Filed under: Video , New Music , Exclusive "No, the boat wasn't tethered," Provo, Utah-based singer-songwriter Isaac Russell tells Spinner about floating down a river in his new video for 'Lighthouse.' "There was a rope above the water and the crew would pull it. I wasn't really sure how it was going to sound, but it felt really cool just being out by ourselves on the private river." As for his songwriting technique, Russell has a [...]
First, forget about the fact that neo-folk troubadour Isaac Russell is eighteen. Or that he's from Provo, Utah. Or that he wrote and recorded his first album Elizabeth -- dedicated to his late mother, cancer stricken at the time -- when he was all of fifteen years old. It would just be too easy to write about Russell using the word "precocious" and "gifted" or play up his story and background, but that would make the angle more about him and less about the exceptionally promising music that he's been creating -- something a much larger [...]
"A new prescription with a different name, but it tastes the same." Last time I checked in on the happenings of Isaac Russell , he was just an ultra talented and painfully underrated young kid from Utah. Now he has, thankfully, shed his old moniker Ruru, signed with Columbia Records, and is currently on tour with Pete Yorn. The cut below will appear on Isaac's major label EP debut, but is taken from his previous album Elizabeth. The album was recorded [...]
I made a pact with myself about 4 years ago never to post major label schlock on Songs:Illinois. One reason for my boycott is that on the whole major label releases equate to overproduced, lowest common denominator crap. The second reason is that the majors aren't thrilled with music blog coverage and I'm not that keen on having my site summarily deleted. But I couldn't resist with this new record by Isaac Russell due out in 2010 on Columbia/Sony. Isaac is a Provo, Ut based singer songwriter who has recently been on tour with Pete Yorn, [...]
RuRu - Elizabeth Isaac Russell was 15 when he wrote this - 15! The next year, he recorded a full album by the same name, which was dedicated to his mother who passed away some years earlier, and gradually made the transition from playing back-up guitar for his brother Mudbison to having his own band (which recently signed a deal with Columbia). To hear more songs, check his official site . MySpace Photo by Thisfatzoo , licensed under Creative Commons
Who? RuRu (now known as Isaac Russell) What? Softness on a guitar, Indian Summer music Sounds like? Vandaveer, Josh Ritter, Josh Rouse So, I'm back. I was kinda wasting my evening, so i thougth: well let's upload a song of some good music. I'm still looking for other ways to keep this blog going, cause i would like to give musical tips. I just don't like spending time writing about it I guess. (And i hate the uploading as well, that's how lazy i [...]
Spinner.com
Direct Current
Come Pick Me Up
songsillinois
See What You Hear.com
An Inside Out Sock
Spiritualized / Nikki Lane Live @ The Wiltern 5-22-12
Confield: il primo album della band romana new wave dal 28 maggio in free download
