Chatting with alt, rock & world music YouTube reviewer Jim Newstead

Watford Jazz Junction

Chris is joined by his brother, musician and composer Jim Newstead, to discuss mental wellness, great albums and the importance of listening to music.

Jim's YouTube channel has racked up hundreds of thousands of views across the last 3 years. Across this time Jim has received countless recommendations for tracks to review, including Snarky Puppy, Hiromi and Tigran Hamasyan mixed in amongst more heavy metal, prog rock and fusion than you can shake a studded-leather wrist band at.

Jim also reviews our house band. You'll have to listen to find out if Kajagoogoo really can have helped to evict Jaco Pastorius!

Jim's album recommendations include:

• Pungent Effulgent by Ozric Tentacles (1989) released on Madfish Records

• We Like It Here by Snarky Puppy (2018) released on Groundup Records

• Tres Caballeros by The Aristocrats (2015) released on BOING Music LLC

And Chris very much recommends reading:

• But Beautiful: A Book About Jazz by Geoff Dyer (1991)

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Presenter: Chris Newstead

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Recorded February 2021.