{"id":1488,"date":"2019-07-01T15:53:31","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2019-10-15T15:54:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:54:47","slug":"july-2019-good-to-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiamedia.org\/english\/2019\/07\/01\/july-2019-good-to-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"july 2019 \u2013 good to hear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gris Gris<\/strong><\/a>
\nDr John The Night Tripper<\/strong>
\nWe mourn the loss of one of the most original and innovative musicians of the last fifty years, a man whose charisma, presence, voice and craftsmanship is unequalled. Even at his worst times, when he was so strung out that he travelled with a nurse, his shows were uniquely enthralling performances that held his audiences spellbound. He gave us a number of immortal songs and, likewise, he moves on to the next world, becoming one of the immortals himself. Malcolm (Mac) John Rebenack was born on 20 November 1941 into a musical New Orleans family of French descent and lived and breathed music since he was born. His inspirations were the local medicine shows, the Mardi Gras and the voodoo ceremonies, the Delta Blues as well the jazz records from his father\u2019s record store. Dr John left us on 6 June 2019. Peace be with him. (sgs)
\nAtco Records, 1969<\/p>\n

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Fifity years of Trout Mask Replica: 10 Best Beefheart songs<\/strong><\/a>
\nCaptain Beefheart and his Magic Band<\/strong>
\nAnother legendary singer and songwriter rooted in the Delta blues, as well as in free jazz and rock, Captain Beefheart, aka Don Van Vliet, was born 1941 in Glendale, California. A multi-instrumentalist and a bully, he was mesmerisingly chaotic and asked a lot of his audience. Don began to sculpt as age three, especially animals, and won several prizes and scholarships he wasn\u2019t allowed to take up by is parents. Noted for his friendship with Frank Zappa, Beefheart started singing in 1967 and signed a record deal one year later. He and his changing band members, among whom Ry Cooder, recorded thirteen studio albums with various band combinations until 1982 when the genius of pop abandoned music for painting, a lifelong pursuit at which he also excelled. Suffering from multiple sclerosis from 1970 onward, Don van Vliet passed away in 2010 having influenced just about everybody from the Beatles to P.C. Harvey. He continues to be a great inspiration. (sgs)
\nStraight Records, 1969<\/p>\n

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We Get By<\/strong><\/a>
\nMavis Staples (featuring Ben Harper)<\/strong>
\nHere we have one of the truly great voices of soul still capable of giving me the shivers. Mavis, one of the original members of The Staple Singers, was born in Chicago, in 1939. Led by family patriarch Roebuch \u00abPops\u00bb Staples on guitar and including the voices of Mavis and her siblings Cleotha, Yvonne, and Pervis, the Staple Singers were \u00abGod’s Greatest Hitmakers\u00bb in the late sixties. Having originally sung in churches, Mavis is known for her political activism as well as for her rousing voice. After the group\u2019s fame faded in the 1970, Mavis Staples became a solo performer, as well as accompanying many greats such as Bob Dylan, Prince, Ray Charles or George Jones. Her voice has been sampled by Salt \u2018N Peppa. Ludacris and Ice Cube. She has been the recipient of many awards and honours and is celebrating her eightieth birthday with a series of concerts and this new release. (sgs)
\nAnti-Records, May 2019<\/p>\n

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Atlanta Millionaires Club: Room Temperature<\/strong><\/a>
\nFaye Webster<\/strong>
\nAtlanta\u2019s Millionaires Club is in Faye\u2019s feelings, and that\u2019s the way she likes it. The new record from the 21-year-old Atlanta-native opens with a sighing, unflinchingly honest admission: \u00abLooks like I\u2019ve been crying again, over the same thing.\u00bb The omnipresence of pedal steel eschews bluegrass trappings, flexible under Webster\u2019s genre-bending direction. She says she didn\u2019t set out to make her new album sound like anyone in particular \u2013 in fact, she says, the recording process was the opposite, trying to avoid sounding like any contemporaries \u2013 but she cites Aaliyah as her main musical inspiration. Pulling from a family lineage of folk storytelling and time spent in Atlanta\u2019s hip-hop scene, Webster\u2019s work is a study of duality, weaving through her own introversion and heartbreak, its beautiful sadness punctuated by an unexpected, sly sense of humour. (secretlycanadian.com)
\nSecretly Canadian, May 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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