NEW pop project Biggles Flys Again had its debut album out at the end of March. And to mark the release of Remember Saturday, the group is offering up a free mp3 download of Old Pop Song . A spokesman said: "Conor Deasy set out to make a pop album with traditional values and he didn't leave anything to chance as many of the instruments used during the recording were of the antique variety. "Allied to the BBC Neve recording desk, Hammond organ and Yamaha keyboards was a keen pop sensibility which has drawn comparisons to [...]
Sweden's Ghost returns with a new full-length that's loaded with glitzy production, more details, and longer tracks. It's the tunes that end up getting lost in translation much of the time. WATCH THE REVIEW
Hoy en la recomendación de Los Amateurs con Paulina García traemos desde Buffalo, New York a: The Traditional Actualmente en Buffalo, New York está surgiendo una escena que trata de resurgir el sonido que grupos como Texas is The Reason, The Get Up Kids, Mineral y otros más cimentaron a mediados de los 90. Al contrario de su nombre The Traditional es una banda que no suena tal y como los cánones lo dictan, pues mezclan gran energía junto a una crudeza sonora que es extraña de una banda [...]
Wardruna is the musical realisation of founder Kvitrafn's years-long studies of ancient Norse paganism and tradition It's something quite remarkable, and nothing quite like you've heard before. By Marion Rankine
‘Folk Punk’ is one of those catch all terms that’s been bandied around quite a lot in recent years and, personally, I find to be a little lazy and uninspired. More often than not it’s used to pigeonhole artists and records that contain an acoustic guitar and some semblance of punk rock ethics in place of more appropriate terms. In the case of Dave Hughes & The Renegade Folk Punk Band, however, this shoe fits and they wear it very well. Mixing modern punk, rock & roll and traditional folk, ‘In Death Do We Part?’ sees the band [...]
Prendendo a prestito il titolo di J.T. Leroy, si potrebbe dire che ingannevole è il titolo più di ogni altra cosa. The National Jazz Trio of Scotland non sono un trio, tanto meno sono un gruppo jazz. C'è di vero che sono scozzesi, di Glasgow per la precisione. Devono la propria genesi alla volontà di Bill Wells , musicista inglese cui si deve il merito di aver scovato e riunito quattro giovani e talentuosi strumentisti: Kate Sugden, Lorna Gilfedder, Aby Vulliamy e Gerard Black . Christmas Album raccoglie un [...]
A highly anticipated new release from Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer is starting to make the rounds, and though it's only early February, we're going to go out on a limb and declare Child Ballads an early contender for best tradfolk album of the year. And we're clearly not going to be alone, either: with 6 weeks left to its March 19th US release date, the seven track album has already garnered high and well-deserved praise from Pitchfork, and a full-page feature in today's edition of The Sun seems a harbinger of loud and voluminious [...]
A highly anticipated new release from Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer is starting to make the rounds, and though it's only early February, we're going to go out on a limb and declare Child Ballads an early contender for best tradfolk album of the year. And we're clearly not going to be alone, either: with 6 weeks left to its March 19th US release date, the seven track album has already garnered high and well-deserved praise from Pitchfork, and a full-page feature in today's edition of The Sun seems a harbinger of loud and voluminious [...]
A German duo apply a jazzy touch to some modern standards, making you forget Lou Reed, Janis Joplin, and U2 - no mean feat, that...
A highly anticipated new release from Anais Mitchell and Jefferson Hamer is starting to make the rounds, and though it’s only early February, we’re going to go out on a limb and declare Child Ballads an early contender for best tradfolk album of the year. And we’re not going to be alone, either: with 6 weeks left to its March 19th US release date, the seven track album has already garnered high and well-deserved praise from Pitchfork, and a full-page feature in today’s edition of The Sun seems a harbinger of loud and voluminious praise to come in the major [...]
mp3: Nappy Brown - The Right Time The Right Time, or Night Time Is The Right Time in its extended form, is basically a traditional song. That is, no one alive today really knows who wrote it. The song out-dates recording technology. It probably came from the vaudeville tradition, which was a travelling variety-show type of entertainment, popular in North America a bit over a century ago. Roosevelt Sykes and Big Bill Broonzy both recorded blues versions in the 1930s. Today's selection was released by Nappy Brown in 1957 and covered note [...]
