Wes Tirey – I Stood Among Trees

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This has been on my playlist for some weeks and deserves a lot of love. Wes Tirey is a great folk singer-songwriter and I Stood Among Trees is a marvellous little record. Kind of bare, but still very powerful and it really demands your attention right from the start and doesn’t let go before the last note. A really talented songwriter and storyteller. You can hear the whole striking EP on his bandcamp. You’ll find the opener The Evening Tide below. I also highly recommend these amazing videos, The Time Leaves So Soon and Master Master.

Wes Tirey at Bandcamp
Wes Tirey at Facebook

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Pienet ongelmat – Lyhytsoitto I

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It looks like I need to stop waiting for that Puskii! album, because that release might never see the light of the day. Thankfully Sami has a new band called Pienet ongelmat and I’m thoroughly enjoying this one as well. First release, Lyhytsoitto I, is now available on their soundcloud and you can download it for free. This is the opener, Sataman tytöt.

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Pienet ongelmat Website
Pienet ongelmat at Facebook

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Video of the Day #122: Ochre Room – Don’t Try

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One Chord to Another gained some unexpected recognition today. It was selected as the #1 Finnish music blog by Cision. Which was nice, even though it might not be fully deserved. Lately the update frequency has not been on the level it should be and there are plenty of Finnish bloggers that do a great job in covering Finnish music and are better writers than I am. Anyway, there seems to be a small burst of new visitors, so this is a rather good opportunity to recommend one of my favourite Finnish bands, Ochre Room. This Tampere-based folk rock / americana group released a marvellous debut album Evening Coming In last year. The follow-up is currently in the making, but it’s still way too early to set a camp outside your favourite record store. However, the band just released a new music video for the song Don’t Try. It’s an excellent outtake from their debut album and the music video was directed by Jeroen Sebrechts.

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Ochre Room Website

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Kuukauden sivumaku: Mäkelä vs Mäkkelä

Finnish lesson for today.

Flavour of the Month-klubin epäsäännöllinen arki-iltaversio, Kuukauden sivumaku tekee paluun! Sivumaku-nimellä on vuosien varrella pidetty muutamia iltamia akustisessa sooloartisti-hengessä. Keskiviikkona 22.5. on luvassa livenä kaksi Mäkelää, toinen saksalais-suomalais-papuauusiguinealainen ja toinen kaarinalainen.

Vanhan koulukunnan bändikilpailu- ja maaotteluhengessä käytävässä Mäkelöiden taistelussa saksalaissuomalaisen Martti Trillitschin lo-fi/trashfolk/singer-songwriter sivupersoonasooloprojekti Mäkkelä’s Trash Lounge kohtaa turkulaisen Jyrki Mäkelän aka Kolibri Kasinon (ex-Hundred Million Martians) soolosetin. Se, miksi Saksan Mäkelä kirjoitetaan kahdella k:lla, voidaan kysyä Martilta keikan aikana. Sivumakuun pääsee ilmaiseksi!

Flavour of the Monthin Kuukauden sivumaku:
Battle of Mäkeläs!
Mäkkelä’s Trash Lounge (GER/FIN)
vs
Jyrki Mäkelä aka Jyrki Martian
+ Flavour of the Month DJ team
ke 22.5. klo 21
Pikku-Torre, Yliopistonkatu 30, Turku
VAPAA PÄÄSY!
http://www.pikkutorre.fi/

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