The MOJO Record Club

The MOJO Record Club with Richard Thompson

 The captain of British folk-rock sails into the MOJO Record Club to discuss his new album, Ship To Shore, Donald Trump, his love for Doc Watson & The Watson Family, Liege & Lief and “BLOODBATHS OF LUST”!

Tracklist:

 1.  Singapore Sadie, written by Richard Thompson and released on New West Records

2.  Your Long Journey, written by A.D. Watson*, Rosa Lee Watson and released one Folkway Records in 1963  

3.  The Train that Carried my Girl from Town, written by A.D. Watson*, Rosa Lee Watson and released on Folkway Records in 1963    

Andrew Male and John Mulvey dig into a couple of their favourite new releases from Shabaka Hutchings and Myriam Gendron. For all your ambient jazz flute needs – and more…

 Tracklist:

 1. I’ll Do Whatever You Want, featuring André 3000, Floating Points and Laraaji, written by Shabaka Hutchings and released on Impulse! Records

2.  Long Way Home, written by Miriam Gendron and released on Thrill Jockey in the UK

The MOJO Record Club podcast welcomes the brilliant Australian multi-tasker Oren Ambarchi to our ranks, for a wide-ranging chat about David Behrman, Paul McCartney and AMM, Jim O’Rourke,10cc, and the karaoke secrets of the global avant-garde elite! Plus Andrew Male and John Mulvey dig into new releases by Oisin Leech and Cassie Kinoshi.

Tracklisting:

1.  Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin ‘Tre’ from the album, Ghosted II, released on Drag City Records

2.  David Behrman ‘Leapday Night Scene I’ from the album, Leapday Night, originally released on the Lovely Music label, 1987

3.  David Behrman ‘Interspecies Smalltalk Part II’ from the album, Leapday Night, originally released on the Lovely Music label, 1987

4.  Oisin Leech, ‘Colour of The Rain’, written by Oisin Leech and released on Outside Music

5.  Cassie Kinoshi’s seed. ‘Gratitude’ written by Cassie Kenosha and released on International Anthem

The Waterboys’ Mike Scott joins The MOJO Record Club to explore his Whole Of The Moon era, revisit John Lennon’s Imagine, deconstruct Dancing In The Dark, and tell us about recording with Bob Dylan. Plus new releases from Brittany Howard and Gerycz Powers Rolin. Every precious dream and vision underneath the stars!

Tracklisting:

1.  The Waterboys ‘This is the Sea’, written by Mike Scott and released on Chrysalis Records

2.  John Lennon ‘Oh My Love’, written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and released on Apple Records

3.  GERYCZ POWERS ROLIN ‘Activator’ written by GERYCZ POWERS ROLIN and released on the 12XU label

4.  Brittany Howard, ‘Prove It To You’ written by Brittany Howard and released on Island Records

5.  Brittany Howard, ‘Samson’ written by Brittany Howard and released on Island Records

Season Two of the MOJO Record Club kicks off with a righteous first guest: Joe Talbot of IDLES, who tells Andrew Male about TANGK, Timber Timbre, Lee Moses, Bill Callahan, The Pharcyde, Van Morrison, Traams, The Smiths and much more. Plus new albums from The Smile and House Band, and “a sinister raconteur with a dagger…”

TRACKLISTING:

1. IDLES 'Grace' written by IDLES and released on Partizan Records

2. IDLES 'Dancer' written by IDLES and released on Partizan Records

3. 'Timber Timbre 'I Get Low' written by Taylor Kirk and released on Arts & Crafts

4. TRAAMS 'A House on Fire' written by TRAAMS and released on Fat Cat Records

5. The Smile 'Friend of a Friend' written by Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood & Tom Skinner, released on XL Recordings

6. House Band 'Spinners' written by House Band, available on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube

Composer producer and all-round musical polymath Jim O’Rourke joins host Andrew Male and MOJO Editor John Mulvey to discuss his recent score for Kyle Armstrong’s Hands That Bind and one of his favourite LPs, Jaco Pastorius’ 1981 jazz fusion masterpiece, Word Of Mouth. Plus, we delve into some of the week's best new releases from Kieran Hebden & William Tyler and the spellbinding new album from Julie Byrne and finally discover what "chord-cheating" means.

