Edie Brickell

VARIOUS ARTISTS

CLASSICS BLOWING THE THAT FUSE ROCKED : R&B THE JUKEBOX BEAR FAMILY, 2007

love music from the ’40s, because it feels so much less self-aware, before the distraction of TV and the oversaturation of showbusiness. The 16 compilations in this series are probably my all-time favourite collection; the personalities in those records make me feel happy and connected to a sense of authenticity that I didn’t experience but that I can relate to. I heard a lot of these songs growing up – while my mother was getting ready for work, she’d yell from the