In a bumper Now Playing post, Caught by the River staff and contributors share their favourite tunes of the moment:
Jeff Barrett:
‘Toc’ by Tom Zé (from the album, Estudando O Samba)
‘Paténipat’ by Charlotte Adigéry
‘Boss’ by Little Simz
‘Kamane Tarhanin’ by Mdou Moctar
The Comet Is Coming – Trust In The Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery
‘The River St. Johns’ by Jake Xerxes Fussell (from the forthcoming LP, Out of Sight)
‘Amber Eyes’ by Lloyd Miller (from Jazz at the University of Utah)
‘Go To Hell’ (from Soho Scene ’59: Jazz Goes Mod) by Mr Billy Paul
The Poet – Bobby Womack (Beverly Glen LP, 1981) all time fave revisited.
Anna Wood:
‘Goodnight Little Empire’ – Madonnatron
‘Tastes Good With The Money’ – Fat White Family
‘Summon The Fire’ – The Comet Is Coming
‘Peanut Butter’ (Larry Levan mix) – Gwen Guthrie
Richard King:
‘Blueberry Island’ – The Julie Ruin, from The Punk Singer Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Bikini Kill Records)
‘Rounder’ – Cass McCombs, from Tip of the Spheres
‘No Journeys End’ by Michael O’Shea
Diva Harris:
The whole new Solange album really, but especially ‘Binz’
‘Süpürgesi Yoncadan’ by Altın Gün
Cate Le Bon – ‘Daylight Matters’
‘East West Shuffle’ off of Rupa’s newly reissued 1982 album Disco Jazz (Numero). Again, the whole thing is great.