(Blues\Acoustic Jazz\Swing\New Orleans Jazz\Female) The Soaked Lamb - 4 CD (Collection)- [2007-2021] MP3, 320 kbps

[03:04] 01. A Coffin for Two
[03:00] 02. The Soaked Lamb
[01:18] 03. Another Man Done Gone
[04:53] 04. Death Don't Have No Mercy
[02:05] 05. Color Blues
[03:16] 06. Saint James Infirmary
[02:13] 07. Beer Song (For a Romantic Evening)
[02:05] 08. Miss Celie's Blues
[03:00] 09. Cause of it All
[02:41] 10. Doomed to Heaven Rag
[04:35] 11. Tombstones Under Oak Trees
[03:05] 12. Rope Strechin' Blues
[04:59] 13. Work Song

Vocals – Mariana Lima, Afonso Cruz
Guitar, Ukulele, Blues Harp – Afonso Cruz
Double Bass – Luís Alvoeiro
Drums & Percussion – Miguel Lima
Organ & Piano – Vasco Condessa
Alto Saxophone – Tiago Albuquerque

[04:12] 01. Blue Voodoo
[02:48] 02. Hello Bang Bang
[04:37] 03. Singin' Black Coffee
[02:45] 04. Smilin Moon
[02:58] 05. Burried Twice
[03:37] 06. Grain By Grain
[03:29] 07. East of Hell
[03:21] 08. This is not a Blues Song
[03:07] 09. BMinor Blues
[02:57] 10. She's the Only Thing
[03:30] 11. The Curse
[04:58] 12. Almost a Song
[02:01] 13. Slowly movin

[04:22] 01. A Flor e o Espinho
[02:36] 02. I Saw the Light
[03:07] 03. 4 Quartos
[03:27] 04. Midnight Special
[03:55] 05. Your Cheatin' Heart
[02:25] 06. Blue Voodoo
[03:05] 07. La Llorona
[02:12] 08. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
[02:29] 09. A Coffin for Two
[02:42] 10. Sixteen Tons
[02:50] 11. Tombstones Under Oak Trees
[02:46] 12. Hot Nuts

01. Atlantic Sea (3:05)
02. Two to Two (3:09)
03. Judgement Day (3:10)
04. Blá, Blá, Blá (2:58)
05. Drinking to Remember (3:43)
06. Rakija (3:30)
07. Rolling Stone (2:44)
08. Seven Demons (3:09)
09. Truth Has No Body (2:46)
10. Sorriso Triste (3:15)
11. Smoking Kills (2:57)
12. Tic-Tac-Toe (3:18)

20th century. The Soaked Lamb don't ignore
what's going on around them - contemporary
life - but prefer to play sitting down. Basically,
they compose at a slow speed that is not at
all modern. The Soaked Lamb have no
time for hurrying, crafting their songs as
was done 70 or 80 years ago, with the care
of people producing a melody to last rather
than a rhythm to top the charts. At concerts,
both audience and band remain seated. The
music is in colour, but sounds as if it's in
black and white. All the musicians wear hats,
although one of them did also once play -
six band members in all, but more than a
dozen instruments: Miguel Lima plays drums
and percussion, Tiago Albuquerque switches
between trumpet, clarinet saxophones,
guitar, concertina and ukelele, Mariana Lima
sings and plays saxophone and ukelele, Vasco
Condessa is on piano and other keyboards,
Afonso Cruz sings and plays guitar, banjo,
ukelele, harmonica and lap steel guitar, and
Gito is on double bass. And a megaphone is
also involved.
Given their dress and performance, the name
of the band's second disc came naturally:

Lima (drums) decided to record a CD.
Another future band member (Afonso Cruz)
had an apartment ideal for music of the kind
they had imagined. It was in Lisbon's Avenida
Almirante Reis, right next to a soup kitchen,
and was a huge space divided into nine or
ten rooms, its balcony boasting a superb
view of one of the city's seediest squares,
Largo Intendente. It was here the base was
recorded, with other musicians arriving one
by one and recording their contributions.
The musicians never all played together
(some didn't even know each other at the
time) but recording went on; its completion
was the cue for rehearsals to begin for live
shows. In other words, the band emerged
from the disc rather than the other way
around. Because all band members have day
jobs (two are in advertising, one is a designer,
one a sound engineer, one an illustrator and

director, and another a writer, illustrator
and director) recording all took place on
Sundays. Sometimes the lady of the house
would make ensopado de borrego, lamb
stew; but ensopado also means 'soaked' and
so that's how the band got its name, thanks
to Sunday's menu. If if you listen carefully
to the first CD, you can make out the cloves,
coriander and red wine in the mix. Since the
disc was all recorded at home, it was dubbed
Homemade Blues - real handcrafted music,
recorded over a period of almost a year.
After a few rehearsals, the band set off
to perform live around the country. The
Soaked Lamb have also contributed to the
soundtracks of films, including one featurelength
movie by Leonel Vieira, 'A Arte de
Roubar' (Art of Stealing) and adverts. About
a year and a half ago, they started recording
for their second disc, which was to be more
eclectic than the first. It is exclusively made up
of original tracks, recorded in a professional
studio (Índigo), but is still handmade, just like
the first.