Playlist 08.10.12

Judee Sill (1944-1979) listed her great inspirations as Bach, Pythagoras and Ray Charles. And she wasn't messing either. She wrote counterpoint of the most beautiful order. Her songs were elegantly structured. She often sang country and soul, with feeling. She was spiritual in a very unique way, borrowing from the Bible and mystical traditions, a bit of Rosicrucianism and many tough lessons from the street. Her life was marred by car crashes, drugs, a fraught family life and hippy misdemeanours. But that small body of music remains, rarefied, blissful and strange. It was a pleasure to have our cultural attaché Reggie Chamberlain King come in and to sketch out her life and music.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Blog: https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/stuartbailie/

Mondays, ten - midnight

The Who - Substitute (Polydor)

Jason Lyttle - Get Up And Go (Anti)

Wonder Villains - TV (Third Bar)

Judee Sill - profile

Van She - Jamaica (Modular)

Beth Orton - Dawn Chorus (Anti)

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Lights In The Valley (Mercyland)

Jon De Rosa - Birds Of Brooklyn (Rocket Girl)

Tracy Thorn - In The Cold Cold Night (Strange Feeling)

The Bonnevilles - Machine Born To Think (Twenty Stone Blatt)

Buddy Holly - Rave On (Universal)

Beth Orton - See Through Blue (Anti)

Ian Hunter - When I'm President (Proper)

Houndmouth - Penitentiary (Rough Trade)

Boothill Foot Tappers - Get Your Feet Out Of My Shoes (Go Discs)

Bettye Lavette - Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Anti)

PF Sloan - Simple Sing Of Freedom (Demon)

Tindersticks - This Fire Of Autumn (Lucky Dog)

Beth Orton - Call Me The Breeze (Anti)

The Bonnevilles - We're Just The Right Distance From The Sun (Twenty Stone Blatt)

Serafina Steer - Night Before Mutiny (Stolen)

Bettye Lavette - The More I Search (Anti)

Daughter - Smother (4ad)

Reptar - House Boat Babies (Lucky Numbers)