aka Joan Wasser took a long time coming before releasing her solo album. She was in bands like The Dambuilders, Black Beetle and Those Bastard Souls. When her boyfriend Jeff Buckley tragically drowned she found cure in playing violin in Antony & The Johnsons and working with Lou Reed, Nick Cave, Sheryl Crow, Sparklehorse and Dave Gahan. Since 2006 the New York based musician has released four albums so far.
Off the album «I'm Still In Love With You». So many good records from 1972. «Talking Book» by Stevie Wonder, «America Eats It's Young» by Funkadelic, «On The Corner» by Miles Davis, «Harvest» by Neil Young, «Space Is The Place» by Sun Ra. I am always in a 1972 mood.
you try to stay up for more than 24 hours?
Devo - Uncontrollable Urge
Off the album «Live: The Mongoloid Years».
you come home from the club?
Blur - Caravan
Off the album «Think Tank».
you take a bubble bath?
Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou - Ballad Of The Spirits
you ride a bicycle?
David Bowie - Sound And Vision
Pure perfection.
you prepare a candle light dinner?
Billie Holiday - The Very Thought Of You
That voice just makes me want to get close.
you go to a club?
The Knife - You Make Me Like Charity
Off the «Deep Cuts» album.
you cook?
Arthur «Big Boy» Crudup - So Glad You're Mine
The father of rock'n'roll.
you run naked through a cornfield?
Sly & The Family Stone - Skin I'm In
Off the album «Fresh».
you prepare for an important date?
Iggy Pop - Fall In Love With Me
Because with Iggy, you decide whether he is being ironic or not, depending on your mood. A good place to be when there is a lot of pressure, gotta remember that ultimately, it is just like any other day.
you want to disturb your neighbours?
Bad Brains - Banned In D.C.
This was the first club show I saw when I was 15 and I was changed forever.
you drive a car late at night?
Nas - Get Down
Flying through the night is what Nas is to me. You will not fall asleep, he's just too good.
you are at the hairdresser?
Sam Cooke - You Send Me
you are love sick?
Aretha Franklin - Don't Play That Song
Off the album «Spirit In The Dark».
you make love?
Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic
Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta
But I could make love to almost any music. Music turns me on.
you jump out of a plane with a parachute?
Animal Collective - My Girls
Off «Merriweather Post Pavilion». This music sounds like this act so why not?
you sit in a plane?
Cass McCombs - County Line
The rest of this record («Wit's End») is just as astounding. Cass is my favorite living songwriter that follows in the story-telling Dylan tradition but doesn't sound a thing like him.
you have to spend a night in a spooky hotel?
Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
No fear with PE.
you stay in bed?
The Dixie Hummingbirds - Is There Anyone In Heaven That You Know
you sit in the subway?
Adam & The Ants - Family Of Noise
Adam & The Ants was the first concert I saw at 14. Shit still gets me off.
you surf the internet?
Dr. John - Such A Night
Off the LP «All By Hisself (Live At The Lonestar)». Listening to Dr. John play and sing and just exist makes me want to cut that internet surfing short and play music myself. It's never better than with that kind of energy, that kind of expertise and comfort, it ruins any attempt at staring at a screen.
you wake up?
Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris
Off the «Court And Spark» album. So clean, so clear, so comfortable. Makes you want to be awake.
you walk in the rain?
Nina Simone - Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
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