Click on the link here for Audio Player: Francoise Hardy – Chanson D’O – 1971 Perennial favorite Francoise Hardy tonight. Last time (back in June) I posted something from her 1971 album La Question, and tonight I’m posting another track from that album. Chanson D’O is hypnotic, ethereal and sensuous
Click on the link here for Audio Player: PorcupineTree -TheSkyMovesSidewaysPhase1 I’ve kept meaning to post some Porcupine Tree on the Roundtable ever since we got started. But distractions got in the way and I didn’t get around to it until tonight. If you’re not familiar with Porcupine Tree, and have
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Soft Machine – We Did It Again – 1968 My first exposure to The Soft Machine came in 1968 when they opened for Jimi Hendrix – it was a turning point in my musical journey (yep, it was a journey – there
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Supersister In Session at VPRO 1971-72 Since I had put up Genesis in Concert from 1972 earlier today, I thought it would only be fitting to include a band who were contemporaries and colleagues from the same period. Supersister were a band
Click on the link here for Audio Player: ArtBlakeyAndTheJazzMessengers1965-03-07CineTeleSoundStudioLondonUK It’s not even going out on a limb to say Art Blakey did more for taking percussion out of the “keeping time” box and putting in a place of creative expression than most other drummers of the 20th Century did. His
Click on the link here for Audio Player: 4 Guys from the Future – Sesssion – March 5, 2012 4 Guys From The Future are a band from Denmark that, if you haven’t already heard about them, here is ample evidence that you should know about them. Recorded during a
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Echo Lake – Wild Peace – 2012 Something of more recent vintage tonight. Echo Lake are a duo consisting of Thom Hill and Linda Jarvis. Their debut release came out in June of this year, and tonight’s track World Peace is also
Click on the link for Audio player: Jethro Tull – BBC Session – June 22, 1969 One of the early legends of the Progressive Rock movement. Jethro Tull initially got lumped into a mish-mash of genres. Labeled Folk-Rock, Art-Rock and Jazz-Rock, they were in fact a hybrid of everything, but
Click on the link here for audio player: Ashton, Gardner & Dyke – It’s gonna be high tonight/It’s A Drag – 1972 To call Ashton, Gardner & Dyke one hit wonders is something of a cheat. They were a short-lived power-trio (augmented by a horn section) that had largely come
Click on the link here: The Ganjas – Raise – 2012 I haven’t posted anything on The Ganjas in a while. To get you up to speed; if you missed the last post I did on them, The Ganjas are a neo-psych/shoe-gaze/indie/experimental band from Santiago Chile. I first discovered them
