In early 2010 several of Scotland’s most talented indie-rock and folk musicians came together to collaborate on a project called The Fruit Tree Foundation, and the resulting First Edition will finally be available for purchase on June 28th. The idea for the album arose from the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival with the intention of raising awareness of mental health and challenge perceptions of mental health problems. The musicians involved are members of such bands as Frightened Rabbit, Twilight Sad, Idlewild, Sparrow and the Workshop, the Delgados, as well as a host of others. [...]
Staying on the topic of licentiousness, it's interesting to consider the geographical/cultural variations on how it's shaped into art. Let's take Kenny Rogers. In contrast to Leon Ware's domesticated, slightly over-the-top chivalrous approach to seduction, Kenny's tale of bonged-out redneck sexplay invokes the rambling drifter archetype who isn't too concerned about controlling his environment or even himself. And it's served it up in a swampy twang funk that smells a little suspicious. It's sort of hideous to imagine Kenny himself doing any of this stuff, but I bow to the tastes of his demographic, at least the one from those [...]
Gratitudes of plenty to the carrioncart . Kenny Rogers and The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
I was in two minds (only two?) over what to title this post : Ruby... was certainly a guilty pleasure during my childhood, not cool at all to enjoy country music. But it's an excellent, if understated, story song too - not the classic verse-after-verse sort, but one where your mind fills in all the details & history. You create your own image of a crippled ex-soldier, and of Ruby - contemplating a night out... all made-up, hair tinted & curled; even of the house where our story-snippet [...]
I was in two minds (only two?) over what to title this post : Ruby... was certainly a guilty pleasure during my childhood, not cool at all to enjoy country music. But it's an excellent, if understated, story song too - not the classic verse-after-verse sort, but one where your mind fills in all the details & history. You create your own image of a crippled ex-soldier, and of Ruby - contemplating a night out... all made-up, hair tinted & curled; even of the house where our story-snippet [...]
This is a magic hour in a magic town, where extraordinary events arise like words rolling off a fevered tongue. The playground is filled to capacity, the sun is framed by skyscrapers, and laughter mixes with jet engines in a chorus everyone can sing along with. This is a casual hour in a casual town. What seemed a mistake at first was soon revealed to be exactly right. When a weight is removed from a chest, restricted breaths can at last return to normal, like a car speeding down a deserted highway, air returns. This is a radiant hour in [...]
recently, the cover of radiohead 's in rainbows was released. unfortunately, no album artwork ever graced our downloaded zip file but now its nice to have something official . its been quite the experience enjoying this entire album, taking in what is new and combining all the emotions of love, chaos and uncertainty that comes with listening to your favorite band's recent release. only radiohead could get away with placing their music online, having their faithful fans pay as they choose and placing us all into some type of pyschedelic and colorful daze. in support [...]
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