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Exclusive Shindig! Qobuz playlist #26: Flute Salad – Flutes In Prog, Folk, Jazz & Library Music

We’re very excited to be media partners with the truly unique online streaming platform and download store Qobuz. This month, the 26th of our monthly bespoke playlists, which take in all manner of genres and sub-genres, scenes and beyond, then and now, delves into the varied sound of the flute across the late ’60s through mid-70s

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As we enter autumn what could be better than the pastoral, often mournful, tone of the flute? Across the mid-late ’60s and well into the ’70s, the flute was a regular embellishment, lead instrument even, on all manner of recordings that spanned a wide range of genres. Across these 32 tracks we focus on how pop music blossomed across the late ’60s, morphing from folkish pop into prog-rock and jazz with a pop sensibility, taking in outings from Japan and Spain, alongside the UK and USA. Donovan’s amazing live work with Harold McNair, the hitmaking Jethro Tull, and sweet library interludes combine with The Canterbury Sound (Caravan and Matching Mole).

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