The Brooklyn-based Widowspeak speaks with All Our Noise about parallels between the cowboys of the Wild West and Medieval knights, New Year's Resolutions, and their recently released 2nd album for Captured Tracks, Almanac . All Our Noise : Almanacs have served as guides throughout the ages, did you happen to look upon any for inspiration during the making of your album? If so, did any particular style resonate with you? Molly Hamilton : Sonically, we were inspired by everything from Sons of the Pioneers to Television, 19302s country to 19702s Saharan [...]
Do pachyderms have nightmares? Maybe they do. But not even in their worst dreams, any of them would think of being sentenced to death by hanging from a railroad crane. This is what happened to an elephant named Mary in the town of Erwin, Tennessee in 1916, and this bizarre story serves as inspiration for [...]
Merry Christmas, My Friends No white Christmas here: it's raining. I don't mind though. It's the day we celebrate, not the weather. My Christmas trees are lit and are bright with color. It took no time for the bubble lights to perk. I watched and waited. My friend and I met for Christmas breakfast, a tradition only three years old. It was at our usual Sunday spot, and this morning every booth was taken. The coffee was free, a Christmas gift from Tom and Nancy who own the diner. I bought bacon for Gracie. Our gifts [...]
The morning is lighter than it has been the last few days, but the sun is still a bit shy. It pokes out every now and then trying to decide whether or not to stay. It's cold. When I look out my window, I see brown leaves, clouds and bare branches. Even my trees define winter. I have two batches of cookies left to make, but I'll only do one today as I'm going to see the new James Bond movie this afternoon. The other batch will be made tomorrow. I'm in no hurry as everything is pretty much [...]
myworldmusicfriends.com At the heart of the Celtic Connections 2013 festival is the vibrant folk and traditional music scene, with some of the UK and Ireland’s finest musicians set to raise the roof this January and February. Artists include Scottish folk rockers Skerryvore, Irish quintet Goitse and folk singer and guitarist Nic Jones will be performing alongside his son Joseph and Belinda O’Hooley. Gaelic infused folk-rock band Mànran will also be returning to this year’s festival alongside Irish folk band Kila . Young Highland hotshots Rura will be taking [...]
Today is warm and beautiful with sun and a lightly clouded sky as its backdrop. The dog and I are going out though we have no destination, but a day like today should never be wasted so we'll wander until something catches our eyes. Gifts are on the bed upstairs in the guest room and in the cellar. I'll start bringing them here to the den so I can spend evenings wrapping. I'm still waiting for one order of cards to come in the mail then I can write out my cards and send them. The tree and [...]
Dio salvi Tarantino . Che non venga dimenticato che la sua opera artistica non si confini alla sola settima arte, ma che comprende anche la musica , il ripescaggio di generi perduti nella storia e afflitti da revival manipolati con suoni sintetici e infedeli. Gli Allah-Las forse si sono illuminati sulla via che porta al Titty Twister di Dal Tramonto all'Alba , schifando i rifacimenti della band di casa (i Tito & Tarantula), e seguendo pedissequamente le orme del regista americano attraverso le colonne sonore dei suoi capolavori: la perfezione cristallina del suono dei vinili [...]
As fall days go, this one is just about perfect. The sun is sharply bright, the air is clear and it's chilly, around 45˚ chilly, not quite coat weather yet. When I went to get the papers early this morning, I could smell fall. I could smell the fallen leaves and the crispness of the air. Someone had a fire going. I noticed the yellow maple leaves had fallen on the grass in a pattern drawn from a painter's palette. I stood and took in my little bit more of my world then grabbed the papers and went inside to [...]
Dark Patrick consists of Ukrainian Eva and Englishman Paul, two outstanding musicians who pull together elements from a variety of differing musical styles using a wide array of instruments. For today's track Chugaister they explore some very dark and primal territory starting off with some mysterious Ukrainian dialogue playing back on what sounds like old scratchy vinyl via a vintage turntable. We then hear some very well crafted haunting traditional European flutelike melodies that bookend the ever increasing electronic layerings. Its the perfect eerie blend for this ghoulish time of year. You can support [...]
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