This came on the Ipod this morning. Lovely

for International Women's Day (which was yesterday), I came across this:

Not sure if it fits the bill. But it's good.

I have been listening to the brilliant BBC 7 detective series Baldi set in Dublin and starring Shameless' David Threlfall as the eponymous Italian Franciscan semiotician turned snoop.
I rob whole runs of shows off the iPlayer (thanks to instructions given here) and then gorge on them. Have done three series of Baldi in three or four days.
It has this piece of Sting brilliance as the theme.

sang to me on the Ipod from the car park to the office this morning. As I walked through the park it seemed a perfect accompaniment to the cold air and frosted canopy of trees.

..."Here Comes The Moon" from 1979... almost recaptures the vibe that he brought to Abbey Road

But the chilly simplicity of Songs for Drella woke me up. Could have picked any number of tracks from it, but here's the finale. Loving the French subtitles.

It arrived today. This is the best track:

Never fails to cheer me up

S. Piliso & His Super Seven - Kuya Hanjwa, from the ace new 'Next Stop....Soweto' compilation

I don't want to discuss it, from an Okeh Northern Soul compilation

This'll get a smile on ya face. even if it is just cos of Ry's dodgy hair

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... Speechification made a podcast available of a brilliant edition of World Routes where a guy called Banning Eyre does a trip around the Appalachians and meets a swathe of brilliant old bluegrass players.

I listened on the way into work. It is completely fantastic in every way and can be found here...

http://speechification.com/2010/03/05/world-routes-appalachian-roadtrip/...

This popped up on shuffle this morning, most unexpectedly. Their lovely former keyboard player is married to one of my best friends, and I'm on friendly nodding terms with the rest of the band, although I haven't seen any of them in years (largely because they live in Edinburgh and I live in London). Ballboy were big Peel favourites at one time, and one of the two occasions on which I got to meet JP was at a Ballboy session at Maida Vale, to which I was kindly invited.

Anyway. This song's a corker.

I suppose it's as naff as liking Simply Red but I don't care, I think she's fab.

Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

doing "Mendocino County Line" came up on random play - what a fabulous song and then I found this slightly slower, mellower version. Enjoy.

can't even ruin this beautiful song from The Replacements.

I was a big fan of theirs in my early teens, but I haven´t been listening to them in a long time. Today I finished Don Felder´s autobigraphy Heaven And Hell and Desperado was the first song I listened to when having closed the book. The first Word Podcast I heard was about that very book and featured Felder as a guest.

Had this on repeat. Horace Andy has such a great voice.

It's Tommy Dorsey.

I never expected to type those word ever but look, there they are. I came across this on YouTube a while ago lookiing for something else and up popped this.

I think its fantastic. Every once in a while I need a tightly arranged swing band.

- specifically 'In California' - is excellent - as follows:

This came on the ipod this morning as I was walking into work.

i thought it was Vampire Weekend, and then Josh Rouse and then Paul Simon.

It's not groundbreaking

But it made my day.

If you like music, is there nothing better than being surprised by your own ipod!

He's Canadian by the way. Opened for the Proclaimers. And once toured with The Obvious.

Never heard of Jeremy Fisher at 8.30. Half an hour later I am a fan!

this one jumped out at me today. Drummer and bass player are Omar Hakim and Victor Bailey, and boy do they swing

But I gave Good Morning Spider an airing on the way into work and had to play this three times.

A lovely song from a great album. It'll soon be summer!

Didn't bother trying to explain "junkie cosmonaut" to my 3 year old on the drive to day care.

(And for those who like a 'bit of world', Tamikrest are playing the Borderline on 19 May - can't wait!)

They introduced this as a new song at the Shepherds Bush Empire in 2004. New album, please!

Afel Bocoum, Toumani Diabate, Damon Albarn & Friends "Sunset Coming On"

Apologies for rubbish video. Just listen!

What I really wanted to go for was Not For Keith, but it's not on Youtube. This is great though...

The singing, the dancing, the suits.

...it certainly did mine!

If Pencilsqueezer gets three strikes, I think I'm entitled to a second. This is a cracking version of an old tune.

No YouTube I'm afraid - only a Spotify link:

http://open.spotify.com/track/1LEZrYTCbc3bK2eCFHEHnC

(Richard Buckner - Hand @ The Hem, for those without Spotify)

"Was A Dog Dough" which can be obtained on New Order's back to mine. I can't believe its Cat!!!

Albatross - Besnard Lakes

It's spring and love is in the air!

Been listening to this a lot. 'The last temptation of Chris' is one of my favourite albums of the last few years, and this track is beautiful.