Smooth Sailing: Soft Rock, Folk Funk & Lazy Beats
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Dutch-Israeli singer Danny Kuttner explains on Bandcamp that the lyrics of her new single are about “the desire to live curiously and a constant reminder to play.” To me Come Play With Me sounds a bit like Minnie Riperton in her early days and it also has that neo-soul nineties sound of Erykah Badu.
Give Up Your Guns, the second single by The Buoys was written by Rupert Holmes (famous for his Pina Colada Song) and first released in 1971. The song was not a big hit in the US, but it reached #5 in the Dutch Top 40 a year later and after its re-release in 1979, it became a top ten hit again. Their debut single Timothy (written by Rupert Holmes too) went to #17 in the Billboard Hot 100. Their only, self-titled album contained both songs.
This week in 1981 the album Arc Of A Diver from Steve Winwood entered the UK charts:
“I intended to make Arc Of A Diver so it would sound like a band was playing. When I was a kid, I always used to mess around with tape machines; I'd overdub so I'd sound like a band. I would have done this record at some point anyway. It was just that I finally had the studio that enabled me to do it."
The album, which contains Slowdown Sundown, was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and was voted number 455 in the third edition (2000) of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums.
Enjoy this winter edition of Smooth Sailing!
Tracklist:
Danny Kuttner – Come Play With Me (2022)
Bonnie Raitt – Got You On My Mind (1974)
Margriet Eshuijs Band – Go On Back To Barbados (1983)
The Buoys – Give Up Your Guns (1972)
Jim Croce – I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song (1973)
Vona Vella – Maybe It’s You (2021)
Gary Ogan – Everybody Wants Your Love (1977)
Arthur – So Close To You (1981)
Pylot – Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our Way (1983)
Penny Marshall & Cindy Williams – Five Years On (1976)
Minnie Riperton – Woman Of Heart And Mind (1981)
Randy Crawford – Bottom Line (1983)
Bonnie Dobson – Milk And Honey (1970)
Archie Whitewater – Seacoast (1970)
Penny Goodwin – Too Soon You’re Old (1974)
Madelaine – Who Is She And What Is She To You (1978)
Daryl Hall & John Oates – She's Gone (1973)
Steve Winwood – Slowdown Sundown (1980)
Grand Theft – Cold Man's Catastrophe (1978)
American Gypsy – While It's Cold Outside (1974)
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