Born Under a Bluesky

YouTube video by TheBonnieRaitt Bonnie Raitt - Right Down The Line (Official Music Video)

Morning Bluesky People.I posted this a while back, but it’s become a regular part of my Sunday morning listening routine, so worth another share.
Bonnie Raitt, Right Down the Line (2012)
A perfect take on the Gerry Rafferty classic.

#BonnieRaitt #GerryRafferty #Slipstream #SundayListening

Art Blakey 🎉
& The Jazz Messengers
#musicbirthday

Along Came Betty
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#musicchallenge #musicsky

YouTube video by Farm Aid Yola - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live at Farm Aid 2019)

Yola – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Live at Farm Aid, 2019)
She turns Elton’s classic into something raw and soulful, all power, no pretence. A stunning performance.
#Yola #GoodbyeYellowBrickRoad #EltonJohn

YouTube video by ANTI- Records Curtis Harding - "Castaway" (Full Album Stream)

Curtis Harding – Cast Away (Soul Power, 2014)
One of the darker moments on his debut slow, shadowy soul with real weight behind it.

#CurtisHarding #CastAway #SoulPower #Soul

YouTube video by GA-20 GA-20 "I Don't Mind" [ Official Audio ]

GA-20 – I Don’t Mind
Recorded at Rare Signals in Cambridge, MA. Blues stripped to its bare bones, soulful vocals, slow burn groove, and no wasted notes.

#GA20 #IDontMind #Blues #Soul #Volume2

YouTube video by Robert Plant Robert Plant - I Never Will Marry (Official Audio)

Robert Plant – I Never Will Marry
From his new Saving Grace album. A Carter Family song reimagined ,slower, darker, and stripped to the bone. What was once a pledge becomes something closer to a haunting.

#RobertPlant #SavingGrace #INeverWillMarry #CarterFamily #Folk

YouTube video by Alvin Lee Official Alvin Lee – The Bluest Blues

Alvin Lee – The Bluest Blues (1994, feat. George Harrison)
A beautiful track from his Nineteen Ninety Four album. Harrison’s slide solo is pure soul , Lee matches him with one of his best. Understated, aching, and timeless.

#AlvinLee #GeorgeHarrison #TheBluestBlues #1994

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YouTube video by fritz51320 Canned Heat - Going Up The Country 1970

Canned Heat – Going Up the Country (1970)
That flute, that groove, pure open road energy. Sounds like escape bottled and played through a grin.

#CannedHeat #GoingUpTheCountry #BluesRock

YouTube video by ReelinInTheYears66 Buddy Guy and Big Mama Thornton • “Ball And Chain” • 1970 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]

Buddy Guy Blues Band backing Big Mama Thornton on Ball & Chain (1970). Guy & his brother Phil trade riffs, A.C. Reed’s sax cuts in, Below and Myers keep it tight. Big Mama opens the gate and they all pour through it.

#BuddyGuy #BigMama #BallAndChain #ClassicBlues

YouTube video by The Bros. Landreth - Topic Knuckles

The Bros. Landreth – Knuckles (feat. Bonnie Raitt)
New one off the forthcoming Dog Ear album. Tight harmonies, tasteful slide, and Raitt’s touch right where it counts. File under rootsy, warm, no wasted moves.

#TheBrosLandreth #BonnieRaitt #Knuckles #DogEar #RootsRock

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - The Ghost of Tom Joad (Live ft. Tom Morello)

I like to imagine that in some alternate universe Springsteen’s in the White House instead of the current fascist cockwomble. They say voters get the leaders they deserve, but in this case, America chose the wrong Boss.

This and Ghost of Tom Joad ,both perfect.

YouTube video by BruceSpringsteenVEVO Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City

Morning Bluesky People.
Bruce Springsteen – Atlantic City
Bleak, beautiful, and quietly devastating. Just a man, a guitar, and the sound of the American dream falling apart. Somehow feels pretty on point right now.

#BruceSpringsteen #AtlanticCity #Nebraska

YouTube video by NPR Music Angélique Kidjo: Tiny Desk Concert

Angélique Kidjo – Tiny Desk Concert (with Sampa The Great).
Pure joy and power. Mother Nature, Afirika, Pata Pata, energy, rhythm, and love poured out in every note.

#AngeliqueKidjo #TinyDesk #NPRMusic #SampaTheGreat

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YouTube video by StephanieCozy Billie Holiday : Fine and mellow (1957)

Good morning, Bluesky. Billie Holiday and a room full of jazz legends. Fine and Mellow, 1957. No better way to ease into the day.