Tracklisting:

1. ‘A Man's Mind Will Play Tricks On Him‘ by Jim O’ Rourke and released on Drag City Records

2. ‘John & Mary’ taken from the Word Of Mouth album, written by Jaco Pastorius, released on the Warner Bros label in 1981

3. ‘Panic’ / ‘Three Views Of A Secret’ taken from the Word Of Mouth album, written by Jaco Pastorius, released on the Warner Bros label in 1981

4. ‘Darkness, Darkness’ by Kieran Hebden and William Tyler, written by Jesse Colin Young and released on the Psychic Hotline Label

5. ‘Moonless’ written by Julie Bane and released on Ghostly International

Mogwai’s spaceship-hunting Stuart Braithwaite is Andrew Male’s latest guest, bringing with him a mighty audio “massage of the soul”. Plus MOJO Associate Editor Jenny Bulley, new records by Bill Callahan and Lucretia Dalt, and some ambient rabbits. It’s a trip!

Tracklisting:

1.   Ritchie Sacramento, by Mogwai, written by Mogwai and released on Rock Action Records

2.   Sleep’s Dopesmoker from 2003 written by Sleep and released on Tee Pee Records

3.   Coyotes, by Bill Callahan, written by Bill Callahan and released on Drag City

4.   ‘No Tiempo’, is the opening track from the album jAy!  Written and performed by Lucrecia Dalt and released on RVNG Intl records

The MOJO Record Club takes a road trip into the Dirty South with the Drive-By Truckers’ Mike Cooley and Patterson Hood. From Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to Athens, Georgia, in the company of The Glands, Hall & Oates, Todd Rundgren and more. Plus onwards to Northern Ghana and mid-Wales to review the best new albums!

Tracklisting:

1. Where The Devil Don’t Stay, by The Drive-By Truckers, written by Mike Cooley and released by New West Records

2. I Can See My House From Here, by The Glands, from the self titled album, released on Capricon Records

3. Johnny Gore and the “C” Eaters, by Daryl Hall & John Oates, from the album, War Babies, released on Capricorn Records

4. This is Bolga!, by Alogte Oho And His Sounds Of Joy, from the album O Yinne! released on the Philophon label

5. Bright Edge Deep by Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay, from the album Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay on Topic Records

Live from New Orleans and “the jazz side of life”, Rickie Lee Jones joins the MOJO Record Club – not just to discuss Van Morrison’s Veedon Fleece, but to sing us a fair portion of it! Plus Andrew Male and Jenny Bulley on the latest new releases from Bill Orcutt and Jana Horn. Let’s improvise!

Tracklisting:

1. Just in Time, by Comden & Green, performed by Rickie Lee Jones and released on BMG, Modern Recordings

2. Weasel, written and performed by Rickie Lee Jones Live from her Living Room (YouTube)

3. Linden Arden Stole the Highlights, written by Van Morrison and released on Warner Bros Records 4. The Life Of Jesus, written by Bill Orcutt and released on Palilalia Records

5. Leaving Him, written by Jana Horn and taken from The Window Is The Dream on No Quarter Records

Pauline Black brings radical optimism to the MOJO Record Club, as she reveals the folk roots of The Selecter, and the liberating brilliance of Pentangle’s Basket Of Light. Then stick around for new releases, as Andrew Male and John Mulvey explore the latest records from Arooj Aftab and Lana Del Rey. Bongwater comparisons, anyone?

Tracklisting:

1.  Human Algebra, from the Human Algebra album, written by Pauline Black and released on DMF records

2.  Light Flight, (the theme music for the BBC’s first-ever colour drama series, Take Three Girls), from Basket of Light, written by Jansch, Thompson, McShee, Renbourn, Cox and released on Transatlantic Records in 1969

3.  Once I had a Sweetheart, written by Jansch, Thompson, McShee, Renbourn, Cox and released on Transatlantic Records in 1969

4.  To Remain, To Return, from the album Love in Exile, written by Arooj Aftab, released on Verve

5.  A&W from Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel under Ocean Boulevard? by Lana Del Rey, released by Polydor