Summer Listening List
Taking the time to tune in...
It is perhaps that time in the holiday where we have had some quality rest time, and are now looking to refill our creative pockets. Inspiration tends to present itself in unexpected places, when we operate outside our usual realms.
Below is a vast list of listening recommendations from our Tessuti team, including memorable song lyrics, moving albums, and thoroughly entertaining podcasts...
Albums and Songs
Hejira by Joni Mitchell, a long-time favourite
Love Deluxe by Sade
Concrete & Glass by Nicolas Godin
Solitude by Billie Holiday
Marlon Williams, My Boy - so fun - if you watch his video clip to the title song it’ll make you want to dance and laugh too
Saw You In A Dream — Japanese House
It’s Not Just Me It’s Everybody by Weyes Blood
Yes To Heaven by SisterMs
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Pigalle Darling Club by Nicolas Godin
We Float by PJ Harvey
Le retour de Guy by Michel Legrand
At Sea by Electrelane
Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, by David Byrne and Brian Eno, 2004. The lyrics in this album are incomparable and forever moving
Mustang, a film soundtrack by Warren Ellis, all of it is delicious, especially ‘Les proies’
World of Echo, Arthur Russell
(you can also watch the documentary online)
Semper Femina by Laura Marling, 2017 - a sublime voice!
Podcasts
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso,
he has a beautiful voice and his interviews are very intimate.
Time Sensitive,
their most recent is with Ruthie Rogers of River Cafe in London, speaking on Cooking as an Act of Imagination.
Ruthie's Table 4,
the most recent Martha Stewart episode is wonderful.
Subject, Object, Verb, Paul McCartney Life in Music. Always fascinating to hear about his musical genius.
Home Cooking with Samin Nosrat,
comforting and hilarious, her laugh is contagious!
Are We On Air,
interviews with creatives via the music of their journey.
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