Cool tracks to accompany grading papers on a rainy Wednesday morning that looks like the beginning of autumn...
"Alive and Amplified" by The Mooney Suzuki. Brand new tune from NYC guitar-soul band. These guys wrote the music in the Jack Black film School of Rock but they're no novelty act. "Alive and Amplified" sounds like something from Jesus Christ Superstar. Pure psychedelia.
"Have a Little Faith" by Mavis Staples. Available for free download at salon.com. 70s soul giant could teach Mariah Carey and every American Idol contestant a thing or two about restraint (lesson one: just because you can hit that note doesn't mean you have to on every song!). This is just a simple gospel tune. Absolutely beautiful.
"Swing Low" by The Gossip. I wish this band would come to Cinci. This is their take on "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," all saucied up with suggestive lyrics and lots of guitar distortion. No bass guitar, no frills, no need to go on longer than ninety seconds or so. Singer Beth Ditto channels Iggy Pop, that is if Iggy were a woman, a feminist, and about thirty years younger.
...Now back to that stack of papers.
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