Art Decade

James Govan -  Help Me I'm in Need Tell You About My Girl Things I like the most about "Help Me, I...

10cc - Gismo My Way I needn't bore you with the particulars of why or how this came to pass, but I was recently granted an audience ...

Victrola - Maritime Tatami Memorably described by one youtube commenter as "cruel and beautiful." Highlights include the vocal inf...

The Rockin' Berries - She's Not Like Any Girl I'm liking the falsetto leaps in the melody on this one. Very rainy, very British,...

Harry Nilsson - Living without You Let's keep things reflective this Friday, shall we?  This is a beaut. And, ...

Yeah... as promised, our man in Cologne, longtime and esteemed commenter "Ano 2" is back with another sweet guest mix. Apologies ...

Joe Higgs - There's a Reward This song is the island musical equivalent of Hopkins's Carrion Comfort . Or something.

Bettye Swann - Don't Touch Me A moving variation on a theme, said the critic. Very moving indeed.

Dolly Mixture - Never Let It Go Here's another song with that "Carrot Rope" chiming guitar thing that I dimly recall alluding ...

Philip Catherine - Jeux Interdits . forbidden games

Janis Joplin - Get It While You Can

Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love

Can: Vernal Equinox (live)

Real Estate: Kinder Blumen

H. Tical - Distillation This is what happens when an Italian library composer tries his hand at some Sabbath/Zep stylings. Dig the particula...

Buck Owens - A Maiden's Prayer Take a deep breathe, sit back from your work, listen to this, ruminate, then get on back to the drudgery.

Joao Gilberto: Astronauta (Samba da Pergunta)

Rino Gaetano - Aida This one goes out to Jazione, and his cold, cold marble floors in Rome. Rome, where one can take one clove, two cloves,...

Judy Collins - Me & My Uncle MR. KUNSTLER: Who was present at that press conference? THE WITNESS: There were a number of people who were...

Oh sweet Lord.

Ladies & gentlemen: longtime listener and frequent commenter on this blog, Anonymus II (our man in Cologne) has been kind enough to put ...

Joe Henderson - Tres Palabras It's feeling powerfully like summer nights are on their way back, so here's to them!

James P. Johnson - Jungle Drums

David Bowie and Pat Metheny Group - This Is Not America Sha la la la la.

Pierre Laniau - Petit Musique de Clown Triste Music by Erik Satie, Pierre Laniau on 10-string guitar.

new Viva show ( #121 ) in the archive

Patrick Forgas - Sex Move Do I detect the influence of this ?

Rebirth Brass Band: Ain't No Shame In My Game

Jesse Fuller - I Got a Mind to Ramble Bob Weir: OK, now, I want you people all, if you get the chance, to go sometime to Berkeley or Oaklan...

The Pentangle - Willy O'Winsbury This is my jam. Featuring the great Jacqui McShee. Spend some time with the storyline and try to unpac...

Isaac Hayes - Let's Don't Ever Blow Our Thing No, no.

Ronaldo Lark e a Turma Bab-Luba - Waldemar Now those are some festive trumpets!

Steve Bent - I'm Going To Spain I hope that I can quickly learn the language.

St Etienne featuring Q-Tee - Filthy In the 90's, this beat was everywhere.

Smokey Robinson - The Agony and the Ecstasy From 1975's great A Quiet Storm . Listening to this song is a reminder that there are degree...

Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem - Cher Here's another nice song from this album. Thanks Wary Meyers for the pic.

Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers: New Steel Guitar Rag

Waylon Jennings - Abilene If you happen to be stuck in traffic - or stuck in a rut - I can think of worse fates than having this to sing alo...

Junior Delahaye - Movie Show I like a minor-key love song. (dub)

Emmett posted this some five years ago and yet I've only recently discovered the below, from what I believe is Michael Lindsay-Hogg...

new Viva show ( #120 ) in the archive

The Cake - Baby That's Me Written by Jack Nitzsche and Jackie DeShannon. And yes, it's just a hair's breadth away from Be My Bab...

Walter Wanderley Trio - It's A Lovely Day Today Words and music by Irving Berlin, born Israel Baline on May 11, 1888, in Belarus. Irving...

Gerry Pond - The Sometime Girl

The Mamas & the Papas - Creeque Alley If you have some time to while away, by all means go here . I was most interested to discover a t...

Fiona Fullerton - The Me I Never Knew Here's a song sung by Alice as the finale to a 1972 BBC production of Alice's Adventures in W...

Bela Fleck - Spain Chick Corea gets the Bela Anton Leos Fleck treatment here. That's right - Bela Anton Leos. As in Bartok, Webern, Jan...

Soft Rock - Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey An instrumental version, so you can sing along with the choruses, as Big B is wont to do, when he...

The Great Society - Love You Girl Many thanks to the lads in MGMT for peeling this one off in their Late Night Tale . The melody keeps bring...