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JazzBluesSoulGuy

@36thchamber.bsky.social

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Jazz, Blues, Soul musician: Voice, saxophone, harmonica. GirlDad. Raising Consciousness. I am going to share amazing live video of my musical heroes from past and present bc I love doing so and I’ve learned so much from them. Come along

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JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Blessings on the journey, Master Sonny. 🙏🏽 Here is Sonny Rollins performing “St. Thomas” in Denmark, 1968. This tune was based off a lullaby his mother sang to him as a child. Sonny sang it to us. Now it’s our turn to sing it. #Jazz #LiveJazz #JazzSky #SonnyRollins youtu.be/QE_nVLHIi7E?...

Sonny Rollins - St. Thomas (1968)

YouTube video by Vince Cho

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JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Let’s dig a little on vibes day. Here’s Roy Ayers Ubiquity performing their song ‘Vibrations’ in 1976. This is the title track of their album released that year. I wish I knew more about this video but mostly I’m just grateful it exists. Enjoy! #jazzsky #livejazz #musicsky youtu.be/xc7DAOH-58E?...

Roy Ayers Vibrations (Live 1976)

YouTube video by Inspetor Montrachet

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JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Where I’m at today. I dream it too. We need it. We need it. No exceptions, and, or buts. Here’s Lakecia Benjamin performing ‘Amerikkan Skins’ in 2023. Off her 2024 album, Phoenix Reimagined. Amazing to watch her soar #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazz #music youtu.be/2actqJNMb2M?...

Lakecia Benjamin "Amerikkan Skins" en session TSFJAZZ !

YouTube video by TSF JAZZ

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Askiwi 🇪🇺 🌍 🕊 ♏ @askiwi.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Billy Paul #Soulsky

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Some rare live video of Dizzy Reece in NYC, 1988. Here performing with Cedar Walton, whose birthday would be today, performing Cedar’s tune ‘Hindsight’. With Junior Cook on tenor. #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazz youtu.be/eXPzCMkUAnw?...

Cedar Walton Quintet Ft Junior Cook + Dizzy Reece (Hindsight)

YouTube video by krjazz

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

In celebration of Eartha Kitt’s life. Here she is singing ‘Yellow Dog Blues’ with Nat King Cole on piano in 1958. This is from the film St. Louis Blues. #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazzmusic #jazz youtu.be/U8LcFzikK8Y?...

Eartha Kitt & Nat King Cole sing in "St Louis Blues" (1958)

YouTube video by The American Lindy Hop Championships

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

In celebration of the life and music of Sam Moore. And Sam & Dave, and Isaac Hayes who helped write so many of their amazing songs that inspired many greats that followed. Legends! Here they perform ‘I Thank You’ on the Ed Sullivan show, 1969 #soulsky #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/6_jH-TXUhzU?...

Sam & Dave "I Thank You" on The Ed Sullivan Show

YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

“the wise man and the fool side by side, which one is you? the fool i played once before that was then and this is new yeah but the darkness of my mind and the love thereof” Kassa Overall: ‘Darkness In Mind’. Just Beautiful. Album: I Think I’m Good #jazzsky #musicsky youtu.be/9BFgIlolBnQ?...

BRIC JazzFest 2019: Kassa Overall, "Darkness in Mind"

YouTube video by BRICbrooklyn

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Feeling this on a few levels. Relates to a lot more than Jazz and that’s one reason this guy is a legend. Here is the one, the only, the great Gil Scott-Heron performing ‘Is That Jazz?’ In 1982 #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazzmusic #soulsky youtu.be/IFxFIJxZyrw?...

Gil Scott-Heron - Is That Jazz? (Live at the Wax Museum Nightclub, 1982)

YouTube video by DJ 3lectrical

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Where I’m at today. I dream it too. We need it. We need it. No exceptions, and, or buts. Here’s Lakecia Benjamin performing ‘Amerikkan Skins’ in 2023. Off her 2024 album, Phoenix Reimagined. Amazing to watch her soar #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazz #music youtu.be/2actqJNMb2M?...

