Blog: Small Town Romance

The Necks’ Mindset

The Necks - Daylights (Part 1 of 2)
Tweet The Necks is an Australian trio that has been playing for 24 years and 16 albums. The trio is drums-piano-bass and together they create a stunning tapestry of torn apart jazz, with soundtrack music for abandoned cities that holds ... Continue reading

Family Affairs – Happy 40th Anniversary ‘There’s A Riot Going On’

Tweet Forty years ago, in the year of 1971, Sly and The Family Stone released one of the ultimate funk masterpieces - There's A Riot Going On. I don't think this record needs an introduction in anyway, but if you ... Continue reading
Artist:Sly & The Family Stone
Title:Family Affair
Link Text:Sly and the Family Stone - It’s a Family Affair
File Name:Sly-Stone-Family-Affair.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2003

Roy Haynes’ Out Of The Afternoon

Tweet The fact that Out Of The Afternoon by Roy Haynes Quartet is not a classic album, is a mystery to me. You may think that there are greater mysteries in life, but you know, Roy Haynes, this is the ... Continue reading
Artist:Roy Haynes Quartet
Title:Moon Ray
Link Text:Roy Haynes Quartet - Moon Ray
File Name:01 Moon Ray.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1996

A New Song By Amit Erez

Tweet Last Saturday I attended a live rehearsal in front of 40 people in the Anova Music studios, of Amit Erez's new band. They played some new beautiful songs and some old ones in new arrangements. The new band gives ... Continue reading
Artist:Amit Erez
Title:Whenever The Sun Comes
Link Text:Amit Erez - Whenever The Sun Comes
File Name:Amit Erez - Whenever The Sun Comes.mp3
Genre:255

Archie Shepp – Blase

Tweet I love Archie Shepp's music. First, he's a follower of the Coltrane path (the later helped him get a record deal and invited him for his Ascension album), and you can hear a lot of Coltrane in his music. ... Continue reading
Artist:Archie Shepp
Link Text:Archie Shepp - Blase
File Name:02 Blase.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1970

The Reckoning by Steve Tilston

Steve Tilston tribute to Bert Jansch  + oil & water -  Jools Holland  14 oct 2011 HQ video
Tweet Steve Tilston don't need an introduction. That's, of course, if you live in normal world. But since we produce nuclear waste that will stay around for 5k years - forgive me for not treating the world as 'normal' and ... Continue reading
Artist:Steve Tilston
Title:Oil and Water
Link Text:Steve Tilston - Oil and Water
File Name:05-Oil-and-Water1.mp3
Bitrate:242 kbps
Genre:Country
Artist:Steve Tilston
Title:The Reckoning
Link Text:Steve Tiston- The Reckoning
File Name:03-The-Reckoning.mp3
Bitrate:202 kbps
Genre:Country

Patience Is A Virtue, by Norma Jenkins

Tweet I love WFMU. I said it in the past and I'm saying it again. I always discover amazing stuff through their eclectic taste. My recent find, was the just oh-too-beautiful album by Norma Jenkins. They played her 7" I ... Continue reading
Artist:Norma Jenkins
Title:I Fooled You (Didn't I)
Link Text:Norma Jenkins - I Fooled You ( Didn’t I )
File Name:Norma-Jenkins-I-Fooled-You-Did nt-I-.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Soul
Year:1976

Life In Reverse by Marine

Marine Life In Reverse
Tweet Marine were a part of the European post-punk movement, having formed in Belgium in 1980 and playing with these furious energies and the familiar Fender bass sound. But they had something rather different in their music, they had a ... Continue reading
Artist:Marine
Title:You In Reverse
Link Text:Marine - Life In Reverse
File Name:Marine-Life-In-Reverse.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Post Punk
Year:2008

Deserter’s Song Get A Vinyl Treatment

Tweet Happy news! One of the best 902s albums, Mercury Rev's Derserter's Song is about to be released on a 180g vinyl! Finally! I was waiting for that to happen but I didn't see it coming from Light In The ... Continue reading

Deserter’s Song Get A Vinyl Treatment

Mercury Rev "Deserter's Songs" LP - What's Inside?
Tweet Happy news! One of the best 902s albums, Mercury Rev's Derserter's Song is about to be released on a 180g vinyl! Finally! I was waiting for that to happen but I didn't see it coming from Light In The ... Continue reading

