Posts Tagged ‘Folk’

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Taken from the album, “PAIN IS BEAUTY” this unsettling, Intense video is all about sexuality, memory, mortality, forgiveness, love and innocence. Chelsea Wolfe is a American singer songwriter from Sacremento California based in Los Angeles she is known for her style of Drone Folk metal and her use of experimental guitar work with hazy vocals she has released four albums to date “Feral Love” was featured in the GAME OF THRONES TV series

 

Sophie Jamieson has moved from melacholy folk songs to a more ambient and haunting band project Taken from the “WHERE” Ep, the band are gaining in strength

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Fanfarlo use an abundance of Instruments to create their Folk Indie Rock sound formed by Swedish Multi-instrumentalist Simon Balthazar based in london the band are releasing the third album “Lets Go Extinct” checkout their video blog titled  “Personal Experiences”

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a second track from the vocals of Beverley Martin,

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I had already heard a smattering of the songs at recent live shows planned for this the second album from the wonderful talented Blue Rose Code. A Caledonian Folk Soul singer songwriter originally from Edinburgh now based in London the album is due to be released on 2nd June, I knew that “The Ballad Of Peckham Rye” was going to be a great listen With a collection of the folk genres best leading musicians adding instrumentation or backing vocals, Karine Polwart, Kathryn Williams, Aiden O’Rourke and Danny Thompson. The vocals, The emotions, The lyricism and The musicians all add to this superb collection of songs. Blue Rose Code always takes you through a journey of love, pain, laughter and forgiveness the songs will always make you feel lots of emotions when you listen to the music of Ross Wilson BLUE ROSE CODE. http://www.bluerosecode.com

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Described as one of the most Important Bootlegs releases of all time, A very young Bob Dylan, already a very confident performer plays a collection of his own songs mixed with traditional Folk and Blues covers, playing mostly songs unknown to the small audience, as the second album had still not been released at this time, the set includes Bob Dylans Dream, Ballad of Hollis Brown, Walls of red Wing, Boots of Spanish Leather, Blowin in the Wind,A hard Rain is Gonna Fall,highway 51, With God On Our Side, Masters of War, ends with a long poem called “Last thoughts on Woody Guthrie” to date there have been 4 songs released on the Dylan Bootleg series of recordings.
thanks to the site Joanna’s Visions

Ezra Furman as a former member of the Harpoons left the band an became band leader, A thoughtful lyricist with poetic inspirations sings in a slight nasal style his sound is raw deep and achingly sentimental, Ezra Furman and the Boyfriends will be at the Musician in Leicester

Debut album from this ex Australian singer songwriter now resident in Bristol, creating tender ballads with her collective of musicians. I’ve seen her at the Green Man festival with a rousing Folk Rock collective of friends and other musicians, please check out the album THE TORTOISE http://www.nualahonan.com

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Jinnwoo is a totally unknown artist and on the strength of his written material he contacted an array of various musicians and asked them to collaborate on his current crop of recordings. Jinnwoo is a tall quiet guy with the most unusual voice and a extraordinary style, but also a great talent of writing, producing material and some very good photographs and art , his stripped back performances are exhilarating and have captivated audiences, he has supported a cream of British talent including one of his first gigs as support to Lanterns On the lake plus others bands like Alt-J Lucy Rose and Ghostpoet………http://www.facebook.com/jinnwoo

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a few days ago I featured the wonderful album by Richard and Linda Thompson, I want to see the Bright Lights Tonight , I found this superb cover from two women that are both amazing performers and songwriters