Lakecia Benjamin "Amerikkan Skins" en session TSFJAZZ !

YouTube video by TSF JAZZ

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Inspired by the timeline. Here’s master arranger, composer and saxophonist, Oliver Nelson. Performing ‘Black, Brown and Beautiful’ in Berlin, 1970. This is the title track off his album released that year. #jazzsky #jazz #music #nowplaying #musicsky youtu.be/-U61F0nJrDY?...

1970 - Oliver Nelson - Black, Brown and Beautiful

YouTube video by Pascal Savelon

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Music & art is the bridge. Love & empathy is the bridge. Spirit is the bridge. We are the bridge. Let’s help those that need it the most, that’s it. Here’s Aretha Franklin performing ‘Bridge Over Troubled Waters’ in 1971. #HappyNewYear #JazzSky #MusicSky #SoulSky #nowplaying youtu.be/FoVezjpRgKE?...

Aretha Franklin, Bridge over troubled water Switzerland 1971

YouTube video by Urs Mueller

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

One of my favorite combinations. Here’s Jimmy Witherspoon & Ben Webster performing ‘Ain’t Nobody’s Business’ in 1962 with the Vince Guaraldi trio. Jimmy’s voice and Ben’s playing is peak soulfulness #jazzsky #bluessky #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/oFk80zFNkNY?...

Tain't Nobody's Business - Ben Webster (feat. Jimmy Witherspoon)

YouTube video by Mr. Wolf

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Enjoy this wonderfulness. Here’s Odetta performing a 30 minute set on Belgian tv in 1964. With Leslie Grinage and Peter Childs. Set list in the next skeet. Hope everyone is safe and well taken care of #soulsky #jazzsky #bluessky #musicsky #folksky youtu.be/2A9askVdzI8?...

Odetta - TV concert 1964, complete

YouTube video by Gazely Gaze

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Another random cool. If you’ve never seen this, buckle up. This is Lalah Hathaway performing ‘Something’ w/ Snarky Puppy in 2013. It’s all good, but at 6:10 in this video LH sings multiple notes at once during her solo. It is beyond amazing #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/0SJIgTLe0hc?...

Snarky Puppy feat. Lalah Hathaway - Something (Family Dinner - Volume One)

YouTube video by GroundUP Music NYC

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Just random fun shit. Here’s Esperanza Spalding & Robert Glasper doing a totally improvised blues at Blue Note in NYC. They are so good and this is funny. With Justin Tyson on drums #jazzsky #jazz #nowplaying #musicsky #jazzmusic youtu.be/p6ORkLQkaSk?...

Robert Glasper & Esperanza Spalding - The Blues (Live at Blue Note New York)

YouTube video by Robert Glasper

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

I’ll be with gathering with big family and things over the next week or two. I’ll probably still share some videos everyday but not as ambitious as usual. Just a head a up. I appreciate my peoples who love this music as much as I do. This is fun and definitely not over

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Tonight’s Blues features the fiddle (and some flute). Here is Clarence Gatemouth Brown on fiddle performing ‘Song For Renee’ in 1983. He was so talented. This song is on his album released that year: One More Mile #bluessky #musicsky #nowplaying #blues #bluesmusic youtu.be/-N8TcJkCxkU?...

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Song For Renee

YouTube video by Harpsucker

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Wrapping up today’s flute day with something special. Here is Charles Lloyd on flute with Keith Jarrett in 1966 performing ‘Of Course, Of Course’. This is the title track off Lloyd’s album released in 1965. Enjoy! #jazzsky #musicsky #jazzmusic #nowplaying youtu.be/pF1VILfIN_4?...

Of Course, Of Course, - Charles Lloyd Quartet 1966

YouTube video by Mr. Wolf

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Jazz flute #3. Here is Yusef Lateef on flute performing ‘Yesterdays’ in 1972. Beautiful stuff. This song is on his 1960 album: Cry! - Tender #jazzsky #nowplaying #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazz youtu.be/nkf-MwHfnjk?...

