How to understand what your boundaries are and how to get better at standing by them, for less stress and a more creative life.

www.howtofightwell.com

Getting Better at Boundaries

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/sandy-denny-12th-october-2021

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A totemic figure in the history of UK dance and electronic music, Manchester native A Guy Called Gerald set the blueprint for the future of club music in the country, with his earlier jungle and acid house tracks, most notably the psychedelic masterpiece "Voodoo Ray" which has beguiled generations of dancers for well over three decades.

In Focus: A Guy Called Gerald - 7th April 2022

Raised in the Knowle West area of Bristol, Tricky began rapping in the 1980s, as a member of The Wild Crew, which eventually evolved into Massive Attack. He provided vocals on Massive Attack's seminal 1992 album "Blue Lines", and embarked on a solo career, creating an sound all of his own. Influenced by soul & R&B as well as Bristol's soundsystem heritage, Tricky's debut "Maxinquaye" was claustrophobic & introspective, setting the tone for trip hop, one of the defining movements of 90s pop.

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-tricky-7th-january-2020

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An idiosyncratic outlier in the history of 20th Century guitarists, Gábor Szabó's intricate style is as unique as his origin story. Inspired by cowboy films as a teenager whilst living in his native Budapest, Hungary, Szabó was mostly self taught, and serenaded diners and drinkers in establishments around the city in the 1950s.

He escaped political turmoil in Hungary, moving with his family to California, where he attended Berklee College, and soon began playing with California jazz artists like Chico Hamilton, and eventually with legendary bassist Ron Carter. Shaped both by this jazz experience and the Hungarian folk music of his youth, Szabo's solo career was a sonic one-off, filled with free-wheeling, delicate psychedelia and unpredictable melodic inventiveness.

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-gabor-szabo-17th-march-2023

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Taken from us tragically early at age 31, Chicago born vocalist Minnie Riperton left behind her legacy as one of the most unique and unforgettable voices in pop & soul. Famously gifted with a five-octave vocal range, Riperton was originally discovered while working as a receptionist at Chess Records, and was soon drafted into the role of main vocalist for Chicago psychedelic group The Rotary Connection. In her solo career she found reached bona fide pop stardom with the hugely successful ballad "Lovin' You".

This In Focus is a 60 minute trip through Minnie Riperton's lush & soulful discography, compiled by Neal Birnie. 

This episode is currently unavailable in the USA.

In Focus- Minnie Riperton

A masterful and creatively wide-ranging jazz pianist, Chick Corea was a celebrated performer whose influential albums found him exploring harmonically adventurous post-bop, electric fusion, Latin traditions, and classical. - Matt Collar

LDLDN explores Corea's extensive catalogue in this In Focus.

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-chick-corea-19th-february-2021

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At the turn of the 21st Century, a collective of DJs and MCs in Bow E3, East London - mostly schoolmates - helped birth a sound that still sounds futuristic, even two decades later. Despite beginning with no serious intentions, Ruff Sqwad's primary producers Rapid and Dirty created otherworldly instrumentals, seemingly devoid of past influence, in their early teens. They pulled in their friends to MC - Tynchy Stryder, Shifty Rydos, & Slix. The febrile energy this core creative group created seems to hold a more profound influence on UK music with each passing year.
Check out 60 minutes of groundbreaking UK music from Ruff Sqwad on this In Focus.

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-ruff-squad-23rd-october-2020

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For a band whose identity in pop culture is often subject to oversimplified definitions and reductive jokes, The Grateful Dead's music frequently evades concise pigeonholing. Formed in California during the high watermark of post-war US counterculture, the Dead weave a psychedelic tapestry of folk, jazz, bluegrass, country, gospel, reggae, rock and blues, where the beginnings and ends of each influence disappear. 

Their trademark marathon live performances, loose improvisational style and famously loyal fans make The Grateful Dead arguably a one of a kind phenomenon in popular music. 

Selected and mixed by Jennifer Walton. 
https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-grateful-dead-6th-october-2023

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Beijing's best kept secret, the alt rock band Dear Eloise was born sometime in 2007, the project of husband and wife duo Yang Haisong and Sun Xia, former vocalist and bassist from the Chinese rock band P.K.14. 

"Let’s imagine a picture in which the stars scald the sky and we crouch down on the lawn, stretching out our necks putting pressure on our knees. We look up to the dim but exciting glimmer, which hurts our eyes. Will we then cry?

The world you imagine is very far away. It resembles a fading cigarette end or a scar... If you can find meaning to my voice, then you can comprehend this fairy tale. Get out of the fluttering dream, dear Eloise. I am going to take you to a lively and awesome place where there are castles and festivals and days go by with a roar " 
https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-dear-eloise-27th-october-2023

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Ring the alarm! A cornerstone artist of early ragga and dancehall, Kingston's Tenor Saw lived up to his name, possessing one of the most instantly recognizable voices in the Jamaican musical canon. His experiments with electronic production in the early and mid-eighties were crucial to the development of the digidub style. 

Photo credit: Beth Lesser

 
Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-tenor-saw-29th-march-2024

Getting Better at Boundaries

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