The Listening Club - 4th October 2020

Greetings folks,

Hope you're all doing okay. Seems like 2020 is the year that just keeps on weirding, eh? Here's hoping it doesn't end up in a catastrophic season finale... :-/

Last Sunday, @holette was in the chair, smoothing our souls with her pick of Michael Kiwanuka's "Kiwanuka", which got the assembled grooving and discussing production techniques. Thanks to Sarah for the pick, and for sailing the frisb across to @xpollen8 who's right here with tonight's intro...

"This is not an album.

This is a short celebratory retrospective of an artist's short career.

After a difficult adolescence, she was the first artist signed to Geffen's Asylum label, and being kicked off of that label led to her re-descent into the drugs that she had been battling.

She died when I was just a kid.

I've put this set together from her only two releases and some captured performances.

I only recently came to know of her, and... she's made an impression.

Track 4 is among the most perfect songs I've ever heard."

Right then. Direct download is here, and the stream's below:

See you at 8pm BST (GMT+1).