Video: Johnny Flynn and Laura Marling "Travel Light"

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As is probably obvious to anyone who regularly follows this blog, I really love good video clips. Why can't I just enjoy the music? I could psychoanalyse my need for a visual companion for hours. But at the end of the day I think I'm just part of the MTV generation (from when they still played music, obviously). Pure and simple. Anyway, this is the new Lisa Mitchell video. Feels a little bit odd that the video is being released about 4 months after the single, but I suppose this can only boost her recognition. [...]

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I am helplessly smitten with Johnny Flynn , and you all already know how I feel about Laura Marling , so here's a video of them together, doing "Travel Light" by Jeffrey Lewis and Diane Cluck. Plus, there's whistling . (Thanks, Mike !)

Johnny Flynn is a Shakespearean actor turned modern troubadour. The music is a blending of American and English folk traditions with the polish of pop. YouTube Video: Johnny Flynn - "The Box" For more information and three streaming songs from A Larum , see his interview on NPR's "All things Considered" here . Johnny Flynn will be bringing his troubadour stylings to North American audiences for his first domestic tour which he'll be co-headlining with fellow Brit and Mercury Prize-nominated artist Laura Marling. To commemorate the tour, [...]

As if you need to be reminded, I totally love Laura Marling . I also am going ga-ga for Johnny Flynn's new record, A Larum . And as fate would have it, the two have joined forces for a US tour this month (something Laura told us would happen when I interviewed her earlier this year). Yes, I've posted about this already, but they say repetition goes a long way. Johnny Flynn & Laura Marling - Travel Light (LIVE) [...]

Tickets may be sold out to the Philadelphia First Unitarian Side-Chapel show on September 17th for Johnny Flynn & Laura Marling , but Girl About Town's got the goods so you can still hear the folk-tastic duo live! We have a special live, and limited-edition 10" vinyl along with a Laura Marling CD to give away (FREE!) to the lucky first reader who can tell us which UK band Marling was a part of before going solo. Easy-peasy! Just write to us at carly [at] phillygirlabouttown.com with your answer! [...]

He's already built up a loyal fanbase in the UK, and now he'll take on the task of making a name for himself in the US as Johnny Flynn is heading to America! He'll be hitting the road for the first time in the states with fellow Brit and Mercury Prize nominee Laura Marling. For our fellow Bostonians (or anyone who may be in the area), Johnny will be playing the ICC Church on September 13, and we want to send you there! Send us an e-mail and we'll pick a winner [...]