The second meeting of Katie Harkin‘s Record Club at the Leeds Music Hub was all about vocals. The idea was to get us all thinking about traditional and non-traditional concepts of what makes a ‘good’ singer – we talked about pitch accuracy, timbre, style, lyrics, accents, language barriers and more!
For anyone who would like to delve into some audio/visual material on vocals and vocalists, there were some great suggestions of documentaries and films, including BBC Radio 4′s “The Countertenor“, BBC 3′s Irish Rap programme and documentaries “Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap”, “The Devil and Daniel Johnston, “Fleetwood Mac: Don’t Stop”.
We’ll be announcing the meeting date for next month shortly on our website, facebook and twitter but, if you want to get ahead on your reading/listening homework, the theme for the third meeting is already set: “Duos and Duets”.
This playlist is made up from each of the Record Club members’ choices.
Tracklistings:
- Harvey Milk – Roses
- Neil Young – After The Gold Rush
- The Beach Boys – Sloop John B
- GZA feat. Killah Priest – B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)
- Richard and Linda Thompson – Walking on a Wire
- The Antlers – I Don’t Want Love
- The Smashing Pumpkins – Rocket
- Charles Spearin – Anna
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - DAY 156 : War Machine
- Why? - The Vowels, Pt. 2
Katie Harkin’s own ‘ Vox’ playlist choices are here:
- Anna - Charles Spearin
- Remade - Dirty Projectors
- Hexagram - Deftones
- Triumph Of A Heart - Bjork
- List Of Demands (Reparations) - Saul Williams
- You - Gold Panda
- Ring Of Fire - Johnny Cash
- Black Coffee - All Saints
- Under The Mountain - The Bellrays
- French Kissin’ In The Usa - Deborah Harry
- I’ll Be Your Mirror - The Velvet Underground
- Land - Patti Smith
- Bombed! - Mark Lanegan
Nestor Matthews from Sky Larkin gives his playlist choices here:
Tracklistings:
- Cell Mates – Mariachi El Bronx
- Crying – Tv On The Radio
- Explode – By Trash Talk
- The Vowels Pt. 2 - Why?
- Clara Bow – 50 Foot Wave
- The Kicking Machine – The Melvins
- Takyon (Death Yon) – Death Grips
- You Make Me Like Charity – The Knife
- The Maid Needs A Maid – Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton
- Roses – Harvey Milk
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