I'm taking a short break from the St Aignan festival reports because they take so long to write and there's a few other things I want to say before I'm done. The good news is Inspiration: 22 rare harmonica performances is out in France. I gave it a quick listen and some of the stuff blew my mind: Hugo Diaz, of course, but Don Les as well, Gabriel Grossi, Don Brooks, the very unusual George Harmonica Smith...
I'll write a fuller review later when time allows, but for now I'll just say that the feel of the compilation is very different from that of the first Inspiration, it's a bit more rootsy and folksy but still has the same variety of genres, countries, instruments and atmospheres. You can check out the full track listing and the cover art here.
The bad news? Well, it seems that unlike the first opus of this compilation series, this one will not be distributed outside of France since the record company didn't manage to have the world rights on a couple of the tracks. That's a real shame, although it may crop up on amazon.com as an import, I guess.
Meanwhile, those of you who simply cannot wait can head over to www.fnac.com by clicking on the link below. It's not for sale on amazon.fr yet, I'll let you know when it is.
Purchase Inspiration: 22 rare harmonica performances on Fnac.com
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