Songs in the Key of Life - June 2024

Hello everyone 👋

I hope you're all enjoying Songs in the Key of Life, I know we are.

Here is your monthly email with links and background reading.

If you want to dive into detail then there's a good book as part of the fabulous 33 1/3 series - https://amzn.eu/d/bOcyral

And for the very dedicated, there's also a documentary on YouTube - https://youtu.be/CClqS7EJogQ?si=n75nRocAHFw0VWYz.

The documentary quality is patchy but there's a couple of great live performances.

Now for some links for those who don't have full days for background research 😉

I enjoyed Jacob Collier's deconstruction of Sir Duke - https://youtu.be/CZP6nogQYPg?si=3gJTqb9IIA84NsWr

If you can stomach James Corden then his Carpool Karaoke with Stevie is worth a watch as Stevie is obviously a lovely guy - https://youtu.be/qqrvm2XDvpQ?si=0_OqcHe7oNly70Eb

We also mentioned in the intro episode that this album was no.4 on the Rolling Stones' Greatest Albums list, no.6 on Apple Music's and No.1 on Paste Magazine's list - Paste say 'The world didn’t know how to make music until Stevie Wonder started making it' - https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/greatest-albums/the-300-greatest-albums-of-all-time-2

OK, that's enough homework for now!

Have your say on what we all listen to next month - The poll is open - https://forms.gle/yDHTzsCC1mqWxj1s8

Find us on Discord where we'll be hosting a Listening Party at the end of the month - https://discord.com/invite/YzUUeHM5

Keep listening and remember - No Skipping, No Shuffling.

Paul and Tom