Arthur Russell - Iowa Dream (Vinyl) Arooj Aftab Bobby Hutcherson’s crystalline vibraphone

Bobby Hutcherson’s crystalline vibraphone

as eighth best album of the 1970s

My Baby Loves Lovin’

The album is a defining moment of the baroque pop sound and features some of Marianne’s best 60’s performances with interpretations of songs by Donovan

Laguna Sunrise

Arthur Russell - Iowa Dream (Vinyl) Arooj Aftab Bobby Hutcherson’s crystalline vibraphoneAt once kaleidoscopic and intimate, Iowa Dream bears some of Russells most personal work, including several recently discovered folk songs he wrote during his time in Northern California in the early 1970s. For Russell, Iowa was never very far away. I see, I see it all, sings Russell on the title track: red houses, fields, the town mayor (his father) streaming by as he dream bicycles through his hometown. Russells childhood home and family echo, too,