God Gave Me Feet For Dancing - Ezra Collective ft Yazmin Lacey

Instant classic from Ezra Collective to keep the Brit Jazz flag flying. I might have to try some of those dance moves down the Co-op. 

High Energy - Evelyn Thomas

Who doesn't like and, let's face it, need a little High Energy right now eh? Sad to hear that Evelyn Thomas passed away this week along with Duke Fakir from The Four Tops and now John Mayall too. Good grief. Still, they all had a good innings and they left the world some cracking music which is more than most of us will do. I rescued a baby crab from a herring gull the other day, does that count for anything? 

Flowers power

Picked up a couple of albums from a band called Flowers last weekend and they're the perfect indie pop soundtrack to a dreamy summer's day which...miracle of miracles...we seem to be enjoying today. Love the vids too...

Life - Jamie xx featuring Robyn

Look up 'banger' in the dictionary and it'll probably mention this track, even if the video induces seizures... 

'ouses, 'ouses, ouses - The Imagined Village

As someone who's been lucky enough to live in beautiful South Devon for just a few years I've already witnessed what I would class as overdevelopment, but now it seems that the gloves are off and no field, wood or patch of dirt's safe. How sad. It might be a hard truth for some people to swallow but what this country (and planet for that matter) needs is fewer people, not more 'ouses, ouses, ouses... 

PS: Here's Sir David Attenborough's take on the subject of overpopulation David Attenborough: The planet can’t cope with overpopulation | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Bargain Buckley...

Picked up the 2 CD Tim Buckley Starsilor Anthology over the weekend for 33p and it reminded me of just how staggeringly diverse his output was. If you've not yet dived in to his 9 albums (and all released before he sadly passed away at just 28) you're in for a treat...

Double Denim - Cornershop ft Rosanna

The weather may be predictably shite this summer...now there's a change...I'm 54 and the only proper summer I can remember was 1976...but at least there's a new Cornershop track to warm the cockles (and other bits of your anatomy) on a distinctly autumnal July day.