You might know award-winning critic/journalist Tom Moon from his bestselling book 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die, his contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered or his freelance work in the likes of Rolling Stone, GQ, Blender, Spin and Vibe, but around the MAGNET office, when we think of Moon, we think of the nearly two decades he spent as the music critic of our hometown newspaper, the Philadelphia Inquirer. When you regularly read a writer’s work for that long, you feel like you really get a sense of who someone is, so we were shocked to find out that Moon is also a musician who just made an album. Into The Ojalá (Frosty Cordial) is credited to Moon Hotel Lounge Project and came out earlier this month. MHLP is an impressive, instrumental, jazz/lounge/Latin-leaning project featuring Moon and six local musicians playing nine Moon-penned tunes as well as a cover of gospel standard “Rock Of Ages.” We are excited to have Moon guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new Q&A with him.
Moon: Notes for a playlist still on the runway: At some point there will be a trip, through mountains, in snow. There will be hopefully a warm place to rest at the end of it and friends around and music. The journey could be sped along by an attitude-adjusting audio experience. Maybe some sultry things to distract the mind from the wind and the chill. Some blues. For the stillness of woods after a new snow, a sliver of Satie. And then something completely different …
Devotchka “One Hundred Other Lovers” from 100 Lovers
Wanda Sá “Mar Azul” from Vagamente
Erik Satie “Gnossiennes No. 2” played by Reinbert de Leeuw, from Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes
Freddie Hubbard “Little Sunflower” from Backlash
Howlin’ Wolf “Smokestack Lightning” from Howlin’ In The Moonlight
Mahia & Nety “Ravoro” from Fanajana: Music Of Madagaskari
Milton Nascimento “Francisco” from Milton
Stevie Ray Vaughan “Cold Shot” from Couldn’t Stand The Weather
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1FK620bS7A
