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B.R LIVELY – ” Into The Blue “

Posted: June 29, 2017 in MUSIC
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The veteran songwriter on his latest release, listeners are invited into his transformative sound like an overdue cup of coffee with a friend. His voice is an extraordinary talent and proof of artistic integrity. this will speak to your soul. If laid back alt-country vibes are more your thing, you will find much comfort in how B.R Lively lets the song develop without feeling a need to fill space. This is one of those rare tracks that are able to change countenance and revive even the weariest of hearts.

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Though actively writing and performing music for over a decade, this album marks a distinct and conscious shift from Lively’s previous projects. No longer is he simply concerned with playing an instrument, Lively is learning to become one.
Realizing the difficulty of exploring this new depth within and around himself while occupied by the noise of his current life, Lively gave away his possessions, moved out of his house, and adopted Joanie, a 1990 Winnebago, as his new home. He wanted to quiet, simplify and create for himself the space necessary for such discovery.
It was with this mindset that Lively then entered the studio to record his first solo album. Gordy Quist, a recent friend and mentor (known to most from Band of Heathens), identified with the songwriter’s quest and helped him bring this vision to life.

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JOAN SHELLEY – ” Where I’ll Find You ” Later… with Jools Holland – BBC Two

Posted: June 26, 2017 in MUSIC
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There’s a kind of clarity and calm in Joan Shelley’s music that feels especially welcome in these fractious times. Her crystalline voice, with just a touch of vibrato, glides over soft finger style guitar, with melodies and imagery that seem to spring from traditional folk yet are her own. “Rest up baby, lay back now / Here the hands, here the mouth,” she sings in the opening track of her new album, Joan Shelley. “If you were made for me . . . then we’d be home.”

In spite of what its self-titling might suggest, the album Joan Shelley, produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, is not a debut—it is Shelley’s fourth solo release since 2012. She comes from Louisville, Kentucky, and is deeply connected with the music community there, with regular collaborators including Cheyenne Mize and Julia Purcell, with whom she formed the old-timey trio Maiden Radio; singer-songwriters Will Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) and Joe Manning; and guitarist Nathan Salsburg, her main accompanist these days on record and onstage.

On her breakthrough album, Over and Even (2015), and on Joan Shelley, Salsburg’s guitar lines blend so seamlessly with Shelley’s that the collective sound is like one instrument played by four agile hands. One reason they match so well is a shared love of British Isles folk—in her case, particularly singers such as Vashti Bunyan and Sandy Denny, and in his, guitarists such as Dick Gaughan and Nic Jones .

Where I’ll Find You – Later… with Jools Holland – BBC Two

JULIA JACKLIN – ” Eastwick “

Posted: June 21, 2017 in MUSIC
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Julia Jacklin’s star continues to rise and we couldn’t be happier for the Sydney based singer-songwriter. Her latest video and single is “Eastwick” from her captivating record Don’t Let The Kids Win.

The video for “Eastwick” is self-directed by Julia

New single from upcoming 7″ “Eastwick/Cold Caller”

Out September 15th via Polyvinyl Records, Transgressive Records and Liberation Music

EMILY HAINES & The SOFT SKELETON – ” Fatal Gift “

Posted: June 19, 2017 in MUSIC
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Emily Haines is best known as the lead singer for Metric, and also as a member of Broken Social Scene. But back in 2006 she released a breathtaking solo album called “Knives Don’t Have Your Back” More than a decade later, she’s back with a long-awaited solo followup called “Choir Of The Mind” and its first single, “Fatal Gift” Choir Of The Mind will be out September. 15th.

SARAH JANE SCOUTAN – ” When the Bloom Falls From the Rose “

Posted: June 17, 2017 in MUSIC
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Sarah Jane Scouten is an acclaimed singer songwriter in her native Canada ,she’s notched two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations — and beyond, earning praise from outlets in the U.S. and U.K. alike. This Friday she’ll release a new album “When the Bloom Falls From the Rose”, that showcases her agile voice, ruminative songwriting, and love for classic country, indie pop, and everything in between.

“Thematically, this album is about the bloom falling from the rose or a loss of illusion,” Scouten says. “Sometimes this is disillusionment and sometimes it’s a revelation that is full of light, like a Milan Kundera book. Those are songs like ‘Crack in Your Windshield’ or ‘Rosehips for Scurvy,’ which seem dark at first but are actually about letting go of expected outcomes or even settling into what is not beautiful. When I was two years old my mother died giving birth to my brother, so I learned as a child to hold on too tightly to the things and people I loved, and as I grow older I’ve started to learn how to let go of the desperation of needing situations to turn out just the way I want them to.”

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EMMA DAVIS – ” Getting Better “

Posted: June 16, 2017 in MUSIC
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“Getting Better” is a gorgeous new single from Sydney based indie-folk singer-songwriter Emma Davis . The single is a sumptuous, looping masterpiece that has Davis trademark vocals and production front and centre.

