Blind Uncle Gaspard & Delma Lachny - On The Water's Edge12 great songs recorded by two of Cajun musics finest and most unusual artists Blind Uncle Gaspard and Delma Lachney. All songs originally released on 78 in the late 1920's. Fragile and dignified performances with French vocals accompanied by guitar or fiddle or sometimes both. Impeccable ballads and breakdowns. Old school 'tip on" cover. On Mississippi Records.

Acclaimed in Rolling Stone by David Fricke as ‰ÛÏa Hendrix devotee every bit as tough and contemporary as the serrated guitar chorales of Sonic Youth and Pixies

packed-to-the-rafters tent at Coachella - a performance that was highlighted by everyone from Time Magazine to The Guardian - it is clear that every transmission from BANKS is waited upon with bated breath

Big Star still make the pop music as infectious as they ever have

That's the Way'

black heart - blues unlike any you've ever heard before - and his Faulkner-meets-Lovecraft lyrical obsessions

The Lo-Fi Lullabies are spirit messages from a past life - wax cylinder recordings from a time before even the lowliest musicians had enough recording power on their phones to produce a soft-rock apocalypse

" as Spike astutely observes) - amplifies the emotional resonance of an already heart-stopping lyric

"Leisure Suit Preben"

a touch of melancholy and a lithe

acclaimed 1986 release ‰Û÷Traveler‰۪s Advisory‰۪ reappeared as a reissue on Drag City / Yoga in 2010 and quickly sold out

Italian singer Emma Tricca's childhood playground formed a very different backdrop to that of the many whispery femme-folk revivalists that have popped up and pooped-out over the last hum-strummed decade

A disastrous gig