Thursday, September 20, 2012

Charming


When was the last time you thought about Joan Armatrading?  For me, I wouldn't be surprised if it were a decade or more.  She never really made as big in the U.S. as she did in the UK, but for a while in the '80s, when I was for a long spell living 'mongst the Lesbians, she was a pop presence.

Now I'm glad for whatever random synapse in my addled brain that fired and made me look her up, because I've gotten very fond this last week or so of the song above, "This Charming Life," the title track of her 2010 album.  Who knew?

And how nice to check in with a name from the Good Old Days and find that she's alive and well, making music much as she always did - poppy and personal, buoyant and warm.  In a age of manufactured stars and shrieking melismaniacs, it's nice to see someone so natural, doing what she likes to do.  Enjoy.

Update:  Oh, dear; MrPeenee has alerted us to the sadly geographically crippled nature of the clip above.  Just in case, here's a backup, although it has an annoying promo caption at the bottom.  All very vexing...

4 comments:

  1. The Lesbians at Youtube wouldn't allow the video to play "in my country" (wherever that is) so I just went over to I Tunes and bought it and now I'm singing along with it.

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  2. Lovely!

    This might just go into the rotation at the store.

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  3. I saw her live a couple of years ago, and she was better than ever.

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