I came across the term 'indietronica' last month while reading about music genres. I must admit I'm still confused by this umbrella term and don’t quite get what it encompasses but upon digging further, I landed on Felix Laband’s 'The Savage Bush Hotel'.

Compared to previous mixtapes where the first few tracks have been relatively slow to pick up, we hit it off quickly with a classic B-side from The Doors (Oct 2022 mixtape). They’re driving a ’57 Chevy to an old roadhouse and they’re surely having a good time.

Dark bluesy notes and avant-garde instrumentation follow on 'Black Stetson'. Featuring Colin Stetson (August 2022 mixtape) on the saxophone, this is one of 5 tracks on Fink​’​s Sunday Night Blues Dubs EP, an instrumental side project and companion to Fink's Sunday Night Blues Club Vol 1 highlighting some of the jams that ultimately led to the final takes.

If ‘cool’ had a sound, Charlie Hunter’s 'Fine Corinthian Leather' would be it. Smooth blues, groovy vibes, the perfect flow.

Next is 'Sensitive Kind', originally written by the legendary J.J. Cale, covered here by Eric Clapton and Don White a year after Cale’s death.

We continue with an effortless song by the man itself, featured on Troubadour, an album about living and loving on the road.

From here onwards, we depart from blues and transition to jazzy arrangements, starting with multi-instrumentalist Ishmael (Pete Cunningham) and his ensemble (August 2021 mixtape). Loosely associated with the UK jazz scene, the group recently contributed to the Blue Note Re:imagined project with their own rendition of the McCoy Tyner classic 'Search For Peace'. A densely layered epic of saxophone, strings, synths and voices.

Slamming beat on 'Broke' from contemporary Danish jazz quintet Girls in Airports. This is the first single from their upcoming album Dive.

With his gentle sax and laidback guitar notes, Hank Crawford takes us on a sweet ballad. 'We've Got a Good Thing Going' is the title track from his 1971 album.

More traditional sounds with a timeless song by trumpeter Donald Byrd (May 2022 / June 2022 mixtapes). A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the rare bebop jazz musicians who successfully explored funk and soul while remaining a jazz artist.

Next is a 10-minute soothing piece by Matthew Halsall taken from his upcoming album Salute to the Sun. Soulful playing that radiates warmth, lightness and harmony.

Things pick up again with 'Machine' by The Horrors, one of the greatest rock bands working today. Driven by an urge to keep evolving and experimenting, they released V in 2017, an excellent album that takes influences from all over the place without sacrificing their own artistic integrity. 'Ghost' and 'It’s A Good Life' are other favorites.

In 2019, and after a long absence, the iconic danish duo behind 'Bakerman' and 'Sunshine Reggae' released new material. And for all the skeptical out there, Laid Back continued to live up to their name by inviting us, one more time, to slow down. It can’t get chiller than this. Crank up the volume and kick back.

Despite the international success of 'Je t'aime... moi non plus' (which he sang with Jane Birkin 9 years earlier), it's only in 1978 and at the age of 50 that Gainsbourg would have his first solo commercial success with 'Sea, Sex and Sun'.

Next is the restless 'Pinky’s Dream' by the one and only David Lynch, a song released in 2011 on his second studio album. Described by him as "a collection of dark songs in the style of modern blues", this is yet another example of his ability to put his unmistakable Lynchian stamp on every art form he attempts.

On Eartheather’s ever-ascending 'Metallic Taste of Patience', repetitive violin strings morph into sharp stabs of electronics.

We start our descent with a live rendition of 'Colour or Anyhow' by New Age & folk jazz pioneer Beverly Glenn-Copeland. Still rocking at 74 and what a voice.

We close (or open again?) with the Soul Queen of New Orleans.