Just Released - 2014 [Ep.14, S.4]

“I wish that I knew what I know now,

  When I was younger …”

                                      “Ooh La La” – The Faces [1973]

The late Ronnie Lane was a great contributor to British Rock. As a founding member of both the Small Faces and (later) the Faces, he co-wrote some of the best known songs for both, including “Itchycoo Park”, “Tin Soldier” “Lazy Sunday” and “Ooh La La”. On JR this week, we pay tribute to the late Ronnie Lane and his post-Faces gypsy band, Slim Chance with the just released double album ‘Ooh La La: An Island Harvest’.

It was also the aforementioned Faces which helped establish the careers of both Rod Stewart and guitarist, Ron Wood. Ron would soon join The Rolling Stones and Rod went on to become one of the biggest Rock stars and a champion of the mullet haircut. A just released box set serves to remind us how big a star he was and you’ll hear why in this week’s show.

Another Rock journeyman who’s recently re-emerged is guitarist, Andy Summers. Now with sufficient time and distance from his time with The Police, Andy has a new band called Circa Zero. Surprising, then that he’s teamed up with a singer who sounds like a younger version of Sting. You’ll hear music from the band’s debut album right here.

On the Comeback Trail this week, we spotted British Folk singer, Berverley Martyn. Once the muse to former husband John Martyn, Beverley is back with her first new album in more than a decade. And speaking of English Folk musicians, we also have a preview of the new album by Passenger, set to arrive in June.

There’s some fresh Electro-Pop from English bands, Wild Beasts and Wet along with a special Record Store Day release from Sweden’s Little Dragon.

And there’s the weird to compliment the wonderful this week from Canadian, Lindi Ortega with the strangest love song you’ll hear this week. Or any week, come to think of it.

      

Little Dragon: “Winners” (new single ‘bonus’ track)

Jeremy Messersmith: “Ghost” (preview from the album, ‘Heart Murmurs’)

Passenger: “Hearts On Fire” (preview from the album, ‘Whispers’)

Wild Beasts: “A Simple Beautiful Truth” (from the album, ‘Present Tense’)

Wet: “You’re The Best” (from the ‘Wet EP’)

Circa Zero: “Levitation” (from the album, ‘Circus Hero’)

Beverley Martyn: “Levee Breaks” (preview from the album, ‘The Phoenix And The Turtle’)

Lindi Ortega: “Gypsy Child”/”Lived And Died Alone” (from the album, ‘Tin Star’)

Ronnie Lane And Slim Chance: “Ooh La La (Alternate Studio Take)” (from the album, ‘Ooh La La: An Island Harvest’)

Rod Stewart: “Maggie May” (from the 4xCD Box Set, ‘Live 1976-1998: Tonight’s The Night’)

To stream the show (any time): 'Just Released' 

You can also connect via local web pages at the links below..

Just Released: 

Saturdays around Australia at 9:05pm on ABC Local Radio.

Replayed Sundays at 4:05pm (AEDST or AEST) on ABC Digital Radio.          

Streaming on demand via Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne,

Adelaide and Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Hobart and Darwin.

JR can also be heard on Radio Australia throughout Asia & the Pacific. 

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Just Released - 2014 [Ep.13, S.4]

“Tupelo Joe, went to the show,

  Tupelo Joe, he ain’t no schmo,

  Tupelo Joe, go cat, go…”

                                      “Tupelo Joe” – Chuck E. Weiss [2014]

He’s been name-checked on two albums by Tom Waits (‘Nighthawks At The Diner’ & ‘Small Change’) and inspired Rickie Lee Jones’ biggest hit (“Chuck E.’s In Love”) but in spite of such adulation from his pals, Chuck E. Weiss has largely remained an enigma. On the Comeback Trail® this week, we spotted Chuck E. with his first new album since 2006. Produced by BFF’s Tom Waits and Johnny Depp, ‘Red Beans And Weiss’ is an extraordinary gumbo of Rockabilly Blues Dada or, as Bill succinctly describes it: “unhinged”. Curious? Check it out in this edition of JR.     

And speaking of BFF’s: America’s Janelle Monáe and New Zealand’s Kimbra have buddied-up for a glitzy medley of Aretha Franklin’s “Rock Steady” and Michael Jackson’s “Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” ahead of their shared ‘Golden Electric Tour’ of Australia and New Zealand next month.

