Esperanza Spalding introduces this week’s playlist, with Formwela 8, from our Album of the Week, Songwrights Apothecary Lab. After a first third featuring some of our favourite classics, including music from Gil-Scott Heron, Toots and the Maytals, Jimi Hendrix, and Bruce Springsteen, we move into some more recent releases, and, of course, some jazz and a sprinkling of rock.
New music this week comes from: Ife Ogunjobi, covering Chet Baker’s version of Speak Low; Maribou State, ahead of their sold-out Boiler Shop performance in Newcastle this weekend; Chaos in the CBD; and Jamie xx, from the deluxe version of In Waves, which was released on streaming services this week. Save, share and listen on Spotify.
Tracklist
- Formwela 8 – Esperanza Spalding
- Is That It? (feat. Soweto Kinch) – corto.alto
- Speak Low – Ife Ogunjobi
- Gun – Gil Scott-Heron
- Tau Special – The Movers
- 54-56 That’s My Number – Toots and the Maytals
- All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) – Bruce Springsteen
- Only the Good Die Young – Billy Joel
- For What It’s Worth – Buffalo Springfield
- I Forgot To Be Your Lover – William Bell
- Peace Talk (feat. Holly Walker) – Maribou state
- I’m on your team – Romy, Sampha
- Reflections (feat. Slip Martin) – Têtes de Pois
- So Good At Being in Trouble – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
- Mulholland – Live – Bob Reynolds
- 抱かれに来た女 – Kingo Hamada
- Pretty People – Fuzzy Sun
- Love Language (feat. Nathan Haines) – Chaos In The CBD
- F.U. (feat. Erykah Badu) – Jamie xx
- This Is Gonna Hurt – Dirty Nice
- Ground Up – Chris Richardson Trio
- Grandma’s Hands (feat. Ben L’Oncle Soul) – Gregory Porter
- Passing Clouds – Maribou State
- Out Of Control – U2
- I Won’t Back Down – Tom Petty
- Will Soon Be a Woman (Live au Babylon, Istanbul) – Ibrahim Maalouf
- Poetry (feat. Q-Tip, Erykah Badu) – The RH Factor
- Mellow My Man – The Roots
- Come Around and Love Me – Jalen Ngonda
Waxing Lyrical 