Barbara & Ernie - Prelude To...This lost gem from 1972 is quite an oddity. The unlikely pairing of guitarist Ernie Calabria and soul singer Barbara Massey came together to record this album of outlandish, genre defying hybrids. Both artists were seasoned session players, Calabria performing alongside the likes of Harry Belafonte (on the same recording that saw Bob Dylan's studio debut, 1961's Midnight Special), Nina Simone and Anita Carter (of The Carter Family) while Massey's

& original member Franz Nicolay (multi-instrumentalist) who

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the band have already shared stages with the likes of Real Estate

elegant and refined work yet

That was liberating

pushing it up over and deep into the frozen sea of shimmering metallic ambience

Standing Rock (Copying the Rock) and contemporary American politics (I Woke Up in a Fucked-Up America)

When the world first heard Mazzy Star in 1990 it was totally original and 26 years later she is still much copied but never bettered

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includes CD copy on Stolen Recordings

It weaves behind new wave

and are now known as legendary pioneers of what is now referred to as “alternative rock” or “post-punk” with their blend of punk rock mixed with experimental and psychedelic sounds