Category: Folk
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An Absolutely Kosher Playlist
Well I have done this before and I am sure I will do it again. Let’s see what a pretty damn good label has for us today – a little bit of a sampler of another provider of music…if you will. While I don’t pretend to know all the artists on the AKR label (and…
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Fields of Industry – Michigan wins again!
Fields of Industry…kind of like “Captains of Industry” only like with a field, or something with a touch more hazy drug influenced backgrounds. So, yeah. What is going on here is some indie-psych soundtrack from Lansing Michigan entitled “Fields of Industry”. I am fairly new to FoI and not necessarily up to date with my…
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Lanterns on the Lake & Last.fm – perfect match
This is why I love music and love Last.fm. Lanterns on the Lake (discovered via Agnes over on It All Started with Carbon Monoxide) is a lush and soothing soundscape via rainy day England. Now with the help of Last.fm, you too can stare longingly at the ground while possibly swaying back and forth getting…
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The Best Unknown Artist I Still Don’t Know
Basket of Figs is a seriously entrancing singer songwriter from Toronto, Canada. There…you have as much information about her as I do. Well, almost. Did you ever listen to music that simply amazes you? Everyone needs to, and I recently experienced it with the EP entitled “666” from Basket of Figs obtained through the Yer…
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Slowcoustic Essentials – Jason Molina
Jason Molina. The man of many faces (or identities at least) in the realm of what many might call “indie” music. He just might be the “essential of essentials” for the type of music I love. Whether he is Magnolia Electric Co., Songs: Ohia or even just Jason Molina…this guy should be a staple in…
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Bringing you up to speed on Travel By Sea
Travel by Sea. One of the most interesting stories I have heard in a while, well heard a couple of years ago at least. One that I always like telling as it is a great one. It goes a little like this…two guys who have never met record some music and put it together. It…
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School of Seven Bells – Video, Songs and Links!
So another quick post, but this one is chalk full of media. School of Seven Bells is a band I have wanted to post on for a while. The album is still in the listening stages at Slowcoustic Headquarters, but it is climbing up the in-house charts. Let’s open up with a nice acoustic video…
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I’m a bit slow and possibly daft – Frightened Rabbit!
So as this post title goes, I am a bit slow and possibly daft (emphasis on the “daft”) as I have just started listening to the newest Frightened Rabbit album – “The Midnight Organ Fight”. Did I mention I might be daft? I have been listening since mid last week or so and I have…
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Slowcoustic Essentials – Shearwater
Part two of the Slowcoustic “Essentials Series” with the phenomenal Shearwater. While not extensively all mopey singer songwriter material that many might expect for Slowcoustic – this is some great down-tempo stuff – you will find something on every single album since their beginnings in 2001 that is worth calling a favourite. The beginning as…
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If You Haven’t Heard – Finn Daniel
Here we go back on board with the “If You Haven’t Heard” posts and the newest installment of great finds – Finn Daniel. Finn Daniel is a singer songwriter who hails from the UK and has some impressive tracks and a new EP entitled “Settle”. His sound is pretty classic singer songwriter that leans towards…
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Song, by Toad presents…pretty damn good music.
I have finally got around to adding a new member to the blogroll – of this ever elusive list of who’s who… ;-) and so I have with Song, by Toad! I have mentioned in the past that I enjoy this certain blog by the Toad (mentioned here) and I was oblivious to the fact…
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Before there was Bon Iver, there was still Justin Vernon
We are waiting for the hype to cool down on Bon Iver. Not in a bad way, we love Bon Iver, but we are still waiting. I long for the days when we can simply go back to enjoying him/the band for providing stellar music, period. Although I do think the mad frenzy that…