Shfl Update, 8/11
Ned Raggett on Factory Records plus new recommendations by Zev Kane, Sasha Frere-Jones, Erin MacLeod, Beatriz Miranda, Nate Patrin, Rick Anderson, Tyran Grillo & Jeff Treppel
Recommendations
Zev Kane on Amadeus Quartet & Murray Perahia and Acronym, Oddities & Trifles really blew me away, a ton of fun
Sasha Frere-Jones on Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Kacey Musgraves, Lee Hazlewood, Gram Parsons, The Bug, Dolly Parton, Merle Haggard & The Strangers and George Jones
Erin MacLeod on Men I Trust’s Untourable Album
Beatriz Miranda on Elis Regina, Mart'nália, Olodum and Martinho da Vila
Nate Patrin on The Heliocentrics, Run the Jewels, Lindstrøm & Prins Thomas and Dungen
Rick Anderson on Fine Young Cannibals, Cornell Campbell, Eleni Mandell, Johnny Clarke, King Crimson, Enter Shikari, Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys and Paul Simon
Tyran Grillo with some more ECM picks by Primavera en Salonico, Savina Yannatou, Susanne Abbuehl, Joey Baron, John McLaughlin, John Marshall, Steve Tibbetts, David Torn, Jan Garbarek, Craig Taborn, Dino Saluzzi and more
Jeff Treppel on H.P. Lovecraft, Bitch, Richard Burton, GWAR, Iggy and the Stooges, Chris Thompson, Julie Covington, Jeff Wayne, Bolt Thrower, Phil Lynott, David Essex, Lullacry and Justin Hayward
Guides
Ned Raggett on Factory Records — so much more than Joy Division! A pleasant discovery for me on this list was Miaow