We also have fresh sounds this week from the Nigerian/English music collective, Ibibio Sound Machine with a self-titled debut of multi-cultural polyrhythm, built around the vocals of Eno Williams.

There was more movement on the Comeback Trail this week with the welcome return of David Gray. His new album, ‘Mutineers’ isn’t out until June but we do have a preview for you. And also emerging from that dusty thoroughfare was bona-fide legend, Leon Russell. He may look more like Gandalf with each passing year, but he’s still a wizard at the piano, breathing new life into an old Robert Johnson Blues classic from his 37^th album, ‘Life Journey’.

As well, we go back to the Roots in this edition, with new releases from Australia’s Neil Murray, Canada’s Ray Bonneville and America’s Rodney Crowell.

                       Happy ‘International Record Store Day’ everybody!

      

David Gray: “Back In The World” (preview from the album, ‘Mutineers’)

Leon Russell: “Come On In My Kitchen” (from the album, ‘Life Journey’)

Ray Bonneville: “Shake Off My Blues” (from the album, ‘Easy Gone’)

Lake Street Dive: “Bad Self Portraits” (from the album, ‘Bad Self Portraits’)

Neil Murray: “Whispering Casuarina” (from the album, ‘Bring Thunder And Rain’)

Janelle Monáe and Kimbra: “Rock Steady/Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’” (new single)

Ibibio Sound Machine: “Let’s Dance (Yak Inek Unek)” (from the album, ‘Ibibio Sound Machine’)

Chuck E. Weiss: “Exile On Main Street Blues”/”Tupelo Joe” (from the album, ‘Red Beans And Weiss’)

Lorde: “Glory & Gore” (from the album, ‘Pure Heroine’)

Rodney Crowell: “The Flyboy & The Kid” (from the album, ‘Tarpaper Sky’)

To stream the show (any time): 'Just Released' 

You can also connect via local web pages at the links below..

Just Released: 

Saturdays around Australia at 9:05pm on ABC Local Radio.

Replayed Sundays at 4:05pm (AEDST or AEST) on ABC Digital Radio.          

Streaming on demand via Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne,

Adelaide and Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Hobart and Darwin.

JR can also be heard on Radio Australia throughout Asia & the Pacific. 

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Just Released - 2014 [Ep.12, S.4]

“Johnny was a schoolboy when he heard his first Beatles’ song,

  “Love Me Do” I think it was, and from there it didn’t take him long …”

                                      “Shooting Star” – Bad Company [1975]

Paul Rodgers has been lauded on many occasions in his career as one of Rock’s greatest singers. From his time with Free and Bad Company in the ‘70s he could rip it up as aggressively as his British contemporaries, Roger Daltrey or Robert Plant. With ‘The Royal Sessions’, Paul Rodgers pays his respects to the music that inspired him to become a singer in the first place. In JR this week, you’ll hear how great that voice still is, reworking Soul classics by Sam & Dave and O.V. Wright.    

We also have a new single from Ed Sheeran. This time, Ed’s teamed up with the ubiquitous Pharrell Williams and has arrived at a completely new sound.

Melbourne’s Chet Faker has just released his long-awaited debut album, ‘Built On Glass’ after building a strong reputation over the past couple of years on a couple of EP’s and a slew of collaborations and remixes. You’ll hear the first sounds from the new album in this edition.

Meanwhile, it’s that time of year in Australia we like to call ‘Festival Season’. Among the many international visitors coming to our shores (or touring already) are Michael Franti & Spearhead, St. Vincent, Morcheeba, Eleanor McEvoy and Hugh Laurie. We have music from all of them in this week’s show.

As well, you’ll hear some great Roots music from expat-American singer, Jenny Queen (now based in Sydney) from her new album, ’Small Town Misfits’, produced by local Roots music champion, Shane Nicholson.

On the Comeback Trail® this week, we spotted former 10,000 Maniacs singer, Natalie Merchant. Next month, she’ll issue her first album of original songs in 13 years and we have a preview of it for you right here.