#BillieHoliday #FineAndMellow #Jazz

Gillian Welch – Six White Horses. Banjo, harmonica, that hand clap rhythm, with Dave Rawlings right there keeping it locked in. Sounds like it’s from another age.

#GillianWelch #SixWhiteHorses #DaveRawlings #Folk #Americana

YouTube video by Robert Plant - Topic Too Far From You

Robert Plant – Too Far From You
One of the standouts on Saving Grace. Written by Sarah Siskind, and here Plant shares the vocal with Suzi Dian. It’s stripped back but rich in feel ,a reminder of how strong simple songs can be.

#RobertPlant #SavingGrace #SarahSiskind #TooFarFromYou

YouTube video by Robert Plant Robert Plant - '29 Palms' - Official Video [HD REMASTERED]

Been listening to Robert Plant’s new Saving Grace album , really impressive. While at it, I dipped back into his catalogue and was reminded how good 29 Palms is, dripping in 80s production in the best way.

#RobertPlant #SavingGrace #29Palms

Astounding song from an incredible album. Susan Tedeschi and Mark Rivers trading lines, gospel harmonies behind them, Trucks with a solo that’s a bit good.

#TedeschiTrucksBand #TakeMeAsIAm #IAmTheMoon

YouTube video by Harvey Andrews - Topic Hey! Sandy

Harvey Andrews – Hey! Sandy (1972)
Written after Kent State, where students were shot for protesting the war. A reminder of how fragile democracy can be ,then and now.

#HarveyAndrews #HeySandy #KentState #ProtestSong #Folk

Always loved how Talking Heads twisted Al Green’s original into something leaner and stranger. Soul put through a New Wave filter.

#TalkingHeads #TakeMeToTheRiver #AlGreen

YouTube video by NPR Music Tank And The Bangas: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

Tank and The Bangas – NPR Tiny Desk (2017)
“Boxes And Squares,” “Quick,” and “Rollercoasters.” A mix of funk, R&B, jazz, and hip-hop poetry ,pure New Orleans energy at its best.

#TankAndTheBangas #TinyDesk #NPR

Saw this in a charity shop window and had to grab it. Elton John in full 70s splendour ,feathers, sequins, shades ,with Nigel Olsson’s kit behind him. Pure theatre, pure era.

#EltonJohn #NigelOlsson

YouTube video by Yussef Dayes The Yussef Dayes Experience - Live At Joshua Tree (Presented by Soulection)

Yussef Dayes – Live at Joshua Tree
Desert sky, rolling grooves, and rhythms that feel endless. Dayes stretches time on the kit, the band moving like one long breath.

#YussefDayes #JoshuaTree #LiveJazz #Drums

YouTube video by INSTANT ALTER - Topic Oração Ao Tempo (feat. Kassa Overall)

INSTANT ALTER, Stanley Clarke, Natasha Agrama & Emilio Modeste – Oração Ao Tempo (2025)
A Caetano Veloso classic, given new life. Clarke’s bass grounds it, Agrama’s vocal glides, Modeste’s sax colours the space. Produced by Kassa Overall.

#InstantAlter #StanleyClarke #NatashaAgrama

YouTube video by Phil Collins Phil Collins - I Wish It Would Rain Down (Official Music Video)

Phil Collins – I Wish It Would Rain Down (1989)
Collins’ solo work can veer towards schmaltzy, but this one lands different. Huge production, gospel lift, and Clapton’s guitar gives it much needed weight.

#PhilCollins #EricClapton #IWishItWouldRainDown #1989 #PopSoul

YouTube video by Anders Osborne - Topic Mind Of A Junkie

Anders Osborne – Mind of a Junkie (2012)
From Black Eye Galaxy. Slow-building, candid lyrics on addiction, with a guitar solo that stretches and burns. A stark self portrait that doesn’t flinch.

#AndersOsborne #MindOfAJunkie #BlackEyeGalaxy #2012

YouTube video by Danny Thompson Pentangle feat. Danny Thompson - Sally Free and Easy (Songs From The Two Brewers 8th, May 1970)

Pentangle feat. Danny Thompson – Sally Free & Easy (1970, Two Brewers session)
A delicate closer. Thompson’s bass has room to breathe among the guitars and voices, graceful, tender, full of memory.
#Pentangle #DannyThompson #SallyFreeAndEasy #Folk #1970

YouTube video by Danny Thompson Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson - The Ghost Of You Walks (Later With Jools Holland, 8th June 1996)

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