Yusef Lateef Quartet - Yesterdays - 1972

YouTube video by Jazz Story For Bullet

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Next up on Jazz flute day we got Hubert Laws performing as a duo with Russell Malone in 2010. This features him so nicely and Russell really understands how to accompany as a guitar player. The tunes are ‘Sophisticated Lady’ and ‘Corcovado’ #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/XFb34HF4xpw?...

Sophisticated Lady

YouTube video by Apache Kadid

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Jazz flute today. Kicking it off with James Newton performing ‘Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child’ in Brazil, 2003. This is nice #jazzsky #jazz #musicsky #music #nowplaying youtu.be/MlFtgDB5D9s?...

James Newton Quartet - Chivas Jazz Festival 2003

YouTube video by chicooceano

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Today’s theme

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a man in a red shirt is holding a knife in his mouth ..

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JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Blues tonight is piano great Little Brother Montgomery performing his song ‘Vicksburg Blues’ in Chicago, 1976. LBM first started leading his own bands in the 1930s. His biggest influence is Jelly Roll Morton who would visit his house as a kid #bluessky #musicsky #bluesmusic youtu.be/ZXcWyKWopUg?...

Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - Chicago (1976)

YouTube video by RawBluesTV

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Closing out today’s vibraphone day with a treat. Here are two masters, Milt Jackson and Gary Burton, performing ‘Night in Tunisia’ at Umbria Jazz in 1995 #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazz #livemusic youtu.be/7ZTNPV8gI6Y?...

1995 Gary Burton, Milton Jackson Umbria Jazz

YouTube video by Lucio C

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Let’s dig a little on vibes day. Here’s Roy Ayers Ubiquity performing their song ‘Vibrations’ in 1976. This is the title track of their album released that year. I wish I knew more about this video but mostly I’m just grateful it exists. Enjoy! #jazzsky #livejazz #musicsky youtu.be/xc7DAOH-58E?...

Roy Ayers Vibrations (Live 1976)

YouTube video by Inspetor Montrachet

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

This next guy is known as the father of Ethio-Jazz which combines traditional Ethiopian music and Jazz. Here is Mulatu Astatke performing ‘Motherland’ in Brazil, 2011. This song is from his 2010 album called Mulatu Steps Ahead #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazz #livemusic youtu.be/yXinA5cXOmw?...

Mulatu Astatke - "Motherland" Live in Sao Paulo

YouTube video by Strut Records

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Feeling a vibraphone day. We’ll start with Warren Wolf performing the Bobby Hutcherson tune ‘Herzog’ this year. This is a great band. The song is from Wolf’s album released this year called History of the Vibraphone #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazz youtu.be/LfrIgpQX6j4?...

4. Herzog by Bobby Hutcherson - Warren Wolf - The History of the Vibraphone 6/9/24

YouTube video by JazzwayLIVE

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Something special for my nightly Blues. Hound Dog Taylor and Little Walter perform ‘Wild About You Baby’ in 1967. #bluessky #musicsky #nowplaying #blues #bluesmusic youtu.be/gtnJM8iUy38?...

Hound Dog Taylor & Little Walter - Wild About you baby

YouTube video by Bluesboy89

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Wrapping up today’s female Jazz vocalist day with an icon. Here is Billie Holiday performing ‘Fine and Mellow’ in 1956 with an all-star band if there ever was. Probably the most viewed Jazz video ever. You’ll see why #jazzsky #jazz #musicsky #music #nowplaying youtu.be/pcRNe02N2bY?...

BILLIE HOLIDAY Fine and Mellow (Live CBS Studios 1957)

YouTube video by roger b

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Let’s dig! Dee Dee Bridgewater is like every kind of singer in one. Hard to show her incredible range in one video and I won’t attempt it. Here she is in 1997 performing ‘Mr. Paganini’ w/ Ray Brown and the WDR Big Band at JazzFest Berlin #jazzsky #jazz #musicsky #nowplaying youtu.be/eLYYvUm8mmc?...