      

Ed Sheeran: “Sing” (preview from the album, ‘x’)

Natalie Merchant: “Ladybird” (preview from the album, ‘Natalie Merchant’)

Jenny Queen: “Blood Meridian” (preview from the album, ‘Small Town Misfits’)

Paul Rodgers: “I Thank You”/”That’s How Strong My Love Is” (from the album, ‘The Royal Sessions’)

Eleanor McEvoy: “Please Heart You’re Killing Me” (from the album, ‘Stuff’)

Chet Faker: “Release Your Problems” (from the album, ‘Built On Glass’)

St. Vincent: “Prince Johnny” (from the album, ‘St. Vincent’)

Michael Franti & Spearhead: “11:59” (from the album, ‘All People’)

Morcheeba: “Face Of Danger” (from the album, ‘Head Up High’)

Hugh Laurie: “One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)” (from the album, ‘Didn’t It Rain’)

To stream the show (any time): 'Just Released' 

You can also connect via local web pages at the links below..

Just Released: 

Saturdays around Australia at 9:05pm on ABC Local Radio.

Replayed Sundays at 4:05pm (AEDST or AEST) on ABC Digital Radio.          

Streaming on demand via Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne,

Adelaide and Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Hobart and Darwin.

JR can also be heard on Radio Australia throughout Asia & the Pacific. 

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Just Released - 2014 [Ep.11, S.4]

“Ah, but I was so much older then,

  I’m younger than that now …”

                         “My Back Pages” – Bob Dylan [1964]

In 2012, when Bob Dylan’s career reached its 50^th year, it was cause for great celebration. 20 years before then, a major concert event was held at Madison Square Garden in celebration of Dylan’s 30-year anniversary. Now remastered and expanded, the audio/visual document of that occasion reveals Dylan among friends, lots of them. A few of them have since left the stage for good. On JR this week you’ll hear some of the concert’s highlights.  

But it’s not just Bob who’s up for the reverential treatment this week. We also celebrate the career of Jackson Browne with the just released tribute album, ‘Looking Into You’. Among those who come to pay their respects are Bruce Springsteen and Don Henley.

The JR Radar confused “scan” with “Scandinavia” this week. We have the latest acoustic Folk musings of Sweden’s acclaimed Soderbeg sisters, aka First Aid Kit. From Norway, the latest Dream-Pop of Monica Birkenes’ artistic alter-ego, Mr. Little Jeans and from the Nordic hotbed of Iceland, the chilled Indie Folk of, Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson aka Ásgeir. 

Meanwhile, Architecture From Helsinki (if only by association), draws Melbourne into our Nordic orbit with their just released ‘NOW + 4EVA’.

Also suitably chilled out for this edition is Tori Amos who’s curiously titled 14^th album, ‘Unrepentant Geraldines’ is due out next month.

And we get Fonky, too. (That’s not a typo. It’s a state of mind.) Bringing the Funk this week is Kelis, with a preview of her new album, ‘Food’. On the Comeback Trail® this week, we spotted Scottish singer/songwriter Paolo Nutini. It’s been 5 years since his easy-going ‘Sunny Side Up’ album and it sounds like he’s found his swagger. You’ll hear a preview of his new album, ‘Caustic Love’ in this edition with the down ‘n’ dirty attitude of “Scream” (Funk My Life Up)”. (That’s not a typo either).

Architecture In Helsinki: “In The Future” (from the album, ‘NOW + 4EVA’)

Ásgeir: “King & Cross” (from the album, ‘In The Silence’)

First Aid Kit: “My Silver Lining” (from the album, ‘Stay Gold’)

Mr. Little Jeans: “Oh Sailor” (from the album, ‘Pocket Knife’)

Don Henley with Blind Pilot: “These Days” (from the album, ‘Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne’)

Bruce Springsteen & Patti Scialfa : “Linda Paloma” (from the album, ‘Looking Into You: A Tribute To Jackson Browne’)

Kelis: “Rumble” (preview from the album, ‘Food’)

Paolo Nutini: “Scream (Funk My Life Up)” (preview from the album, ‘Caustic Love’)

Tori Amos: “Trouble’s Lament” (preview from the album, ‘Unrepentant Geraldines’)

Bob Dylan & Friends: “My Back Pages”/”Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” (from the album, ‘The 30^th Anniversary Concert Celebration’)

To stream the show (any time): 'Just Released' 

You can also connect via local web pages at the links below..

Just Released: 

Saturdays around Australia at 9:05pm on ABC Local Radio.

Replayed Sundays at 4:05pm (AEDST or AEST) on ABC Digital Radio.          

Streaming on demand via Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne,

Adelaide and Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Hobart and Darwin.

JR can also be heard on Radio Australia throughout Asia & the Pacific. 

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