{"id":6749,"date":"2024-12-12T11:25:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T11:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6749"},"modified":"2025-01-08T13:30:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T13:30:29","slug":"exclusive-shindig-qobuz-playlist-19-soulful-sirens-in-the-age-of-aquarius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=6749","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Shindig! Qobuz playlist #19: Soulful Sirens In The Age Of Aquarius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We\u2019re very excited to be media partners with the truly\u00a0unique online streaming platform and\u00a0download store\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qobuz.com\/\">Qobuz<\/a>. This month, the 19th of our monthly bespoke playlists, which take in all manner of genres and sub-genres, scenes and beyond, then and now, looks at women in soul and rock of the late \u201960s and \u201970s that took countercultural vibes into new sounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6781\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Qobuz-Instagram-Soulful-Sirens-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<div><strong><em>Play\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.qobuz.com\/playlist\/26966388\">here<\/a><em>\u00a0or use the scrollable frame with\u00a0tracklist the bottom of the page. You can sign up for a free trial today. Plans start from \u00a310.83 per month. For more on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qobuz.com\/gb-en\/discover\">Qobuz<\/a><em>\u00a0read our interview with MD Dan Mackta\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=5784\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.qobuz.com\/playlist\/26966388?zone=GB-en\" width=\"378\" height=\"390\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\"><\/span>Your browser does not support iframes.<span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span>&lt;\/ifram<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soul and R&amp;B were cornerstones of \u201960s music both popular and counterculturally. It affected everything. This playlist focuses on the ladies, black and white, popular and underground, solo or fronting or featuring in bands. The feel, on the back of the brilliant new Jeannie Piersol collection <em>The Nest<\/em> (High Moon), is how soulful music across the late \u201960s and early \u201970s was so closely informed and part of the hippie culture. Sly &amp; The Family Stone embraced Black soul music, hippie-rock, and were both multi-racial and mixed-sex. Rose Stone was a strong force. Her vocals on \u2018I Want To Take You Higher\u2019 lifting Sly, Freddie and Larry Graham\u2019s vocals into the stratosphere. Both her and Cynthia Robinson were undoubted psychedelic soul queens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Jeannie Piersol was signed to Cadet Concept. Piersol was a product of the San Francisco ballroom scene who had come up through the ranks with her own bands The Yellow Brick Road and Hair and was close friends with Grace Slick and her brother Darby. The two singles captured the same progressive approach to soul music as The Rotary Connection, who\u2019s Minnie Riperton sings backing vocals on the fabulous second one \u2018The Nest\u2019 (1969). Janis Joplin played the same haunts, but unlike Piersol became a huge force. Joplin played with folk, country and soul in the best West Coast tradition. Her two entries here, Big Brother &amp; The Holding Company\u2019s \u2018Down On Me\u2019 (the band\u2019s debut with Janis Joplin) and the solo release \u2018Move Over\u2019 (from her second solo album <em>Pearl<\/em>) go some way to show how perfectly she blended these forms. Also from the West Coast scene: Fifty Foot Hose, The Mojo Men, Mother Earth, The Loading Zone, Grootna, Cold Blood, and Smith. There\u2019s definitely a whole lot of soul going on here, some entries obvious, others less so. Ruth Copeland was from the north-east of England, making her way to Detroit and hooking up with Motown and George Clinton. Her two late \u201960s Invictus albums are loaded with gems. Similarly, Martha Vel\u00e9z, an American singer\/actress of Puerto Rican descent, nailed the soul-rock vibes on her rousing \u201969 album <em>Fiends &amp; Angels<\/em>, with \u2018Swamp Man\u2019 capturing that Stonesy swagger. Tina Turner influenced Mick Jagger massively, so her covering \u2018Honky Tonk Women\u2019 returned the dues, and it must be said that Tina was immensely important at this time, allowing other soulful shouters to embrace soul, funk and rock all at the same time. Merry Clayton, PP Arnold, Linda Tillery, Deidre Wilson Tabac, The Undisputed Truth, Madeline Bell, The 5th Dimension, and Minnie Riperton were all Black singers, schooled in soul music. All adapted to the new musical era with aplomb. Whilst primarily American (with Arnold and Bell being Americans based in the UK) blue-eyed soul singers in Britain and Europe played with the musical melting pot in a wonderfully jazzy and funky-rock style, from Julie Driscoll (who\u2019s take on \u2018Let The Sunshine In\u2019 is iconic) to the early \u201970s blues-soul shouter Maggie Bell, both solo and with Stone The Crows, and Elkie Brooks with Vinegar Joe). Sandie Shaw\u2019s unique cover of \u2018Reviewing The Situation\u2019 from <em>Oliver<\/em>, is full of funky organ, and has a strong groove, even it isn\u2019t quite soul. Besides, what is soul? It\u2019s all somewhat subjective. So with that, all-female rock legends Fanny\u2019s cover of Smokey Robinson\u2019s \u2018Ain\u2019t The Peculiar\u2019 and Linda Ronstadt\u2019s beautiful take on \u2018Dark End Of The Street\u2019, Laura Nyro\u2019s funky Duane Allman collaboration \u2018Beads Of Sweat\u2019, Bobby Gentry\u2019s smoky \u2018Fancy\u2019, and singer-songwriter Laurie Styvers\u2019 \u2018All I Had\u2019, more than tick the \u201csoul box\u201d and allow a change of pace from the straight ahead soul and all-out funky-rockers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of these tracks are gathered from a fascinating period for music, when genres and styles were not under scrutiny, but this three-hour set should do more than enough to thrill both soul and rock fans alike.<\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6749&#038;t=Exclusive%20Shindig%21%20Qobuz%20playlist%20%2319%3A%20Soulful%20Sirens%20In%20The%20Age%20Of%20Aquarius&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6749&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F12%2FScreenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.23.58.png&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Exclusive%20Shindig%21%20Qobuz%20playlist%20%2319%3A%20Soulful%20Sirens%20In%20The%20Age%20Of%20Aquarius\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6749&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Exclusive%20Shindig%21%20Qobuz%20playlist%20%2319%3A%20Soulful%20Sirens%20In%20The%20Age%20Of%20Aquarius&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F6749\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re very excited to be media partners with the truly\u00a0unique online streaming platform and\u00a0download store\u00a0Qobuz. This month, the 19th of our monthly bespoke playlists, which take in all manner of genres and sub-genres, scenes and beyond, then and now, looks at women in soul and rock of the late \u201960s and \u201970s that took countercultural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1172],"tags":[1064,1107],"class_list":["post-6749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qobuz","tag-qobuz","tag-soul"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6749"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}