We are still here, but music worth posting has felt hard to to come by. This is an exception and I discussed this song and the myth behind it with Beth pretty much as soon as I'd heard it. Not sure there will be an album of the year round-up, but this is one of the best songs I've heard in 2012. Listen: Emily Portman - Hatchlings Buy it
Oh yes, Summer has arrived, and 50's pop seems so much more pleasing. Here's a slice of cheese for you, it's up there with Tell Laura I love her. Listen: Ray Peterson - Give us your blessing Buy it
Every Summer I load up the mp3 player with Beach Boys and Beachwood Sparks, get out my 12 string guitar and pretend I'm in a soft rock band with country pretensions. It has been so long since the last Beachwood Sparks EP that I've worn out the vinyl and am on my second CD. Perhaps I shouldn't take them to the beach. This might not be up for long so grab the sunshine whilst you can. Listen: Beachwood Sparks - Talk About Lonesome Buy It
Gosh, it's been so long that blogger has a whole new look and now you've got to put forced breaks in, the lot. Still, things are looking a bit different these days. Suffice to say that it's been a time , or, as Van says, time down through the weeks of ages. Don't knock early 80s Van. I've had this on repeat for months now. Howard is staging an intervention. Rave on words on printed page. Listen: Van Morrison - Rave on John [...]
Did you check the Tammy St John youtube below? I'm still looking for an mp3 - let me know in the comments if you have one. For today here's both a vid of Dusty stills and an mp3 of what might be my very favourite Dusty song - somehow both uplifting and melancholy at the same time. The shifting chords of large blocks of strings under the sung melody, hints of harp - luscious orchestration. Listen: Dusty Springfield - What are you doing the rest of your life?
Check it out. With the Summer heat the heartaches begin. If anyone has a better copy on mp3 please leave a comment.
Well here we have a couple of great songs, one from UK singer Patsy Matheson about the dangers of not appreciating what you have, when what you have is special and the other from a band that promise a return to real country music and go about proving just that with some impressive playing and yodelling. Both albums are well worth checking out and if either are playing near you check them out. Listen: Patsy Matheson - Hundred Guitars Buy it Patsy's Website [...]
There's loads of other lonesome music that I've been meaning to give an airing - a new HAL album (oddly Bee Gee-influenced), several Bonnie Prince Billy albums, Josh Ritter (really good actually) and a new Spain album (not as bad as the last, not as good as the first). Maybe they'll get a post to themselves, but in the meantime here are My Darling Clementine with classic county-style duet (he's a Tindersticks style baritone, she's a woman wronged). From their album How do you plead? this was the track that made me think about posting again. [...]
8 weeks old last Friday. Proper Lonesome service will resume once sleep patterns normalize. Listen: John Martyn - Couldn't love you more
We lost our Dad at the end of last year and music hasn't seemed as comforting as it used to. That said, it seemed fitting to post this today. It's not really Fleet foxes, but that's not the point. Listen: Fleet Foxes Sing - I wanna dance with somebody The photo above is my daughter Hannah, born on Friday Feb 10th, she's 2 days old as I write this.
Life bumbles along, and months of not being able to listen to music come to an end, wrapped in the cashmere warmth of Mark Eitzel, the Unthanks and Hem. Here the Unthanks make good on their last album, complete with lovely spoken interludes. This is my most listened to album this year already. Taken from the live album "Diversions, Vol. 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons- Live from the Union Chapel, London", recorded at the end of last year whilst waiting to finish their new album it shows them to be as expert at taking [...]
Stream Mark and Co's louche, jazzy contribution to a programme on the BBC aboutVidal Sassoon - Here
Hello web friends, thank you for your patience, we have a Spotify Lonesomemusic playlist we'd appreciate you adding to if you can: http://open.spotify.com/user/h _cos/playlist/1KXb5V5ThDWp2ZGG Blu4fu or spotify:user:h_cos:playlist:1K Xb5V5ThDWp2ZGGBlu4fu we'll be posting music soon.
Hello web friends, we will be back soon.
"Yeah, that's my lucky one." Listen: AMC - Blue and Grey Shirt
Listen: The Everly Brothers - Let it be me
Ella Fitgerald and the Inkspots - Into each life some rain must fall
Listen: Buddy Holly - Raining in my Heart
Saw this in the Guardian - too good to pass up posting here. Feel it. Buy it and the rest of the fantastic Moondance
lonesome music
Boards of Canada
The Weeknd - Kiss Land
Washed Out - Paracosm (Official Album Trailer)
Julia Holter - World (Official Video)
She & Him- I Could've Been Your Girl
Action Bronson - "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" (Official Video)
Disclosure – When A Fire Starts to Burn
Daft Punk: When anonymity goes wrong
Listen: Dan Black feat Kelis - Hearts [New Single]
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[Listen] Stream Disclosure's Infectious New Single "When A Fire Starts To Burn"
