trespasserswilliam.com The new year is traditionally held as a time for fresh starts and new beginnings, but it can also be a symbolic time for drawing things to an end or perhaps more appropriately, wrapping up something to begin something else. Not that that was the only reason it wasn't a complete surprise when Seattle duo Trespassers William took to Facebook this week to announce that the band would be shelved for the foreseeable future. Despite completely winning me over with their second album Different Stars [...]
We follow over a hundred blogs, and listen to everything that's sent to us, but we can't claim to be completists here at Cover Lay Down. The world of folk is too big, and the borders fluid and everchanging; even if we had the luxury of listening full-time, we'd surely miss some of the good stuff. But 2011 was a year which found us particularly removed from the outside world. New teaching assignments at the desperately struggling inner-city school where I teach had my head down for weeks on end, developing [...]
Quick hitter today from Slowcoustic Favourite Lotte Kestner in the form of a new cover project that includes a beautiful homage to Ghosts I've Met! Anna-Lynne Williams (Lotte Kestner and 1/2 of Trespassers William) emailed me to give me the heads up while I was away on holidays last week and with my sporadic internet it was almost painful to not be able to listen. Well, I have now been listening to the cover and it was worth the wait. If you are familiar with Williams, she can add a stillness and beauty to almost any song...even if [...]
Lotte Kestner - Halo [Beyonce] | od | bx
Download Sharks cover of the National's 'Bloodbuzz Ohio' and Lotte Kestner's cover of 'Conversation 16.'
Lotte Kestner Even the meekest and most pretentious hipster on earth should clearly admit Beyonce Knowles has a voice that can call upon the angels of the midnight hour tstare the world down until all of their children are safe. We also know, based upon the words of the one of the finest artists of the modern world, that she made "THE GREATEST VIDEO OF ALL TIME!!!". But, what happens when the king of modern R&B is unintentionally outdone? Is it possibly that a goddess from the independent music world could legitimize a pop princess? The [...]
I'm a sucker for sappy girl versions of pop and rock songs. I am also a sucker for Anna-lynne Williams and her projects Trespassers Williams and Lotte Kestner, Lotte Kestner being the name she gave her solo acoustic project. So you can imagine how happy I was to find out Lotte Kestner's new album would be entirely covers! For some this would be a let down, but for me, who loves covers, this is thrilling. She has done some amazing covers before, a few are included again on this new release, like her amazing version of Interpol's "Leif Erikson". [...]
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Let's just throw it out there right now: Anna-Lynne Williams has one of the most captivating set of vocal chords this side of the Atlantic. Her tantalizing and dazzling voice has the ability to permeate your soul for as long as you can withstand its beauty. And it doesn't matter the moniker or collective group she decides to use to show off her amazing talents. Whether it be as one half of Trespassers William, or the other half of Ormonde, or, in this case, as the great Lotte Kestner . Williams [...]
With the holiday season upon us, and almost nearing completion, it might be a good time to start thinking about one of the finer, and probably more noble, sides of the season – The Giving. But, as most of us know, but may not want to admit, sometimes the benefit of giving is actually the getting. So how we solve the dilemma of trying to give back, and at the same time receiving something awesome in return? I'd like to say, there's an app for that . And there may very well be. But, [...]
Due to time restraints and being on a bit of a vacation at the moment - I have a couple of posts donated from friends, bloggers and musicians to keep this Slowcoustic train moving along. Today we have a musician who is a personal favourite due to her ability to create some of the best music I have heard (and still has an album in my all time best of list with her "China Mountain" album). Today Lotte Kestner (Anna-Lynne Williams who is Lotte Kestner and one half of Trespassers William) lists her best albums of 2010 along with her [...]
SoCal has fond memories of Trespassers William , the Orange County-bred dreampop outfit who fled to the Pacific Northwest around the time 2004's "Different Stars" was worming its way into our ears. Matt Brown and Anna-Lynne Williams have released precious little TW music since 2006 (only two EPs), but Williams has been involved in other projects — collaborating with Texas folk artist Robert Gomez as well as doing a solo album as Lotte Kestner . The latter work, titled "China Mountain," came out this summer on Silber Records, and it's [...]
Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: The Black Twig Pickers : "Don't Drink Nothing But Corn" [mp3] from Ironto Special (out September 21st) other Black Twig Pickers posts at Largehearted Boy Blonde Redhead : "Not Getting [...]
Lotte Kestner - Temperature
I hope you readers are also following my other "night job" of running Yer Bird Records ...(waits while sound of crickets gets louder...)...as we have been slowly but surely announcing updates on our upcoming compilation CD set for release this Summer. I had said to myself repeatedly that I would do my best to not cross pollinate with my blogger life here at Slowcoustic - in other words, I have a pseudo financial interest in Yer Bird doing well so it is hard to promote it without feeling like I am pandering to you all to "buy my [...]
Yes, this is a little late, but it doesn't really matter anymore. I've made some very slight changes to the list - some songs I lost interest in after a while, some I moved around, but the top thirty have remained the same. 2009 has been a good year for music, perhaps better than its predecessor, but these songs take some beating. I think the best thing to do is to stream the tracks while reading. Or just download them all, whatever's good for you. All the rather lovely artwork for this list is by Anika , who also [...]
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Auch in turbulenten Zeiten bleiben sichere Werte. Eine blinde Investition in die neue EP von Trespassers William ist so sicher wie ein Klumpen Gold unter dem Kopfkissen. Für den etwas seltsamen Namen zeichnet der drollige Honigbär Winnie-the-Pooh mit einem seiner Abenteuer verantwortlich, das Duo aus Seattle dankt es ihm seit über 10 Jahren mit gemächlichem, folkigem DreamPop. Wie ums Maul des lebensfrohen Bären geschmierter Honig umschmeicheln die träumerischen Melodien leicht schwermütige Herzen. Da leckten sich selbst die Produzenten von Serien wie Buffy und O.C. die Ohren und verschafften den zwei, wie auch der Kinofilm " A Love Song for Bobby Long" mit Scarlett [...]
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