Plan B

The Dexys Midnight Runners live in 1981.

So good :)

Benjamin Gibbard and his band Death Cab for Cutie, visited NPR's Tiny Desk for this concert five days ago.

good rock'n'roll

João Teotónio is a Portuguese composer, musician and singer. These are two songs from his last album "Wired".

So long, Jennifer

We're gonna miss your joy and your red hair flips.

Jennifer Finch, L7's bassist, 1966-2026

home to you

This is so impressive.

Cate Le Bon, 2019.

From Cabo Verde, with love

Cabo Verde’s¹ brilliant performance in this Football World Cup² has earned the people and the nation great global recognition.

Cape Verde is an archipelago of ten islands located off the western coast of North Africa. The islands were uninhabited when the Portuguese discovered them. Consequently, they were settled by people of diverse origins, primarily North Africans and Europeans. The language spoken is *Kriolu* (or Cape Verdean Creole), a Portuguese-based creole. Cape Verdeans are scattered across the globe. The largest community lives in the USA, numbering 750,000 people, a figure exceeding the nation's own population of half a million. Portugal follows with around 350,000, trailed by the rest of Europe and certain African countries. In any case, the country's art and culture have long been shaped by a constant exchange between the islands and Portugal, as exemplified by the band Fidju Kitxora³.


Boi Prétu (Black Bull)


Tonito cre bai (Little Tony Wants To Go)

1 - Cabo Verde, also known as Cape Verde
2 - Fédération Internationale de Football Association, FIFA World Cup
3 - Fidju Kitxora (Filho que chora, crying child)

Antarctica ... starts here

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Annahstasia Enuke

Ladies and Gentlemen, from Los Angeles, the incredible Annahstasia.

Stress Test


Saturday


Slow (feat. Obongjayar)

Burn the Witch by Atomic Tom

This is a known song credited to all five members of Radiohead but, mostly written by Thom Yorke with important arrangements by Jonny Greenwood.
Here's the muscular version of the american band Atomic Tom, released in 2017, only one year after the original.

Hot Chip, Flutes

This is a matter of love and hate. I love this band and most of their songs. But the memory of my experience watching them live, was disgraceful, painful, awful. I waited 'til 3AM to watch them at Nos Alive 2019. The sound was painfully deafening. And I had to leave. As much as I read about them, this happens often... Much better to watch their videos...
And let us keep the message of this song.
Have a nice week :)

Desolation Row by Cat Power

Cat Power (Chan Marshall) live on 1st of March, 2024, at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. Recreating the famous concert of Bob Dylan in Manchester, England, 1966, wrongly named "The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert" for bootleg recordings.
Here, from the entire concert below, it is selected Desolation Row:

the braid

"A Tua Trança", song written by Márcia to be sung by Rita Redshoes.

Ninguém te amarra os sonhos que habitam nesse lugar. Nem rouba a paz em vê-los a começar. 
No one can tie down the dreams that dwell in your domain. Nor steal the peace of seeing them begin.

thinkin bout you

Another song, another different and beautiful jazzy interpretation by Flea.

Wichita Lineman by Flea and Cave

Flea, or Michael Peter Balzary, mostly known as the bassist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, made, with the help of Nick Cave, and presented one month ago, this wonderful version of the old romantic country song "Wichita Lineman", a song written in 1968 by Jimmy Webb for American country music artist Glen Campbell.

And here's virtuoso Flea in a interview with Rick Beato:

boots on the ground

"Film created by Massive Attack (working with US photo artist thefinaleye). This montage work portrays a momentous American epoch that is yet to be named, and comes in the aftermath of the largest public protests in American history - focused on opposition to ICE raids, the militarisation of domestic forces, and state authoritarianism. "

"The film quotes statistics and research by the following sources: American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Inside Higher Ed, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, US National Library of Medicine, US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Privacy International, FactCheck.org. "

cantara

Lisa Gerrard, Dead Can Dance, 1987.

West End Girls

On 2023 November 21, Sleaford Mods released this hard-edged cover of Pet Shop Boys' classic West End Girls to fight homelessness.

heaven is a truck

it got stuck on the breeze

Stephen Malkmus and his band Pavement, live March 6, 1994, Frankfurt, Germany.

trying times

James Blake, March 13, 2026.

The Model by Balanescu with Byrne

David Byrne and the Balanescu Quartet performing on Sessions at West 54th, recorded 1998-10-13 at Sony Music Studios, NYC.