It’s been a long while since I did this, but I was moved to hear of the death of my friend Shaun Downey, also known as blogger Jams O’Donnell of The Poor Mouth. Read an obituary here. The first of these songs are Bebo Valdés, the wonderful Cuban pianist who died on the same day as Shaun. I don’t know if Shaun liked his music, but I think he probably would. The other songs are songs that I know he did like.
Bebo Valdés: Diane
Bebo Valdés & Diego El Cigala: Veinte Anos
Mari Boine: Cuovgi Liekkas
Mor Karbasi: La Pluma
Rajna: Epidauros
Mindful of the fact that neglected blogs are so easily hacked and stolen, I plan to re-post, with attribution, Jams’ series of extraordinary posts on the great Red Cushing, over the next couple of weeks.
Poumista 
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