Widge’s Sonic Emporium on Louder Than War Radio – 3 February 2024

Episode 33
“The Value of the Cards You’ve Been Dealt”

There is a standing apology to all the nations and cultures of the world…because I have some kind of neuronal disconnection which gives me difficulty pronouncing things. So if I say something stupidly incorrect (pronunciation-wise), it’s not on purpose.

Welcome. Here are what passes for show notes. The reason the playlist is in the format you find it is because I really need a life. The very overwrought explanation can be found here.

Format is:
Artist/Band Name – “Song Name” – Album Name – (Band’s/Artist’s Country of Origin, Year of Song’s Original Release)

Now with Bandcamp links (where available), and if they’re not, I include Amazon links.

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Tom Waits — “Hang On St. Christopher” — Frank’s Wild Years — (1987, USA) – Amazon

Creedence Clearwater Revival — “Tombstone Shadow” — Green River — (1969, USA) – Bandcamp

Squeeze — “Black Coffee In Bed” — Sweets From a Stranger — (1982, UK) – Amazon

Mahalia Jackson — “Trouble” — I Believe — (1960, USA) – Amazon

The Sensational Nightingales — “On the Judgement Day” aka “Sinner Man” — On the Judgement Day single — (1954, USA) – Amazon

Sharero Band — “Sharero 75” — Yaan Cuskanaa b-side — (1975, Somalia) – Amazon

Norma Fraser — “First Cut Is the Deepest” — First Cut is the Deepest single — (1977, Jamaica) – Bandcamp

Big Black Delta — “Betamax” — Big Black Delta — (2013, USA) – Bandcamp

Foreign Air — “Why Don’t You Feel the Way I Do?” — Why Don’t You Feel the Way I Do? — (2022, USA) – Bandcamp

Filter & The Crystal Method — “(can’t you) Trip Like I Do” — Spawn The Album — (1997, USA) – Amazon

Electric Light Orchestra — “Wild West Hero” — Out of the Blue — (1977, UK) – Amazon

Musicians Of The Nile — “Al Nahla Al ‘Ali” — Luxor To Isna — (1989, Egypt) – Bandcamp

David Marez — “Enséñame” — David Marez — (1986, USA) – Bandcamp

Rashid Behbudov — “Küç?l?r? Su S?pmi??m” — Qalal?yam Qalal? (Az?rbaycan Xalq Mahn?lar?) — (2001, Russian Empire (now Georgia)) – Amazon

Sharon Van Etten — “You Shadow” — Remind Me Tomorrow — (2019, USA) – Bandcamp

Swedish Death Candy — “Green” — Are You Nervous? — (2019, UK) – Bandcamp

Short Fictions — “Don’t Start a Band” — Don’t Start a Band single — (2022, USA) – Bandcamp

Latin Playboys — “Mustard” — Dose — (1999, USA) – Amazon

Dawson Smith — “I Don’t Know If I Can Make It” — I Don’t Know If I Can Make It single — (1974, USA) – Amazon

Liz Phair — “Alice Springs” — Whip-Smart — (1994, USA) – Amazon

Colapesce — “Satellite” — Un meraviglioso declino — (2012, Italy) – Bandcamp

Amanaz — “Khala My Friend” — Africa — (1975, Zambia) – Bandcamp

Beach House — “Dive” — Dive single — (2018, USA) – Bandcamp

La Luz — “Cicada” — Floating Features — (2018, USA) – Bandcamp

Eska — “Heroes & Villains” — ESKA — (2015, UK) – Bandcamp

Ella Eyre — “If I Go” — Ella Eyre — (2015, UK) – Amazon

Nana Adjoa — “National Song” — Big Dreaming Ants — (2020, Netherlands) – Bandcamp

Grandaddy — “Blindness” — Covers of Covers — (2022, USA) – Bandcamp

Boom Boom Satellites — “Let It All Come Down” — Full of Elevating Pleasures — (2005, Japan) – Amazon