Basho and Jansch Bootlegs

Tweet Sorry for not writing too much lately. Things have been rather busy lately. Nevertheless, since Small Town Romance has a promise to its consumers, I thought it'll be nice to share with you the wonderful three bootlegs I'm listening ... Continue reading
Artist:Bert Jansch
Title:Downriver
Link Text:Bert Jansch - Downriver
File Name:Track07.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:1979
Artist:Robbie Basho
Title:The Grail and the Lotus
Link Text:Robbie Basho - The Grail and the Lotus
File Name:Robbie_Basho_82_b1_The_Grail_a nd_the_Lotus.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:255
Year:1982

A Struggle Not A Thought by Chuck Johnson

Tweet Recently, I was hooked by the absolutely beautiful album by Bay Area guitarist Chuck Johnson. The new album A Struggle Not A Thought will be released in November via Strange Attractors Audio House. The album is fabulous throwback to ... Continue reading
Artist:Chuck Johnson
Title:Down in Flames or Not at All
Link Text:Chuck Johnson - Down In Flames or Not At All
File Name:03 Down in Flames or Not at All.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps

The Cave Sounds Of We Are Ghosts

Tweet Whenever I'm recording in the studio, I play the best I can and leave the track as it is. I know it sounds obvious, but what I'm trying to say is that I only play two-three takes max, and ... Continue reading
Artist:We Are Ghosts
Title:10,000 B.C Blues
Link Text:We Are Ghosts - 10,000 B.C Blues
File Name:03 10,000 B.C Blues.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Ghost Music
Year:2011

Coltrane With Strings, Alice’s Present To Her Husband

Tweet For many, Alice Coltrane, widow of the John Coltrane (AKA God), performed a serious crime. She took lost recordings of her late husband, added instruments to them and released them in 1972. John died in 1967. It's silly to ... Continue reading
Artist:John Coltrane
Title:Peace on Earth
Link Text:Alice Coltrane – Peace On Earth
File Name:01 Peace on Earth.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Jazz
Year:1965

Got Soul?

The Packers - Hole In The Wall
An interesting release from Light In The Attic Records - Late Late Party 1965-1967, which is the first anthology ever compiled of the music of Charles Axton. Charles Axton mom and uncle had started Stax in 1961, while Axton was ... Continue reading
Artist:LightInTheAtticRecords
Title:The Martinis (Charles "Packy" Axton) - "Key Chain"
File Name:SoundCloud
Genre:Soul

Jason Molina And You, Fans

Jason Molina, alone or under the Magnolia Electric Co. or Songs:Ohia is really one of the fine songwriters of recent years. Haven't heard his name for quite a while, and today I understood why - Jason has been in and ... Continue reading

Jason Molina And You, Fans

Jason Molina - Live Session @ Maps - Radio Città Del Capo
Jason Molina, alone or under the Magnolia Electric Co. or Songs:Ohia is really one of the fine songwriters of recent years. Haven't heard his name for quite a while, and today I understood why - Jason has been in and ... Continue reading

Not The Spaces You Know, But Between Them

I have a long time crash on the fabulous Three Lobed Records label. I always liked their passion for psychedelic, drones and all that non-jazz , with their catalog that features Bardo Pond on one hand, Sun City Girls on ... Continue reading

Not The Spaces You Know, But Between Them

I have a long time crash on the fabulous Three Lobed Records label. I always liked their passion for psychedelic, drones and all that non-jazz , with their catalog that features Bardo Pond on one hand, Sun City Girls on ... Continue reading

Fun Makers – Mugwumps’ Do It Good

Mugwumps is a four piece band comes from Sweden. When I bought their record, it was under the Stoner section in the store, but I think it be more appropriate to have them in the 'Detroit Scene Inspired' section, next ... Continue reading
Artist:The Mugwumps
Title:Danger buzz
Link Text:Mugwumps - Danger Buzz
File Name:04 Danger buzz.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Other
Artist:The Mugwumps
Title:Sinking stone
Link Text:Mugwumps - Sinking Stone
File Name:01 Sinking stone.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Other
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