Dee Dee Bridgewater – Mr. Paganini (1997, The Jazzfest Berlin)

YouTube video by marchfishka

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Next up we feature a woman equally amazing and totally different. Here is Cecile McLorin Salvant performing ‘Le temps est assassin’. Shades of Sarah, Nina and Edith. So gorgeous and deep. This is off her 2023 album: Mélusine. #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazzmusic #jazz youtu.be/KvAZv7RkEzA?...

Cécile McLorin Salvant - Le temps est assassin (Live)

YouTube video by Nonesuch Records

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Today is female Jazz vocalist day. Gonna kick it off with this amazing woman. Here is Jazzmeia Horn performing ‘Free Your Mind’ in 2019. She crushes this. This song is from her album released that year: Love and Liberation #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazzmusic #music youtu.be/fg09FqHDVe8?...

Jazzmeia Horn - Free Your Mind (Live from SFJAZZ)

YouTube video by Concord Records

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

My nightly Blues is something sweet and still. Here is Elizabeth Cotten in 1965 on the tv show Rainbow Quest. Hosted by Pete Seeger. Cotten performs ‘Honey Babe’, ‘Willson Rag’ and ‘Freight Train’ and tells stories too #Bluessky #BluesMusic #musicsky youtu.be/JAPibSxgIyw?...

Elizabeth Cotten-Rainbow Quest Tv Show

YouTube video by Blues And Acoustic Folk

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I lied. I’m gonna share one more for today for the maybe one other person that digs this. This is one of my favorites. Here is a full set from Eddie Jefferson in 1979. This is an absolute treasure to me. Band and set list in next skeets #jazzsky #musicsky #jazzmusic #jazz youtu.be/uvcWMwIMeLE?...

Eddie Jefferson - Live from the Jazz Showcase starring Richie Cole

YouTube video by All That Jazz Don Kaart

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

One more for today’s male vocalist day. This one is so fun. I present Jon Hendricks, Dizzy Gillespie and James Moody ALL singing and scatting together on the tune ‘Ooh Pop Pa Dah’ in 1988. Enjoy! #jazzsky #musicsky #nowplaying #jazzmusic #jazz youtu.be/v1uDKC-wJt0?...

Dizzy Gillespie, Jame Moody, Jon Hendricks Ooo Pa Pa Da Live, Wolf Trap Tribute to Dizzy 1988

YouTube video by Gb Xx

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Bobby McFerrin is an alien, but he’s a Jazz singing alien so it counts. Also, if you died and this is the music you heard, you’d KNOW you were in the place you wanted to be. Here’s Bobby McFerrin with Richard Bona, improvising together in Montreal, 2005. 😍 #jazzsky #musicsky youtu.be/aE8b4VyY6ck?...

Bobby McFerrin & Richard Bona

YouTube video by Sapir Yakov

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Back to male Jazz vocalist day. Here is Gregory Porter performing ‘Liquid Spirit’ with an all-star band in Osaka, Japan, 2014. This is the title track off his album released in 2013. It’s really hard not to love this guy #jazzsky #musicsky #jazz #music #nowplaying youtu.be/pcqKt2uReCk?...

Gregory Porter, John Scofield, Kris Bowers: "Liquid Spirit" | International Jazz Day Osaka

YouTube video by International Jazz Day

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Here is Nina Simone performing ‘Mississippi Goddam’ in Netherlands, 1965. The Carnegie Hall performance was in 1964 off her album Nina Simone In Concert. I’ll reply to this with another vid that gives background. #jazzsky #musicsky youtu.be/ghhaREDM3X8?...

Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam (Live in Netherlands)

YouTube video by Hip Hop Library

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Gonna do male Jazz singers today. Kicking it off with Michael Mayo performing ‘Four’ this year. This is off his album released this year called Fly. This is really nice. Check him out #jazzsky #musicsky #jazz #music #nowplaying youtu.be/qAlPI_rKvE0?...

