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Adventures In Sound And Music: 17 July 2014

July 2014

Jennifer Lucy Allan plays calypsos on the moon landing, gender equality, atomic warfare, the London underground and more, plus a clutch of new releases.

Nina Simone
"Obeah Woman"
from It Is Finished
(RCA)

Jenny Hval & Susanna
"I Have Walked This Body"
from Meshes Of Voice
(SusannaSonata)

Grumbling Fur
"Pluriforms"
from Preternaturals
(Quietus Phonographic Corporation)

Juan Carlos Vasquez
"Collage 9 (after J L Borges)"
from Collages
(Cassauna)

Sunn O))) & Ulver
"Western Horn"
from Terrestrials
(Southern Lord)

Death Shanties
"Shadow Boxing With Crabs"
from Crabs
(Bomb Shop)

Atilla The Hun
"Woman Is Not The Weaker Sex"
Unknown source

Lord Invader
"Brooklyn Brooklyn"
from Calypso
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

Mighty Sparrow
"No, Doctor, No"
from Calypso Awakening
(Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

Lord Kitchener
"The Undergound Train"
from London Is The Place For Me
(Honest Jons)

Lord Cobra
"Man On The Moon"
from Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean, 1955-69
(Soul Jazz)

Lord Executor
"Seven Skeletons Found In The Yard"
from West Indian Rhythm
(Bear Records)

Young Growler
"Pussy Galore"
from Calypso: Musical Poetry In The Caribbean, 1955-69
(Soul Jazz)

Growling Tiger
"Atomic Energy Calypso"
from The Growling Tiger Of Calypso: The Alan Lomax Portrait Series
(Rounder)

Walter Ferguson
"Computer"
from Dr Bombodee
(Papaya Music)

Mdou Moctar
"Issusahid Elwaname"
from Afelan
(Sahel Sounds)

Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation Of Rastafari
"Tales Of Mozambique"
from Tales Of Mozambique
(Dynamic Sounds)

Julianna Barwick
"The Magic Place"
from The Magic Place
(Asthmatic Kitty)

United Sacred Harp Convention
"Invitation (327)"
from United Sacred Harp Convention: The Alan Lomax Recordings
(Mississippi/Change)

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