Category: Singer Songwriter
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Greg Laswell’s Covers EP on a Sunday
Alright, I have always said “you know bloggers and their covers”, and here I am to bring it all full circle once again. New EP – check Covers including a good selection of artists – check Greg Laswell’s breathy crooning – check Performed beautifully – check Your parents will enjoy as well – check The…
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Quick Post of the Night, Part 2: Paul Masson performs “My Girls” from Animal Collective…the folk version!
Wow. ~S. p.s. Maybe Animal Collective isn’t that overrated? p.p.s. See HERE for previous Paul Masson.
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Quick Post of the Night – Ronnie Fauss has a new EP
Heard from Ronnie that he has released a new digital only 3 track EP just last week. The title track included below is exactly what you would think of a song of the night around here, it’s slow, it’s acoustic and it’s a song that feels just a bit lonely. The track sings of not…
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The Swell Season is upon us
…and I don’t mean the cold & dreary evenings known as winter for the next 5-6 months! I know this is not going to be “news” for any of you, but just because you ain’t first on the scene in reporting it doesn’t mean you are not on board. I am on board for Glen…
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On Tap: Viburnum: no, not the beer, the album by Oweihops. Again, not the beer.
Despite what you think, instead of this being a sparkling review of a great micro brew, it is in fact a stunning review of the best folk coming out of North East USA. I have been holding onto reviewing this album and as you can see by the post title, I must have been struggling…
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Songs of The Night Belong to Jason Molina
“Laboring (East’s Last Heart)” “Redhead” “Goodnight Lover” These tracks taken from a live performance at VPRO back in 1998 and obtained from Archive.org. Head over for the rest. ~Smansmith
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My “Various Desktop Mp3s” playlist
I have done this before (see here) and I just did the whole drag and drop into my iTunes and have a new playlist for this Saturday. I have had these mp3s on my desktop for weeks now and they are not related at all besides the fact that I listened quickly, liked it and…
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Song of the day – Matt Dill’s “Mountain Side”
I have been listening to a lot of music, but not posting as much as I should. I thought I would give you a quick song of the day post to fend of the daily mp3 crowd and the die hard regulars (love you guys!). Hopefully I can get some decent coverage of some really…
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Slowcoustic all timer: Laura Gibson – “Funeral Song”
Just found myself in ownership of the acoustic version of Laura Gibson’s “Beasts of Seasons” and it is utterly amazing. This new recording made me think that I have to share one of my favourite songs from Gibson – Funeral Song. This Hush Records staple cannot do anything wrong and she is considered a Slowcoustic…
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Fred Squire on Camera Music and bonus collaborations
This is another reason why Scott Cudmore’s “Camera Music” series is a must watch (and listen). Fred Squire clip from a private performance at SXSW 2009. Visit Camera Music HERE for more performances from The Rural Alberta Advantage, Sam Amidon, Ghost Bees, Brian Borcherdt, Timber Timbre and Justin Rutledge to mention a few! But back…
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Smash & Grab MP3 Post, but still worthy of some “good” attention
So a quick one today, kind of a “smash & grab” post as many bloggers refer to when music blogs put up a post with no real content, but with MP3 links. Umm, yeah – so I am kinda doing that, so back off haters. I have 3 separate tracks from different artists, but all…
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Nothing more delicate than “A Book About Elephants”
So a little gem of a lo-fi EP fell in my lap recently – and you regular readers (I know you are out there) will appreciate a bit of an accented bedroom recording. The band is a solo project of Christina Tsui who is going by “A Book About Elephants” and she has a FREE…