Top Of The Box

The excellent TV On The Radio recorded live in 2006 at The Doug Fir in Portland Oregon.
Here they perform a mesmerising version of Ambulance from the 2004 album Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes.
TV On The Radio – Ambulance

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Delaney & Bonnie Were a husband and wife team that played Rhythm & Blues during the sixties, lauded by their peers of the time, something that was never reflected in record sales.
Eric Clapton met Delaney & Bonnie when they opened for his band Blind Faith. Clapton instantly considered D&B as better than his own band, [...]

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From the brilliant Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill album from 1998, this is Doo Wop (That Thing), Lauryn’s best selling UK single, having reached number three here, but number one in the US.
It’s a great track with a great video.
Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing)

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This track comes from the most successful of the bands albums, Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars, released in 1988.
This was the second single taken from the album, a beautiful track called Circle, released in 1989.
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians – Circle

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Hothouse Flowers came and went pretty rapidly in terms of fame and sucess. Not quite one hit wonders, the Irish rock band were courted by Rolling Stone magazine as the best unsigned band in Europe in 1986.
They were picked up by Bono and released their first single through U2’s Mother Records label. A subsequent deal [...]

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