What are you Listening to?

[Buckeye Randy]

I saw Soraia several years ago in a ridiculously small club and they rocked.  Here is their new song, "So Holy".

[Saulaac]

Going back in time to when I started listening to music online. These were the type of tracks being suggested by YT, as my algorithm was fresh.

The latin percussion instruments included in this recent funky track (i.e, the syncopated triangle and cuica) are heavenly. Sends me into outer space so it does:
John Carroll Kirby - Rainmaker

I remember when this track had only a couple of thousand views a few years ago. Great funky energy:
BINKBEATS - Little Nerves feat. Niels Broos

[Lisnaholic]

^ Nice tracks, Saulaac. I liked Rainmaker when the keyboard player shrugged off his jacket to get down to business !

I saw Soraia several years ago in a ridiculously small club and they rocked.  Here is their new song, "So Holy".

^ That's a great rocker, Buckeye. For a minute, I thought the band shared the name of a popular Walmart-style supermarket chain
 (pronounced "Sorry, Ana"):-


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Actually, I got distracted because I came here to enthuse about the 3 opening tracks from Winds Of Change. At last,on YouTube, I found the 3 of them posted together, which imo is the way they should be heard: as a group, the 3 songs form one of the best intros into a psyche rock album that I know:-

[Buckeye Randy]

Winds Of Change was included in an album collection I bought around 1978 or so, great late night stuff.  Also included was Images by David Bowie on Deram plus albums by Jim and Ingrid Croce, Sonny and Cher and Donovan.  I was trippin' man!

Have you ever heard Sun Secrets by The Eric Burdon Band?  It always reminded me (though to a lesser degree) of Lou Reed covering VU material on RnR Animal.  Songs of pain, addiction and suffering given a dose of Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah and sounding like Green Grass and High Tide.  The biggest similarity between the albums is the loose and free (kick ass!) guitar playing reinventing the songs.

[Lisnaholic]

^ That was quite a retro collection you picked up !

That Sun Secrets sounds really good: thanks for the great description. I'll be checking it out in a few mins.

[Buckeye Randy]

^ That was quite a retro collection you picked up !

That Sun Secrets sounds really good: thanks for the great description. I'll be checking it out in a few mins.

Thoughts on Sun Secrets? It's not a favorite of mine yet I revisit once a year.  There is just something about those takes on songs by The Animals.

[Lisnaholic]

^ Well, I can't improve on your own description:-

Have you ever heard Sun Secrets by The Eric Burdon Band?  It always reminded me (though to a lesser degree) of Lou Reed covering VU material on RnR Animal.  Songs of pain, addiction and suffering given a dose of Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah and sounding like Green Grass and High Tide.  The biggest similarity between the albums is the loose and free (kick ass!) guitar playing reinventing the songs.

I'm just loving this album, which has stella guitar playing all the way through. To post a shortish track, in case anyone else is interested in getting a taste, here's the opener:-

EB's band gives these old songs a new dimension and extends them beyond that dated '60s singles format, so that they sound more modern, full of fresh new details, and yet familiar at the same time too. It's a win-win in my book.
Although I'm still absorbing some tracks (Letter from a County Farm), I'm sure I'll be playing this album a lot more often than your once-a-year revisits, Buckeye !
Many thanks for the rec.

[Saulaac]

Nutritious jazz pop. Is grindy indirectly influencing my YT algorithm??
Genevieve Artadi with Norrbotten Big Band - "Gray And White"

Similar vibes to George Russell's arrangements. Slowly building up to a climax/chorus and then pushing it further onwards.
George Russell - Event IV