Peach Preserves w/ Kobwe 1st August 2021

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NTS GUIDE TO: DISQUES DEBS

Diving into the back catalogues of one of the greatest of all French Caribbean labels, Disques Debs. Emerging in the late 1950s under the vision of Henri Debs, Disques Debs became a cornerstone of Guadeloupe’s music scene, shaping the island’s sound for decades. The label’s vast catalogue spanned genres from biguine and bolero to cadence-lypso, zouk, and reggae, releasing an impressive array of over 300 7" singles and 200 LP albums during it's time. Henri Debs ensured his studio remained at the cutting edge of sound production. Regular trips to New York and Paris allowed him to source the latest recording equipment and master new techniques, keeping his facility ahead of the curve. By the ’70s and ’80s, it had become one of the most sophisticated studios in the Caribbean, drawing artists from across the region - including Martinique, Dominica, Antigua, St Lucia, and Haiti - who sought its superior sound quality. Debs also documented this progression through extensive photography, charting the studio’s transformation from modest four-track machines to a top-tier SSL mixing desk. Curated by Hugo Mendez

Foreign Hour

Adam Cooper aka Foreigner heads the Foreign Hour show - a monthly offering of contemporary music from dembow to hip-hop shining light on the diaspora.

Blues Country

Kobwe (AKA Cornbread Carter) put Peach Preserves together as a love letter to the sounds of the South, the West, and Appalachia. The show ranges from Country and Blues to traditional sounds like Sacred Harp Singing and Gospel to more recent experiments and harder to define sounds.

Collection: Blues

Tracklist

The Five Blind Boys Of MississippiThe Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi
Father I Stretch My Hands To Thee 2. Nimrod Workman
Lookout Mountain Sacred Harp Convention 1968
Idumea
Blaze FoleyBlaze Foley
Rainbows And Ridges

Sid Hemphill & Lucious SmithSid Hemphill & Lucious Smith
Old Devil’s Dream
Louvin BrothersLouvin Brothers
The Great Atomic Power
The Stanley BrothersThe Stanley Brothers
Angel Band
William ClancyWilliam Clancy
Trip O’er The Mountain
ZekeZeke
Free Bird (Live)
Elder BeckElder Beck
Rock And Roll Sermon Part 1
Ambulance vs AmbulanceAmbulance vs Ambulance
Hell Is For Johnny
Roy HogsheadRoy Hogshead
Cocaine Blues
De Ford BaileyDe Ford Bailey
Pan American Blues
Emma HammondEmma Hammond
Shout Lula
Big Joe Williams, Big Joe Williams, Jimmy Brown, Jimmy Brown, Willie Lee HarrisWillie Lee Harris
Worry You Off My Mind
Middle Georgia Singing ConventionMiddle Georgia Singing Convention
Bells Of Love
Almeda RiddleAlmeda Riddle
Bury Me Beneath the Willow
Daniel LanoisDaniel Lanois feat. Aaron Embry, Aaron Embry, Bill Dillon, Bill Dillon, Brad Mehldau, Brad Mehldau, Brian Blade, Brian Blade, Daryl Johnson, Daryl Johnson, Gilbert Castellanos, Gilbert Castellanos, Malcolm Burn, Malcolm Burn, Michael Desson, Michael Desson, Victor IndrizzoVictor Indrizzo
Carla
United Sacred Harp Musical AssociationUnited Sacred Harp Musical Association
The Last Words Of Copernicus, #112 21. Elizabeth Cotten