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Homage to J. Tillman (or maybe not)
Found the below video over on Vimeo while looking for a nice J. Tillman video to post (as the one I want to post is not offered for embedding – see below link) and was a bit struck by the video. It is directed by Tyler T. Williams and is called “seventwentysix” as in the…
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New Favourite – Sea of Bees
So after my Ladies Night post on the weekend, I am really getting into Sea of Bees. I mean getting enthralled with Sea of Bees is more accurate – I can’t stop listening. This one is going to be big for me I think. She (Julie Bees) is but 24 years of age and has…
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Akron/Family – another reason to go to the Calgary Folk Fest
So Akron Family are on tour. They are on tour and stopping at the Calgary Folk Fest for a couple of shows. I know I am thinking of hitting up the Twilight stage on Saturday to see about the show (it lists them last, so I assume a 8:00pm start??). Regardless, I have been listening…
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Ladies Night – Volume Four
Here we are with another episode of ‘Ladies Night”, and this looks like volume four…so you know we have worked the kinks out, right?? With such posts it is difficult to segue into the post as such, being a man I often sit back, mouth agape at the intricacies of women. I did dig into…
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Artist of the Day – Jan Felipe
So I have been online acquaintances with Jan Felipe for over a year now as we have connected a few times on Last.fm. He will let me know on happenings here and there and if he has a new track for download. Low and behold he does have something new for perusal and he let…
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Thursday Discovery – Withered Hand
So sometimes a band/artist comes along and you think to yourself, why don’t you already know of them. This happens to me often, mostly as there is soo much good music out there (despite the endless amounts of it lately), and it always keeps me going when I find someone that simply provides some good…
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Albums of note at IODA. It’s a new(ish) release frenzy!
So I often use the good folks at IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance) Promonet at this blog. It just makes sense, an organization that offers pre-cleared music from new, old and every other kind of album around?? They don’t have everything, but they sure have enough to select from. Any bloggers reading this that…
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Video fest Tuesday – The Rural Alberta Advantage go acoustic on Camera Music!
The video speaks for itself! The banter stops at about the minute mark and then the acoustic goodness begins (there are 2 tracks in total, “Rush Apart” followed by “The Deathbridge in Lethbridge”, so don’t give in too early). Enjoy a NXNE edition of Camera Music. ~Smansmith
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Chris Garneau: “Hands on the Radio” via They Shoot Music
Love this song, probably my favourite off the new album “El Radio”. This is a few months old, but was recorded prior to the release of the new album (in October of 2008!!!) but it needs more airplay. Stunning, watch it the entire way through, please. ~Smansmith p.s. There will be more Chris Garneau love…
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The long lost Lewis & Clarke Interview
So as I mentioned earlier, I keep getting reminded how much Lewis & Clarke sneak up on me and just captivate me. Once again, they do so. Late last year I had a bit of back and forth with Lou Rogai about putting a post together. Things got busy for both of us, L&C was…
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Ending the evening with Peter Broderick
Goodnight folks, I will leave you with one of the tracks from the newest Peter Broderick album (fittingly the end track). Just gorgeous use of piano, strings and atmosphere: he used no other instruments/sounds other than those from piano and violin. This is the stuff that baffles me in its creation as it seems so…
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Fairer Sex Video Post: Sharon Van Etten & Julie Doiron
So a little pair of video love of the fairer sex this Sunday morning, my first day back from vacation (unfortunately), and to ease my way back into some much needed blog posting – some video love! First off, Sharon Van Etten. I am falling in love with this New Yorker…hard. I only recently started…