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Twain – LA / BMG (video)

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I’ve red that there will be new Twain music coming up in the not-too-distant future. Oh well, I suppose even a day might feel like too distant in this case, because Twain aka Mt Davidson is so brilliant. While waiting for the new stuff, I recommend this incredibly lovely video that surfaced a year ago. I missed it back then and found it about a month ago, but now I’ve watched it more times than I can count. Which in the end might not be as much as you imagined, because my math skills are horrible, but I do love the song and the video.

Oh and I can’t leave this one out either. Here are The Deslondes + Twain singing Run Wild. Hopefully The Deslondes and Twain combo will hit Finnish shores someday.

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Amy Lashley – Daredevils, Strugglers and Daydreamers

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I’ve never met them, but Gibbs & Lashley family is still very dear to me. This is mostly because I’ve listened hours and hours of the greatest podcast of all times, Thanks For Giving a Damn with Otis Gibbs where Otis has also shared little snippets of his family life. Often with Frankie the cat purring on his lap. They just seem like a really kind and warmhearted family and therefore I hold Otis, Amy, Russell, Frankie, Baby… Well all of them in very high regard.

The reason I’m writing this is that Amy Lashley just released a new and magnificent album Daredevils, Strugglers and Daydreamers. It was produced by Otis Gibbs and Thomm Jutz and you can buy the download from Bandcamp or the CD from the Otis Gibbs webstore. I have to decide which route to take myself, but it’s a sure thing I need to buy this. This is so damn good. Otis better up his game, if he wants to be the songwriting champ in the family. And no it’s not a competition. It’s great to have them both making wonderful music. If you don’t take my word for it, watch this beautiful video for the song Blame The Wind. You might have to watch it a few times though, because Russell the dog steals the show and for the first few times I kind of just admired that handsome fellow and didn’t pay enough attention to the gorgeous song.

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Modern Mal – Wild Heart (single / video)

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Modern Mal released the first single Wild Heart from their forthcoming album The Misanthrope Family Album. This new single sounds mighty good to me and I’m really looking forward to the album. I’ve enjoyed everything Rachel Brooke has released over the years and I’m aware that her partner in crime, life and Modern Mal, Brooks Robbins, has written some great songs for her. I haven’t done my homework about Brooks other adventures, but I’ll start with Modern Mal. Check out the music video below and pick the new single from Bandcamp or iTunes while waiting for the full-length.

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Adeline Hotel – It’s Alright, Just The Same

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Adeline Hotel aka Dan Knishkowy has been on my radar for a while and I’ve been pretty close to featuring his earlier releases, but in the end I haven’t. Until now that is, because I’m very fond of his new Will Stratton produced album It’s Alright, Just The Same.

Adeline Hotel takes influence from artists like Bert Jansch, Wilco and The Weather Station and on one occasion he is singing about Big Star. So it sure looks Dan is onto me and makes music that ticks all the right boxes. However, that itself wouldn’t do that much, if he didn’t have his own voice and great song material. There’s no worries whatsoever on that department though. There’s a lot of marvellous songs on the album. This one for example is an absolute beauty. Wonder Why from the new Adeline Hotel album that is now out on Wild Kindness.

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