The track is the first taster from Emma’s upcoming album Demons which she’s pieced together of the last couple of years with producer and musician Greg J Walker (Paul Kelly, Tiny Ruins, Machine Translations).

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The Sydney musician has created a beautiful little debut album” – Music Feeds “Davis’ music is arresting and beautiful, quick to convert strangers and easy to satisfy those already familiar…It’s simple really – of the current crop of sensitive white singer songwriters brandishing six-string acoustics around this land of ours, Davis stands out as amongst the finest”

CALLUM PITT – ” Least He’s Happy “

Posted: June 16, 2017 in MUSIC
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Newcastle-based indie-folk newcomer Callum Pitt , whose The War On Drugs, Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes-influenced sound has attracted a ton of attention in the first half of 2017.

Debut single ‘You’d Better Sell It While You Can’ hurled him straight into the limelight back in January with support slots for the likes of Meadowlark, Cape Cub and Isaac Gracie alongside BBC 6 Music coverage soon following.

Latest offering ‘Least He’s Happy’ has done nothing to stop his momentum, with praise from DIY Magazine for his stunning falsetto voice and finger-picked folk riffs very warmly received.

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RHODES – ” Sleep Is A Rose “

Posted: June 12, 2017 in MUSIC
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Rhodes has returned with his new single ‘Sleep Is A Rose’. The track was the first single written and recorded live for his forthcoming second album which is currently being recorded in the Catskill Mountains with Matt Johnson (Jeff Buckley’s drummer on ‘Grace’) and Simone Felice (Lumineers).

Speaking of his new single, Rhodes explained: “‘Sleep is a Rose’ came out of nowhere one sleepless night when I was away writing the first few songs for the record. I found an old cottage in the Lake District, spending many nights lying awake thinking about it all and this one came to me in all in one moment. I recorded it straight away because I wanted to capture that initial spark and the night-time mood.”

Music video by RHODES performing Sleep Is a Rose.

JOHN MORELAND – ” It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before) “

Posted: June 5, 2017 in MUSIC
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Following up the breakthrough is a tricky business. The easiest thing for John Moreland to do following the success of his 2015 album High On Tulsa Heat would have been to deliver a sequel-like rehash of the acoustic glories of that album. Instead he beefs things and takes a full-band approach on Big Bad Luv, which contains almost as many hooks as it does Moreland’s hard-earned kernels of truth.

You can sense the difference right off the bat with “Salisaw Blue,” which delivers some serious heartland crunch. “Ain’t We Gold” flirts with funk, while “It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)” locates a chugging, Allman Brothers-style groove. Even mid-tempo numbers like “Lies I Chose To Believe” and “Amen, So Be It” find ways to engage the listener rhythmically as Moreland does his typically astute job with lyrics.

The feeling overall that you gather from these songs is that the difficult struggle undertaken by Moreland’s characters against the darker elements of life is absolutely worth it in the end.

Moreland does take a few moments here and there to go down the more harrowing roads of the previous album, as on “No Glory In Regret.” But even in that song, there’s somebody by his side to help him face his demons. On closing track “Latchkey Kid,” Moreland sings, “I don’t feel the need to prove myself no more.” Big Bad Luv benefits from that attitude, even as it proves this singer-songwriter hasn’t let down at all.

‘It Don’t Suit Me (Like Before)’ by John Moreland, from new album ‘Big Bad Luv’, released May 5th on 4AD Records

VAGABON – ” Fear a Force “

Posted: June 3, 2017 in MUSIC
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Vagabon has had quite the interesting few months since her debut record Infinite Worlds was released back in February. She’s played countless shows and festivals around The States and beyond, and a clip of “Cold Apartment” was even aired on KCET recentlt. Lætitia Tamko is showing no signs of slowing with her release of her newest visual companion for the song “Fear & Force“. Shot on 35mm film, the video gives a short look into a relationship between two people and how easily it can fall apart. Hit the link above to have a gander at what may be the best music video you’ve ever seen. the video meanders through a day two people spend together. They take a drive. They take a walk in the woods and no one else is in sight. For a fleeting moment, they are the only two who exist. Then they are hurled back to reality and reminded how capable they are of hurting each other. The final shots of the film are perhaps the most stunning. They occupy themselves with another, equally delicate and terrifying relationship: the one you have with yourself.

Lætitia Tamko, who performs as Vagabon, reminds me that intimacy, closeness, is perhaps the most expansive thing there is. “Fear and Force” a single from Tamko’s debut album “Infinite Worlds” , is a heart-wrenching testament to that truth.

Hope you fallen in love with the video and Infinite Worlds record already? Wonderful, because Vagabon is going on tour this autumn with other Father/Daughter Records superstar, NNAMDI OGBONNAYA. lets hope they make it to the UK.

“Fear & Force” by Vagabon off her album “Infinite Worlds” available now on Father/Daughter Records. Vagabon is Lætitia Tamko

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