Snowdrops 2024 Singing Stones (Volume 1) spotify

7/26 Snowdrops 2022 Missing Island spotify

7/27 Tough 'Duff 1960 by Jack Mcduff spotify

7/28 Stitt meets Brother Jack 1962 Jack Mcduff spotify

7/29 John McLaughlin 2022 Saturday Night In San Francisco spotify (YouTube)

With Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, and Paco de Lucía

7/30 John McLaughlin 2021 Liberation Time spotify

7/31 Brian Eno 1978 Ambient 1: Music for Airports spotify



Bonus stuff found this month:

REM 1983 snippet on Instagram

Plush single Why on Spotify

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Tiny Desk Concert (YouTube). Earlier one.

Top 50 ambient albums on pitchfork.


Past Month listenings:

June

May

April

March

February

January

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