delicate? soulful? visionary? obvious? dull as dust? preachy?
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 13 May 2010 03:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
One of the all time great songs:
― President Keyes, Thursday, 13 May 2010 10:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
This one is my fav
― mmmm, Thursday, 13 May 2010 10:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
President Keyes OTM about Ordinary JoeWhy isn't that song on a pedestal with the likes of Sir Duke, Let's Stay Together, etc...?
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Saturday, 15 May 2010 09:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
A very comforting voice...I always turn to TC when I'm down...
― henry s, Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
best album cover ever
― Gifted Unlimited Display Names Universal (deej), Saturday, 15 May 2010 18:38 (3 years ago) Permalink
good record too, i have a repress which is ok-sound qual wise :-/
the first light thing is my fave.
― by another name (amateurist), Sunday, 16 May 2010 00:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
Reports going around from Gilles Peterson among others that Callier has passed away at the age of 67.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 28 October 2012 21:33 (6 months ago) Permalink
Very sad. Two classics currently making me moist-eyed:
― Deafening silence (DL), Sunday, 28 October 2012 21:47 (6 months ago) Permalink
sad indeed.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 28 October 2012 22:55 (6 months ago) Permalink
Sad sad news. Falls into the Curtis camp for me as someone who deserved to have been heard and appreciated by a much wider audience.
RIP Terry
― groovypanda, Monday, 29 October 2012 08:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
R.I.P. His first album is one of my all time favorites.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Monday, 29 October 2012 08:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
The brown sleeve compi cd is very good. Some otherworldly material on there.
I think Les Intouchables had a song by him on the s/trk, certainly sounded like him. Took me a moment to place who it was.
Just saw a duet with Beth Orton advertised somewhere yesterday. Wondering if it was in relation to his death that it was being advertised or if it was already coming out when he died.
Kicking myself for not getting along to see him at the Jazz cafe in Camden a few years back. Meant to but somehow didn't make it.
― Stevolende, Monday, 29 October 2012 10:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
RIP TC
― henry s, Monday, 29 October 2012 10:39 (6 months ago) Permalink
A friend saw him in his second comeback gig in Camden Jazz Cafe in 1994.
He cried because so many people had come to see him and he'd no idea so many people still listened to him.
― groovypanda, Monday, 29 October 2012 11:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
The Beth Orton duet was issued some time ago..
― Mark G, Monday, 29 October 2012 12:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
There you go..
― Mark G, Monday, 29 October 2012 12:26 (6 months ago) Permalink
I hadn't heard of him until the RIPs, but wow, "Dancing Girl" is amazing. Produced by Charles Stepney of Rotary Connection!
― thraeds of life (The Reverend), Monday, 29 October 2012 23:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
From the Guardian obit:
He had abandoned music for a job as a computer programmer at the University of Chicago until a new generation rediscovered his work in the early 90s. It was only when that record won a United Nations award that his employers at the university discovered his new double life and dismissed him from his post.
fucking hell
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 16:52 (6 months ago) Permalink
yeah that made steam come out of my ears.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:25 (6 months ago) Permalink
i don't get it, they actually fired him because they found out he was a musician?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:27 (6 months ago) Permalink
there's probably more to the story.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:36 (6 months ago) Permalink
Gave "What Color is Love" a spin tonight, first in a long time. It's the only one of his I've heard, but it's a really nice record. He's kinda somewhere in-between Gil Scott-Heron and John Martyn..
― Mule, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:50 (6 months ago) Permalink
As I've been saying, his first album is a real gem. Mostly covers/traditional songs, but such great interpretations.
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:53 (6 months ago) Permalink
― O-Jah Da Lionmane (longneck), Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:56 (6 months ago) Permalink
Thanks. Will listen. (though I hate how I always end up checking stuff out after the artist dies. I'm probably not the only one).
― Mule, Tuesday, 30 October 2012 22:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
rest in peace you beautiful man.
― jed_, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 02:49 (6 months ago) Permalink
love that folk album, so hypnotic
― buzza, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 03:04 (6 months ago) Permalink
RIP
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 04:30 (6 months ago) Permalink
― Mule, Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah. what a weird, unmarketable niche to occupy when you think about it.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 31 October 2012 07:15 (6 months ago) Permalink
― buzza, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 07:37 (6 months ago) Permalink
listening to what color is love this morning -- such a cool record. Stepney could've gone nuts but it seems like he was into the subtlety of callier's thing. all of the production/arrangement touches are pretty perfect.
― tylerw, Friday, 2 November 2012 16:10 (6 months ago) Permalink
Very enjoyable - thanks! Like sunday morning coffee.
― Hinklepicker, Friday, 2 November 2012 20:13 (6 months ago) Permalink
Gilles Peterson played a whole lot of TC on his 6Music show on Saturday afternoon - rare tracks etc
― bham, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:37 (6 months ago) Permalink