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Recorded in London, Olympic Studios, May, 1968. Backing Vocals – Leslie Duncan, Madeline Bell, Suzi Quatro; Bass – Ron Wood; Drums – Tony Newman; Guitar – Jeff Beck; Keyboards – Nicky Hopkins; Producer – Mickie Most; Vocals, Acoustic Guitar – Donovan.

This album and its songs won in all four of their nominated categories at the 61st Grammy Awards in early 2019, including Album of the Year and Best Country Album. Musgraves was just ‘coming off getting married and being in this golden hour of my personal life, where all these things are finally coming to fruition. I found myself inspired to write about this person and all these things he brought out in me that weren't there before.’

Gary Leeds of the Walker Bros. with backing band the Vibrations.

From Faithfull’s 16th studio album, which has a dark and fatalistic mood; Faithfull attributes that partially to the post-9/11 world. Nick Cave co-wrote this song, and his supporting band, The Bad Seeds, provide accompaniment. Said a reviewer, ‘Faithfull imbues every song and every word on ‘Before the Poison’ with the weight of experience, as if age has granted her almost oracular powers. This may not be a perfect album, but it is affecting and haunting.’

Steamboat Bill and Casey Jones drag racing steamboats on the Mississippi River! Not such a good idea… Recorded in Atlanta, 1927. Alto sax – Lucien Brown; banjo – Cal Smith; mandolin – Benny Calvin; vocals, jug – Earl McDonald.

‘Trapeze’ ‘follows an aging circus performer who'd rather work without a net than take her chances in love.’ This wonderful album combines ‘clarity of vision and seamless execution.’ Yep, that's Emmylou!

Scandinavian string trio that pushes the boundaries of traditional music and takes Nordic folk music in a new direction. The three musicians combine viola d’amore, hardanger fiddle and nyckelharpa.

Great guitar work from Robin Trower; and Matthew Fisher gets it done with that Hammond organ! Interesting lyrics. Thanks, Mike!

‘For many in this postmodern era, it might be difficult to appreciate how radical the pairing of Shirley Collins and Davy Graham was in 1964 when this album was released. The former was practically the living embodiment of the traditional British Isles folk music movement at the time, while the latter was a musician's musician of formidable instrumental talent who was just as adept at playing prewar blues or jazz and Middle Eastern music.’ A ‘Southern traditional, first captured as “Jane-Jane (Three Mocking Birds)” in a field recording by a singer named Lila May Stevens in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1939,’ Shirley learned this from Peggy Seeger.

This album contains the Original Library of Congress Sessions from Field Recordings 1941-1942, recorded by Alan Lomax. Son House “was the most intense person I ever worked with,” said Dick Waterman. “I never sensed Son House was a paid entertainer. He brought total commitment, played the same for 15 people, 1,500 people, or 15,000 people. He’d say, ‘This is just a little old piece of blues and I hope you like it,’ and then he’d unleash it and it was like being under a waterfall. He’d start to play, his eyes would roll back in his head, the sweat would roll out on his face and he’d just go somewhere else, some other place in time.”

‘California country artist Rosy Nolan took a scenic route to arrive where she is now, in the vanguard of L.A.’s latest Country music resurgence. The San Francisco native honed her performance chops in riot-grrl and post-punk indie bands across the US and the UK before finding her new sound in L.A.’s tight-knit old-time community.’ Check out the video!

‘B’ side of ‘Loop Garoo’, single released in 1970 on ATCO. Mac Rebennack when he was calling himself ‘Dr. John The Night Tripper’. He later shortened that to Dr. John.

Sarah Streeter was born in Coldwater, Mississippi, in 1953, and raised in Chicago, where she sang in gospel choirs in South Chicago churches. At age 14, she began singing blues at the Morgan's Lounge Club, and in the 1970s she played with musicians such as Magic Slim, Buddy Guy, The Aces, Sunnyland Slim and Junior Wells. From 1989 until her death in 2015, she performed with her group, The BTS (Big Time Sarah) Express.

‘This song sounds like an autobiographical tribute to the city of his birth, but Newman was born in LA and spent his childhood oscillating between Los Angeles and New Orleans. In this song, he assumes the character of an Alabama steel mill worker who oozes pride in his Birmingham heritage.’ A reviewer described this and the other songs on the album as "heavily critical studies of trash, loonies, drunks, dirty politicians, and bigots.”

This a song inspired by Hawkins’ children

The NCB’s were an American country music supergroup founded by singer / songwriter Rodney Crowell in 1980. The members included Eddie Bayers, Emory Gordy, Jr., Hank Devito, John Hobbs, Larrie Londin, Michael Rhodes, Richard Bennett, Rodney Crowell, Tony Brown and Vince Gill.

‘A folksy meditation on self-love, her desire for growth and her acceptance of change. She talks about quitting weed and excising unhelpful habits and people from her life.’

This band from the Toronto area, initially ‘armed with a vintage Tascam 388 tape recorder, a nylon string guitar, and some microphones’, went on to create ‘an album that sounds like it could have been recorded any time in the last 60 years.’

From a studio album of cover versions, and features guest appearances from a variety of musicians. Here, Faithfull joins up with old friend Keith Richards.

This is from the final studio album Long John Baldry completed in his lifetime. The album serves as a tribute to Baldry's musical hero Lead Belly with songs he either wrote or is known for. ‘Linin’ Track’ was first recorded by Luther Boyd in 1935 at Parchman State Penitentiary by John Lomax. Leadbelly recorded it in 1944, also for John Lomax.

This incredible album from Miss Patti and her band, produced by Todd Rundgren, was the last album they all did together. Patti left the scene to raise her children.

Originally released in 1994. The Anniversary Edition includes two previously unreleased tracks.

Kweskin is joined here by Rose Guerin, a singer, songwriter, guitarist and community organizer.

Chris Hillman, an ex-Byrd who co-founded the Flying Burrito Brothers and was Parsons’ main writing partner joins up with Steve Earle on this Herb Pedersen-produced track. Emmylou Harris was co-executive producer on this tribute album, which benefited Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's "Campaign for a Landmine Free World."

Giddens has been called “one of the most important musical minds currently walking the planet.” This GRAMMY, MacArthur and Pulitzer-winning singer, composer, and instrumentalist has a ‘ravenous mind and unwavering gumption.’ This opening track from her latest album has ‘a Stax-meets-Muscle-Shoals vibe.’

The song was originally intended to be recorded by Wilson's band, the Beach Boys, during the sessions for their album ‘The Beach Boys Today!’ Wilson's bandmates rejected the track (‘maybe it was just the idea of being “dumb”’), so he ultimately produced it for Campbell, who had recently been hired as an emergency fill-in for Wilson on the group's concert tours. Said musicologist Philip Lambert, ‘the song is so difficult to sing. The near-octave leaps at the ends of the first two phrases (on "like me" and "to be") ... emerges as one aspect of [Wilson's] movement toward novelty and innovation in late 1964.’ Difficult to sing, but Campbell nails it!

Yesterday was 3/14, Pi Day!

The Fabulous Rhinestones were an R&B-based band formed in San Francisco in 1971 by ex-Illinois Speed Press guitarist/singer Kal David, ex-Electric Flag bassist Harvey Brooks and singer, multi-instrumentalist Marty Grebb. They moved to Woodstock, NY, where they played with members of the Band and some of their own fellow Chicago bluesmen, including Paul Butterfield.

Big Time Sarah again, this time letting us know that the thrill is gone away, for good!