Another very short and quick music video post. First up a beauty from folk songwriter Lou Hazel. You are going to love this one unless you have coulrophobia. Such a damn good song and the video works too. I’m ready to shout his name from the rooftops.

Lou Hazel Website

I’ve been a fan of New York-based songwriter Eamon Fogarty’s since his 2019 album Blue Values. His latest album I’m an animal now came out in June on Orphan Kiosk Recordings and it’s another beauty. Here’s Junk Mail from this gorgeous album.

Eamon Fogarty Website

Annie Schermer and Channing Showalter make music together under the name West of Roan and their album Queen of Eyes came out on SPINSTER in July. Haunting folk balladies with beautiful harmonies and what not. Marvellous stuff altogether. Here’s the ending song By All the Night wrapped inside awesome animated music video.

West of Roan Website

Let’s wrap this little blog post with a song from the new Shabason, Krgovich & Sage album. So easy to get blissfully lost in these warm elegant sounds and listening to this on headphones is like an antidote against the sometimes stressful everyday life. This is Bridget from their new self-titled album that is out on the always great Idee Fixe Records.

Joseph Shabason Website
M. Sage Website
Nicholas Krgovich at Bandcamp

Another short and quick post of songs/videos that I love. A New Orleans edition.

The Lostines from New Orleans are one of my big favorites of 2024. Their new album Meet the Lostines might even end up being my AOTY when it is time to wrap 2024 in to the history books. I think it would be, if I made that list today. That’s how much I love this album. Here are Full Moon Night and Neon Lights from this 5/5 album.

The Lostines at Facebook

Staying in New Orleans. That previous Neon Lights video had a lot of other familiar faces too. One of them was Chris Acker who is about to release his next album Famous Lunch in October. The awesome first single Shit Surprise just came out last week.

Chris Acker at Facebook

More New Orleans and even newer, because the latest Max Bien Kahn single and music video Whatever You Want just came out today. Full album Flowers will follow November 1st, so don’t submit those aforementioned AOTY ballots before that.

Max Bien Kahn Website

Desiree Cannon’s album Radio Heat is also one of my big 2024 favorites. Desiree Cannon is based in Oakland, California, but there’s a big New Orleans connection here too and this is actually a good companion to that The Lostines album as well. Especially this song video song called Tower. Wonderful stuff.

Desiree Cannon at Facebook

Just a quick post of songs and music videos that I love.

First long-time fave Flora Hibberd with a song called Canopy from the forthcoming album Swirl. So eager to hear this album, because I love Flora Hibberd’s songs and this was also produced by Shane Leonard and features J.E.Sunde at least on this song. I love all these people I’ve never met and they all belong in the imaginary hall of fame of this little music blog.

Flora Hibberd Website

Next something pretty new for me. I didn’t know singer-songwiter Jake McKelvie before I heard this new album A New Kind of Hat a couple of weeks ago. I’ve had it on heavy rotation lately and like the album a lot. Sometimes it kind of reminds me of Darren Hanlon.

Jake McKelvie Website

The great St.Lenox is also getting ready to release a new album. Ten Modern American Work Songs will come out on 25th of October on Don Giovanni Records. I always love his songs and music videos too. The first single Rudy is not an exception. Plus there’s a beautiful dog and two beautiful cats there too on the video. What’s not to love.

St. Lenox Website

This song has been out since February, but this not really an active music blog outside of that one weekly new music playlist. But I loved this Fonteyn single back then and still do. So here’s some seventies kinda gold from 2024 to wrap up this tiny blog post.

Last end of the year list is my favorite songs of the year. Same story as with the Finnish ones. Mostly just a huge playlist for the onechordnet history books, because the on-going playlists will eventually move into 2024. I just selected a song of the year and then highlighted a few others that weren’t on the top of the albums list. This playlist is still very much in-progress and there won’t be any kind ranking outside the song of the year. The playlist is currently only on Spotify, but I guess I will add it to other platforms once it’s more ready. I know it doesn’t make a whole lot sense to post these when they are unfinished, but I just want to get these blog posts done and then ease into Christmas without a need to do anything else than adding songs to a playlist. The trouble with compiling these monster playlists is that somewhere along the way I lose the plot and I have no idea what I’ve added and what I haven’t. So I’m pretty sure I will just forget to add something that I really like.

Anyway, that’s all blog stuff for 2023. Thank you for following my new music adventure during the year. It means a lot. Happy holidays and I hope I see you back here when I continue sometime in January.

Spotify playlist