Michael Mayo - FOUR (Official Performance Video)

YouTube video by Michael Mayo

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

I feel like we kinda got a thing going on. I do. Here’s Billy Paul performing ‘Me and Mrs. Jones’ on the tv show soul train in 1972. This song is from his album released that year titled, 360 Degrees of Billy Paul #soulsky #musicsky #nowplaying #soul #music #soulmusic youtu.be/dSdG0kd4vsk?...

Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones (Official Soul Train Video)

YouTube video by Philadelphia International Records

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

This is so nice! Here’s Ann Peebles performing ‘I Can’t Stand The Rain’ on the tv show Midnight Special in 1974. This is the title track off her album released that year. #soulsky #musicsky #nowplaying #soul #music youtu.be/ZW0QSvbRlPc?...

I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles | The Midnight Special

YouTube video by The Midnight Special

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

One more today. This is right in all the ways. The Pointer Sisters performing ‘Yes We Can’ in 1974 with a nice drum solo from Gaylord Birch. This is off their 1973 album, The Pointer Sisters. Enjoy! #soulsky #musicsky #nowplaying #music #soul youtu.be/IzZkjjENj_w?...

The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can (live)

YouTube video by Soultube

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I’m ready for some soul with a little funk in it. Gonna let Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings take us there, performing ‘This Land Is Your Land’ in 2014. This song is on her 2005 album, Naturally. She is wonderful #soulsky #musicsky #funksky #music #nowplaying youtu.be/1ifbleDsSsI?...

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - This Land is your Land (live)

YouTube video by Café Corsari

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I go rogue on the weekends, usually soul, but sometimes….well… Here is Toots and the Maytals performing ‘54-46(That’s My Number)’ in 1975 at Winterland in San Francisco. This is awesome #musicsky #soulsky #reggaesky #nowplaying #music youtu.be/DrdvtvoDjYE?...

Toots & the Maytals - 54-46 That's My Number - 11/15/1975 - Winterland (Official)

YouTube video by Toots on MV

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

For my nightly Blues I offer you Blues legend, Big Bill Broonzy. Here is Big Bill in 1957 performing ‘Worried Man Blues’, ‘Hey Hey’ and ‘How You Want It Done’. As far as albums go, I recommend The Bill Broonzy Story released in 1960. #bluessky #bluesmusic #musicsky #music youtu.be/N-pShRISHnQ?...

Big Bill Broonzy 1957: 3 Songs

YouTube video by GtrWorkShp

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

*warning: language in video* One more for today. This is The Last Poets joined by Pharoah Sanders performing ‘This Is Madness’. The spoken word group formed in the late 60s and many say are the foundation of hip hop. Not sure of year/musicians #jazzsky #musicsky #poetrysky youtu.be/i60TcAcYrrI?...

RBG| Jazz Meets Rap-Pharoah Sanders and Last Poets- THIS IS MADNESS

YouTube video by RBGStreetScholar

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

We’ll call today’s theme “outside the echo chamber”. Next up is a band called Katalyst performing their song called ‘The Avenues’ in 2022. This tune is on their album released that year called Katalyst JID013 #jazzsky #jazz #musicsky #music #nowplaying #music youtu.be/6LDgYpEPYAg?...

Katalyst "The Avenues" LIVE at Jazz Is Dead

YouTube video by Jazz Is Dead

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Next up for today is Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth SWAY performing ‘Muneer Appears’ in 2022. This song can be found on their album Sesc Jazz: Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Sway, released in 2023. Check em out! #WomenInJazz #jazzsky #nowplaying #musicsky #music #jazz youtu.be/jNYsXZNjA-A?...

Black Earth SWAY Muneer Appears Nicole MItchell Alexis Lombre JoVia Armstrong Coco Elysses

YouTube video by blackearthmusic

JazzBluesSoulGuy @36thchamber.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Not sure where we’re going today but we’ll start here. Here is the band Nérija performing their song ‘Riverfest’ in 2019. This song is off their album Blume, released that year #WomenInJazz #jazzsky #nowplaying #musicsky #jazz #music youtu.be/_3sAIQjh5Mk?...

Nérija - Riverfest (Live at Total Refreshment Centre)

YouTube video by Nérija Music