Show Notes
This week, the whirlwind of creativity that is Warren Ellis gently ushers your host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey into the church of Alice Coltrane. Plus Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Jerry Lee Lewis, Karen Dalton, Bob Dylan, Bitchin Bajas, Ralph Stanley and a stunning Lou Reed revelation!
Tracklisting:
1.Alice Coltrane - My Favourite Things, from Alice Coltrane With Strings – World Galaxy (Impulse Records, 1972) 2.Alice Coltrane - A Love Supreme from Alice Coltrane With Strings – World Galaxy (Impulse Records, 1972) 3.Alice Coltrane talking about her harp from Alice Coltrane documentary (dir. St. Clair Bourne, 1970) 4.Lou Reed - Heroin (May 1965 Demo) from Lou Reed - Words And Music May 1965 (Light In The Attic, 2022) 5.Bitchin Bajas - Amorpha from Bajascillators (Drag City, 2022)
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