Fire Fury

'When we speak of Joseph Haydn,' wrote Ernst Ludwig Gerber in his Lexicon der Tonkunstler of 1790-92, 'we think of one of our greatest men: great in small things and even greater in large… Everything speaks when he sets his orchestra in motion.' Gerber was among the first to recognise 'new and surprising' traits in Haydn's output, particularly among his Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) works of the early 1770s. Espousing spontaneity and passion as sources of creativity, Sturm und Drang despised the new rationalism of the Enlightenment, offering darkness and pessimism to counterpoise its orderly logic.

Recorded sporadically over five years from 2015 to 2019, Sixty Summers was shaped profoundly by Stone’s key collaborators on the album: Thomas Bartlett, aka Doveman, and Annie Clark, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and producer known as St. Vincent. Bartlett and Clark were the symbiotic pair Stone needed to realise her first pop vision. A wizard of production and songwriting, Bartlett helped coax Sixty Summers’ independent, elemental spirit from Stone, writing and recording over 50 demos with her at his studio in New York.

Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers-The complete 50's recordings of two of the toughest harp players of all times. Papa Lightfoot recorded for the Imperial, Alladin and Savoy labels (among others) and these are some of the most amazing examples of post war, electric harmonica ever recorded. His version of ''When The Saints Go Marching In'' is utterly astounding! Sam Myers has made a name in contemporary blues through his work with Anson Funderburgh. These recordings from the Rex, Ace, and Fire/Fury labels are low down examples of his mastery. Many of these cuts feature Elmore James and his band. There are no dull moments here.