★★★★☆
One of the unexpected consequences of the global lockdown has been the unwanted phenomenon of celebrities forcing themselves on to our already addled minds. The nadir was Gal Gadot, Natalie Portman and other Hollywood A-listers singing a horrifically earnest, stunningly tuneless Imagine from the comfort of their palatial residences. The exact opposite of that kind of self-congratulation was a two-hour, Friday night live stream from Light in the Attic (LITA), the label that specialises in digging up buried treasure from rock and pop’s past.
The Los Angeles-based record label revived the career of Rodriguez, the Detroit based “Latino Dylan” presumed dead until a decade or so ago, created a renewal of interest in the cult producer/songwriter Lee Hazlewood, and gave second chances to countless