Not so aptly titled for a Sunday morning, I am taking another moment to listen to the newest album from Kesang Marstrand entitled "Hello Night". As previously mentioned in my post on her "Bodega Rose" album , this album is that previously mentioned album of original lullabies. If you have kids, this is the best Slowcoustic gift you could have for them! Kesang's nature is to supply us with delicate acoustic songs with her quiet and just ever so breathy vocals. This is especially true with this album, it is soft and delicate and stunning in the [...]
I've been on vacation, lethargic and then uninspired for the last few weeks. The Sam Baker post and subsequent CD sales of his new record "cotton" were encouraging though, as were the number of emails that supported the site and the rather odd stunt we pulled. A tweet by a fellow blogger on news of a new record by Kesang Marstand got my pulse racing again. I wrote about and was enchanted by her last record ( here ). Hello Night is a record that is full of lullabies that [...]
Born to a Danish mother and Tibetan father, Kesang (pronounced kay-song) Marstrand is not your ordinary mixed-origin singer-songwriter. Now out with her debut album Bodega Rose, Marstrand's music is soulful acoustic that's at once gripping and memorable. We speak to her about her new record, Tibet and convenience stores Tell us a little about yourself. How would you describe your music to someone who hasn't heard it before? I've been playing guitar and writing songs for about ten years now, [...]
O, my love is like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June. O, my Love is like the melody, That's sweetly played in tune... ~Robert Burns I have been on kind of a roll lately for female artists. With that being said, I was more than happy to receive the "Bodega Rose" album from Kesang Marstrand this last week. 12 digital drops of melancholic acoustic beauty. Bodega Rose was released late last year on North Node Records and is a contemplative journey through life's [...]
Tracklist: 01. Colorless Farewell 02. Say Say Say 03. Real Boy 04. Grow A Garden 05. Lioness 06. The Choir Sighed 07. Any Kind Of Bridge 08. The Slightest Sound 09. Today Next Year 10. When You Returned 11. Thin Skin 12. Bodega Rose Genre: Folk/Acoustic Website: Myspace | [...]
Born to a Danish mother and Tibetan father, Kesang Marstrand is not your ordinary mixed-origin singer-songwriter. Now out with her debut album Bodega Rose , Marstrand's music is soulful acoustic that's at once gripping and memorable. Her voice is moody and clear in the vein of Corinne Bailley Rae and Emily Haines. Marstrand, now 27, was born in New York and discovered her passion for music "via a piano in the common room of a schoolhouse in Colorado". Bodega Rose features minimal arrangements, often just a guitar or a piano accompanying Marstrand's crisp delivery. We [...]
I've lamented before the unreliability of CD new release lists. Self-released records, despite all the hullabaloo about how that's the next big thing, are most likely not listed anywhere on the net. That's the case for the new record by Kesang Marstrand . Her new record Bodega Rose is more accomplished and more enjoyable than the bulk of the music I usually encounter. Kesang lives and records in Woodstock, NY. So it's probably been hard not to be influenced by the folk traditions of this now mythic location. But her music, at [...]
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