Playlist 30.05.11

Cara Robinson caught our attention as the funk-soul sister from County Down who was working with Rhianna, Corrinne Bailey Rae and David Holmes. She recorded an album called 'Keep'er Lit' and on her return from Leeds, she played some remarkable shows around these parts.

Then she fell for a hairy-faced blues wailer from Australia called Hat Fitz. Legend had it that he was born of pure convict stock and that he had waltzed a few Matildas in his time. They got married and made an agreeably messy record called 'Beauty 'N The Beast'. They were evidently fans of the rattlesnake boogie from Clarksdale, Mississippi. Like Jack White and Seasick Steve, they could pass on the thrill of hearing the blues in its most primal form. Now this rumbustious duo are touring Ireland and then Europe, traveling light and putting the deal down.

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Mondays, ten - midnight

Aretha Franklin - People Get Ready (WSM)

Martha Reeves - I'm Ready For love (Motown)

James Vincent McMorrow - Sparrow And the Wolf ( Believe Digital)

Christopher Rees - Sing With A Smile (Red Eye)

The Lost Brothers - Goodbye Kid (white)

The Funboy Three - We're Having All The Fun (EMI)

Paul Shevlin - Backfire (Di Di Mau)

North Mississippi Allstars - Ol' Cannonball (Songs Of The South)

Hat Fitz, Cara Robinson - Black Cat Bone (white)

Kate Bush - Rubberband Girl (Fish People)

James Walbourne - Northern Heights (Heavenly)

Anthony Toner - Still Unsigned (Dozens Of Cousins)

Melba Moore - Love's Coming At Ya (EMI)

REM - Don't Go Back To Rockville (IRS)

Eddie Giles - Losing Boy (Kent)

Duke Special - You Can't Catch Me (Duke Special)

Christopher Rees - Raise The Battlecry (Red Eye)

Lonnie Irving - An Old Fashioned Love (Righteous)

Southern Tenant Folk Union - If you've got The Heart (JRR)

John Hartford - Gentle On My Mind (Rounder)

Ben Howard - Old Pine (Communion)

Hazmat Modine - Child Of A Blind Man (Jaro)

Emmylou Harris - Six White Cadillacs (Nonesuch)

Peter Bruntnell - Penelope Keith Blue (Manhaton)

Anthony Toner - Grateful (Dozens Of Cousins)

Bill Medley - If This Were The Last Song (Polygram)

John Martyn - Willing to Work (Hole In The Rain)