Judah's High Hopes explains itself with the name. The blend of soul, experimental hip hop and a range of jazz is enough to bring optimism into any listener's day, and Judah's sonic selections act as a monthly ray of sunshine to brighten any listener's day.
Self-taught folk singer and guitarist, Michael Hurley plays music reminiscent of his upbringing in the rural backcountry of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
His journey from making fanzines to playing music reflects in his raggedy, joyful freak-folk. His debut album, “First Songs,” released in 1965 on Folkways, marked the onset of a unique career amid the Greenwich Village folk scene. His large body of work sits somewhere between bluegrass, folk, country, and blues jazz. His songs have been described as similarly haunting, warm, sparse, tender, and spikily surreal.
Describing the essence of his music, Hurley says, “The way music comes to you … it’s like dreaming. Melodies just drop into my thinking.” Selected by NTS.
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Florence Scott-Anderton takes look at the sonics of lesbian cinema - from the butch to the
femme found through the sounds of pioneering lesbian art filmmakers such as Barbara Hammer, Sadie
Benning and Cecilia Dougherty, desert cowgirl yearnings, dated BBC library archive documentaries,
unseen UK 70s cinema, direct to TV of the trash variety, 90s favourites and important contemporary
touchstones such as Leilah Weinraub’s Shakedown.
Florence Scott-Anderton takes look at the sonics of lesbian cinema - from the butch to the
femme found through the sounds of pioneering lesbian art filmmakers such as Barbara Hammer, Sadie
Benning and Cecilia Dougherty, desert cowgirl yearnings, dated BBC library archive documentaries,
unseen UK 70s cinema, direct to TV of the trash variety, 90s favourites and important contemporary
touchstones such as Leilah Weinraub’s Shakedown.
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ExcerptExcerpt Heavenly Creatures (Edit)
OpeningOpening Shudder To Think, High Art (Dir. Lisa Cholodenko, 1998)
ExcerptExcerpt Superdyke Meets Madame X
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ExcerptExcerpt The Incredibly True Adventure Of Two Girls In Love (Edit)
WallpaperWallpaper Thomas Newman, Fried Green Tomatoes (Edit)
ExcerptExcerpt Gay Tape: Butch And Femme (Edit)
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I WantI Want Dayna Manning, Better Than Chocolate (Dir. Anne Wheeler, 1995)
OvertureOverture K.D Lang, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (Dir. Gus Van Sant, 1993)
ExcerptExcerpt Dry Kisses Only (Edit)
ExcerptExcerpt Rosebud (Edit)
ExcerptExcerpt It Wasn't Love (Edit) (Dir Sadie Benning, 1992)
Mona And Tamsin On A RockMona And Tamsin On A Rock Will Gregory And Alison Goldfrapp, My Summer Of Love (Dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, 2004)
SpaceSpace Butthole Surfers, Boys Don't Cry (Dir. Kimberly Peirce, 1999)
ExcerptExcerpt Man Alive, Consenting Adults 2: The Women (Edit)
Moments In PassionMoments In Passion Michael Allen Harrison, Claire Of The Moon (Dir. Nicole Conn, 1992)
Main TitleMain Title Jerry Goldsmith, Basic Instinct (Dir. Paul Verhoeven, 1992)
Squeezebox DaysSqueezebox Days The Murmurs, All Over Me (Dir. Alex Sichel, 1997)
Leavin' On Your MindLeavin' On Your Mind Patsy Cline, Desert Hearts (Dir. Donna Deitch, 1985)
ExcerptExcerpt Carol (Edit)
Claire’s FantasyClaire’s Fantasy Michael Allen Harrison, Claire Of The Moon (Dir. Nicole Conn, 1992)
That’s FatThat’s Fat Shudder To Think, High Art (Dir. Lisa Cholodenko, 1998)