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Love Songs And Monster Songs: Jad Fair's Favourite Albums
Sean Kitching , March 22nd, 2023 10:20

As Half Japanese gear up for a brand new album this summer and a UK show in September, frontman Jad Fair takes Sean Kitching through thirteen favourite records from Howlin’ Wolf to Lord Invader

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Lord Invader – Calypso Travels

There was a folk music festival in the small town I was living in at the time, and one of the vendors there was selling Folkways records and I bought this Lord Invader album, along with two or three other Folkways records. I’ve always been a fan of Calypso, and Lord Invader I think is one of the finest Calypsonians.