EP150: Duckwrth on Blue Magic’s “Thirteen Blue Magic Lane” (1975)

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Rapper/songwriter Duckwrth joins us to talk about Philly soul group Blue Magic and their spooky soul LP Thirteen Blue Magic Lane. We discuss the band’s place in the Philly soul scene, pillow talk in music, and we invent a new subgenre of music #pinkysoul

More on Duckwrth

• Check out Duckwrth’s newest single “Coming Closer”
• Duckwrth Treats Hip-Hop As His Missionary Work (NPR)
• Twitter | Instagram

More on Blue Magic

• Blue Magic’s biography (Allmusic)
• Blue Magic performing “Sideshow” on Soul Train

Show Tracklisting (all songs from Thirteen Blue Magic Lane unless otherwise indicated):

• Chasing Rainbows
• The Loneliest House on the Block
• Duckwrth: Psycho
• Blue Magic: Sideshow
• Haunted (By Your Love)
• Chasing Rainbows
• Duckwrth: Nobody Falls
• The Loneliest House on the Block
• The Gospel Music Worship Mass Choir: Chariot is a Comin’
• Karen Clark Sheard: Jesus is a Love Song
• Born on Halloween
• D’Angelo: Untitled (How Does It Feel)
• Stop and Get a Hold of Yourself
• I Like You
• Chasing Rainbows
• Classics IV: Stormy
• The Intruders: I’ll Always Love My Mama
• Born on Halloween
• Dilated Peoples: Right and Exact
• We’re on the Right Track
• Blue Magic and Margie Johnson What’s Come Over Me
• Rick James: Fire and Desire
• Loneliest House on the Block
• I Like You
• The Dramatics: I Made Myself Lonely
• The Intruders: Together
• Stevie Wonder: You’ve Got it Bad Girl

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find on there.
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