First Aid Kit: Emmylou
Sweden’s Soderberg sisters bring the old girl to tears with this little beauty from their 2012 album The Lion’s Roar.
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10,000 Maniacs: Hey Jack Kerouac
What a super little album 1987’s In My Tribe was. Great cover too.
Awake, My Soul, and with the Sun
THE last verse of this hymn is well known in its own right as the Doxology (an expression of praise to God): Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise him, … Continue readingAwake, My Soul, and with the Sun
Jackson Browne: Call it a Loan etc
Yesterday’s Tiny Desk concert from Jolie Holland led me on to this. Please shout out if you think I play too much Jackson Browne.
The String-A-Longs: Wheels
The authorship of this instrumental is a tangled tale involving transposed labels and titles, with the result that the credit is shared between String-A-Longs members Richard Stephens and Jimmy Torres … Continue readingThe String-A-Longs: Wheels
Jolie Holland: Tender Mirror etc
The Texan Marmite: You might just love her. Then again . . .
Kathleen Edwards: Options Open
Good to see the Edster back in action after a six-year hiatus running a coffee shop.
The Feelgoods Factor
THIS week we paddle our battered time-travelling canoe into the Thames Delta of the 1960s, to visit that strange part of Essex known as Canvey Island. Although it is mainly … Continue readingThe Feelgoods Factor
Henry Gross: Shannon
Another tearjerker. This one’s from 1976.
Kevin Coyne: Marlene
Couldn’t resist another blast of vintage Sir Kev. This is from a couple of years before he died at the age of 60.