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beth did a lovely gig at somerset house when this album came out... ah, happy days

kind of portishead meets five leaves left

just had my first ever listen to this... better late than never



i really love the late 60s era when folk, country & rock merged and produced albums like nashville skyline, sweetheart of the rodeo, music from big pink, etc. i suppose those albums are labelled 'americana' these days. john stewart's california bloodlines certainly fits into that category. it was recorded at the same time as nashville skyline, in an adjacent studio, so several of the musicians appear on both albums.

Hi Dharma,

Good album. If it was recorded in Nashville about that time, I would guess that Leonard was also there then. I know that John Stewart used to list Leonard among his favorite songwriters. Was Bob Johnston involved with California Bloodlines?

Joe

Joe Way wrote:Was Bob Johnston involved with California Bloodlines?

i don't think so - california bloodlines was produced by nick venet who worked with people like fred neil and the amazing karen dalton

Just watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford at the weekend.. Nick Cave and Warren Ellis wrote the soundtrack... Nick even makes a little appearance as a wanderin' minstel in it!
I would recommend the album to anyone... also the soundtrack to The Proposition... another film the he wrote the screenplay and the music to. Wonderful stuff indeed.

I'm listening to Various Positions. Next I'll be listening to Regina Spektor.

tindersticks' new album, the hungry saw



tindersticks' side-project last year, songs for the young at heart, which featured the likes of bonnie 'prince' billy, kurt wagner and jarvis cocker, is one of my 5-year-old son's favourite albums! well, you gotta start 'em young

it's nearly 20 years since i bought toumani diabate's kaira album, produced by joe boyd, and one of the first world music albums i owned

toumani's new album, the mande variations, is stunning - my album of the year so far



toumani's on later with jools holland tonight

I have been listening to Bob Dylan's "Blood on the Tracks"

Norah Jones - Not too Late

This week Ray Lamontagne. His 2nd album "Till the sun turns black" is even better the the first ("Trouble")

New York Sessions - Bob Dylan

http://bobsboots.com/CDs/cd-b28.html

scarlett johansson ~ anywhere i lay my head



hmmm, i've only had one listen so far...

this is a tom waits covers album (with one self-penned track), but it sounds NOTHING like tom waits. if anything, the sound has a ghostly hint of phil spector. this is one of those albums where you throw your preconceptions out the window. i'm sure it will divide opinion.

i think someone like marianne faithfull would do a far better covers album of waits' songs - loved her version of strange weather.