SINGING FOR MY SUPPER
Early James is a young man singing beyond his years
Artists from around the world dance in pandemic isolation togetehr
The Afrobeat founder made fantastic, danceable music but was a contradictory figure in his Nigerian homeland
“Prine wrote compact, down-to-earth lines using the common-sense aphorisms traded by blue-collar workers on their lunch break.”
Two easy-to-hear instrumentals for another week in the pandemic featuring Daniel Lanois and Red House Painters
Award-winning Quebec pianist’s compositions are playing on the big screen
Veteran players offer superb updates for 10 of folk’s standard tunes
Ambient sounds give us space to consider a changed reality
Her lyrics are inscrutable but Aldous Harding is fabulous to listen to