Barna Howard – Barna Howard

Stunning! Magnificent! Wonderful! Excessive praising mode is once again totally on. I’m just listening to something that is out of this world. A huge thank you to Common Folk Music for introducing Portland-based folk musician Barna Howard to me. Traditional folk in the vein of Bert Jansch, Bob Dylan.. Beautiful singing and fantastic songwriting. The album came out on vinyl (and digital) in february on Mama Bird Recording Co. I’m going to order the vinyl today. Check out Promise, I Won’t Laugh and that awesome video that contains three songs below and/or stream the album on Spotify.

Barna Howard from The Portland Sessions on Vimeo.

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Barna Howard at Bandcamp

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Video of the Day #90: Young Hines

Young Hines is the first artist Brendan Benson signed to his own label, Readymade Records. That already convinced me that I needed to listen to Young Hines, because I’m a huge fan of Brendan Benson. Young Hines comes from Nashville and Readymade will release his debut album Give Me My Change on april 10th. The first single from the upcoming album is Rainy Day. The video isn’t anything that spectacular, but it is the music that really counts and Rainy Day is a fabulous pop song. I’m really looking forward to hearing the full album in april.

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Young Hines at Facebook

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