Check yourself. And relax

[Don't forget the next Noise Ban will be Friday 28th May]

I know some people are getting all worked up about politics at the moment, with lots of folks unimpressed with the election results. Don't worry about bugdget cuts, taxes and deficits, because the summer is on it's way and it's less than two weeks till the next Noise Ban. Here are some chilled tracks to listen to under the blue May sky...

Kicking things off is Gil Scott-Heron, this guy started of as a poet in the 70's and inspired a lot of the hip-hop which followed. He is most famous for the poem/song The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. This track is from the album I'm New Here, released earlier this year:


Gil Scott-Heron: Me and the Devil (mp3)

Emmy The Great is a little more folky than I normally listen to, but there is something interesting about their sound, they really remind me of Belle and Sebastian:


Emmy the Great: First Love (mp3)

To really get you in the summer mood, we'll finish with Shuggie Otis. This 70's track, Strawberry Letter 23 is named after the perfumed notes Shuggie's girlfriend would send him: (I don't know who the guy in the frame below is, I don't think it's Shuggie)


Shuggie Otis: Strawberry Letter 23 (mp3)

I have to confess, I don't have an Encyclopedic knowledge of all good music ever made, I heard Emmy The Great and Shuggie Otis on the excellent radio show Adam Buxton's Big Mixtape, check it out if you get the chance.