A Quick "New Music Monday" (before I forget)

 

    Hey there Kats and Kittens, it’s been minute since there was a new New Music Friday, I know, and I apologize.  Things have been crazy - yes, too crazy to whip out a nod to the great stuff I’ve been listening to and there’s great stuff out there. So here’s an abridged New Music Monday. A quick list of goodies to go treat yourself to.  John Doe’s latest Fables in a Foreign Land (Fat Possum Records); the long awaited session from Mavis Staples & Levon Helm Carry Me Home (Anti); Trombone Shorty’s mix of everything - Lifted (Blue Note Records); the return of Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, their first together since 1965 - Get On Board (Perro Verde Records); and Lyle Lovett’s first in ten years 12th of June (Cycle Holdings) - named for the birthday of his twins - will all get you through (when mixed with a healthy dose of my usual eclectic rabbit hole fallings - Al Kooper, the Mad Lads (Stax), and early Jack Ingram). Get right. Mind the grand divide and be happy.                                                     Peace and Love.




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