(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... La Minneapolis degli anni '80 ha fatto regali preziosissimi ai fan del rock: Husker Du , Replacements , Soul Asylum . Ha fatto un regalo preziosissimo anche a chi dal rock se ne stava un po' fuori. Prince è probabilmente, e non siamo particolarmente originali nel dirlo, uno degli artisti che meglio hanno saputo concepire le vie di fuga [...]
To be frank I'm a little Prince-d out. After a long summer gorging myself on concerts , aftershows and unreleased gems my purple-appetite was fully sated. More than that, what with it being the a full 20 years since his last decent album, the long standing rumours (and evidence) of unmetered control-freakery and those 'PR friendly' lawsuits against his own fans perhaps it is time to get some perspective. Next week sees the release of Controversy A Tribute to Prince a collection of hit and miss cover versions. It's an [...]
Susanna and her one-man Orchestra weave haunting lines around familiar songs, making them strange and other again. It'd be worth posting their cover versions alone, but then it turns out that their best song of all, is a song of their own making. Believer winds Susanna's voice slowly and deliberately around the simplest of melodies, with the simplest of accompaniment. How is it, then, that the song they made is so much more, so much greater and aching and true, and anything but simple? [...]
Four ladies, with their haunting, melancholy voices, determined to fill your sleepless nights with beguiling lullabies. TRESPASSERS WILLIAM Trespassers William - my current obsession. Anna-Lynne Williams, the lead singer, has an emotive, unique voice that easily draws comparisons to Hope Sandoval of Mazzy Star. Their music is for those nights when you just want to turn all the lights off and lie awake in your bed, staring still at the ceiling while thoughts unravel in your head. These days they spend time in the [...]
"Her days of precious freedom, forfeited long before. To live such fruitless years behind a guarded door. But those days will last no more." I once listened to the original Fairport Convention version of this Sandy Denny song on endless repeat for an entire weekend. I know that sounds like the typical thing for a sad little goth girl to do at the weekend - right up there with haunting the market stalls for rare Nick Cave dolls. Well, a girl can't spend [...]
"Tomorrow at this hour she will be far away." Susanna & the Magical Orchestra ~ Fotheringay from Melody Mountain by Susanna & the Magical Orchestra written by Sandy Denny
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Hallelujah One thing I've noticed while listening to all of the various version of this song in preparation for Hallelujah Week is that singers usually approach it with a good deal of restraint. It's a big song about sex and religion and death, so you might think more people would be willing to really let rip. And no-one shows more restraint than Morten Qvenild and Susanna Wallumrød, collectively known as Susanna and the Magical Orchestra . Hallelujah opens the band's [...]
There was a time (1997 - 2002 or so) when MOJO was the best music magazine on the planet. I read them cover-to-cover, even the bands I didn't care about. A 12-page article on Van der Graff Generator? Fascinating. The...
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ... [Attenzione, il disco recensito potrebbe gettare dentro al colore blu tutto quello che vi circonda. Prendete queste parole nella maniera più seria possibile per favore.] Come può essere che sono rimasto stregato da un disco così? Come mai un disco di cover mi ha rapito in questo modo? Come può essere che dopo solo un paio di ascolti questo dannato album si arrampichi in modo così [...]
I have some kind of weird love affair with the cover version (see my earlier Better Beatles post, and thus I always enjoy the postings of Liza on the Copy, Right blog. Last week I was introduced to the work of Norway's Susanna & The Magical Orchestra and their "Melody Mountain" album of covers. It's pretty much all I've listened to for days.. A beautiful voice and laid-back arrangements that don't seek to change the original melodies, but still manage to add a completely individual touch (compare and contrast with Kathryn Williams' completely [...]
It's been quite a while since the MOKB Covers Project and I've had lots of people send me tracks that were missed. I don't have them all, my inbox gets filled up pretty fast, but here are a few I managed to salvage... Susana and the Magic Orchestra - Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) Susana and the Magic Orchestra - Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode) Die Art - Love Will Tear [...]
Around this time last year, I posted a cover of Dolly Parton's "Jolene" by Norway's Susanna and the Magical Orchestra that I really loved. (Me love a Scandinavian act who covers songs? Never!) Luckily for me, I learned recently that SATMO (my abbreviation, not theirs) released an all-cover album this year entitled Melody Mountain . Here are a couple featured on said album: Susanna and the Magical Orchestra "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" (AC/DC cover) When this track [...]
tonight/ last night i saw the dusk falling apart. dawn is coming unto me. here/now starts my everafter. these are the songs of our goodbye. 01: Guillemots , Little Bear . 02: Annie Lennox , Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye . 03: Bonnie "Prince" Billy , Then The Letting Go . 04: Susanna & The Magical Orchestra , Hallellujah . 05: Jason Molina , Nashville Moon (Live) . [...]
SUSANNA AND THE MAGICAL ORCHESTRA "Melody Mountain" I used to have this teenage ritual where I would light up some candles and incense around 3am, be sad about nothing in particular, and play side one of Cocteau Twins' "Head Over Heels". I'm not sure what I was trying to prove, at 17, I had little to feel morose about (in hindsight), but I'm sure every high schooler did
Susanna & The Magical Orchestra Now, I don't have an XBOX. But I do have a Mac. So while everyone else is playing Halo on their television sets, apparently I have to play in front of my computer screen (which is an antique, by the way, she's about 10-12 years old.) I was never too big on Halo, but for some reason in the past two days I've just been playing my ass off. I think I'm just in one of those stages, though. I'll probably shove it aside [...]
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