Category: Singer Songwriter
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New on the ‘nets this week
So I did it again, got all caught up in my life and ignored the blog on a Friday. Sure there was the day job, sure there was a going away party for a colleague in a downtown hotel, sure I live about an hour drive from downtown. This does not warrant a snub to…
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Talons’ – Songs for Babes
So if you are into bedroom folk (hey, mind out of the gutter!) than I have the guy for you. Talons’ is the guy and he is just recording songs about babes…I guess. No seriously, this album from the Bark N Hiss label is a great collection of lo-fi singer songwriter recordings. Moments of charm,…
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Jeff Zentner – Hymns to the Darkness, and upcoming album alert.
So we all know I can appreciate down-tempo music – whether it be indie, songwriter, Americana and yes even electronic. When I get my hands on something good, whether it be by an suggestion from a friend, artist submission or found on another blog I will most likely latch on for keeps and try to…
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Oliver Thiessen
Sometimes as hard as you look, you sometimes pass over something in your very own backyard. This is the experience I had with Oliver Thiessen. With the internet, the world is not soo big anymore and the grasp for music goes fully around the globe. That is why I am happy to provide more local…
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Giving Thanks for Micah Blue Smaldone
photo from 4volt So it is the long weekend for Canadian Thanksgiving and I am sitting around enjoying great coffee (new connection for beans) and really getting into some Micah Blue Smaldone. As it inches towards the end of the year, I am mentally putting together my “best of 2008” list. Maybe it is the…
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Friday Discoveries
So this post is going to be easy as it is full of artists that I am not very familiar with. I intend on listening to each one a bit more (of what they have to this point) as each one shows a lot of potential to become regulars on my personal playlists. Come to…
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Boduf Songs – How Shadows Chase the Balance (2008)
I know I just posted on the weekend saying I wasn’t posting on Boduf Songs, but…. So you think you know evil? Well I don’t think you know it like Boduf Songs emanates it. Pulsing and dark with an ominous soundtrack provided by Matthew Sweet. Yes, a man with a surname of Sweet, brings this…
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Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin – “Hapless” revisited.
So not just a possible awkwardly-too-long song title for a upcoming Sufjan Stevens opus, Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin is in fact the great moniker for the recordings of Morgan Caris. I thought I would take a moment to revisit this great album from 2006 and provide you with the information on…
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Dewer. More please.
Quick post today, sorry folks. So I know little about this Swede and have very little media from him. I am going to take this opportunity to send this over to you my readers…find more Dewer! Or if you know any info on him, post in the comments. I have been listening for a couple…
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The Fairer Sex
So notoriously a fan of the male troupador and down on HIS luck singer songwriter, I have been having a bit of a rip in my very own space-time continuum. I have been listening to a lot of female artists lately, and it has been incredibly good. While I do have the staples down, and…
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Side A, flip, repeat – the playlist
Hmmm…records…not recordings, but records. Thing of the past or recently making a comeback? One thing as the so called “mp3 generation” we lose the ability to have two sides to music (and actual hold in your hands media). Not necessarily that the music has a formal beginning and an ending as both sides simply may…
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Side B, flip, repeat – the playlist
Oh, and the “B-side”. While mostly reserved for dance floor remixes and the song that almost didn’t make the album, the other side can often be just as good if not better than the A-side. What I am getting at is I am looking for a thin connection to a Friday Playlist and have a…