Country, Americana, Folk, Power Pop, Indie Pop
This is American Music has again been releasing a lot of great music this year. All of them would be worthy of an own blog post, but my favourite is probably this new EP from Great Peacock. This Nashville-based duo of Blount Floyd and Andrew Nelson are making some sort of southern indie folk and it’s sounds pretty marvellous to me. The singing and the harmonies are pure gold. These guys are going places. This is the opener Take Me to the Mountain.
Last year Esa Linna released his first solo release She’s Not a Human Being EP that featured pop guru Roger Joseph Manning Jr on backing vocals and keyboards. Now it is time for the debut full-length and the album This Is Who I Am was released digitally on february 22nd. A new Finnish power pop release is definitely an event for this blog, because even though I’ve gotten lost in the world folk and country music, I will always love power pop the most. Ok, not all of this fits under the genre, but a lot of it does and the rest of it is really good stuff as well (well other than Meat Market, that song is not for me). Maybe I’m not entirely sure about the cover art, but it’s the songs that count and this album contains plenty of damn good melodic pop songs like Don’t Know What It’s All About, DIY and A Drop in the Ocean.
Ben Fisher’s kickstarter for full-lenght album is closing in about 12 hours. He is a young Seattle-based singer-songwriter. Influenced by the great ones like Townes Van Zandt, Bob Dylan, Joe Pug, James McMurtry etc. And he is not just another singer-songwriter. He has found his own voice and there’s definitely some real talent here. He is still a bit short of his kickstarter goal and I sincerely hope he makes it. He has promised free downloads of his earlier releases for new backers (check his facebook), so you get something rather special instantly and then the new album when it’s ready next fall/winter. I’ve been listening to the earlier Roanoke EP, Heavy Boots & Underwoods album for the past day and I really like them a lot. So even if you don’t have anything to give for the Kickstarter, you should go and listen to him. This is Dublin Blues Pt.2 from Roanoke EP.
Singer-songwriter Gudrid Hansdottir will be touring in Finland next week. Her Finnish label Lumpeela julkaisut also released her latest album Beyond the Grey in Finland last month. So this is also a release tour for that beautiful vinyl album.
Gudrid Hansdottir Finland Tour:
Wed 13.03. Arkadia International Bookshop, Helsinki (kello 18)
Wed 13.03. Oire-klubi, Siltanen, Helsinki
Thu 14.03. Paksu, Helsinki
Fri 15.03. Flavour of the Month, Pikku-Torre, Turku
Sat 16.03. Telakka, Tampere
As you noticed, she will also be playing at Flavour of the Month on friday with Hiljainen mies. So I’m not going to make a separate blog post for Flavour of the Month this time. I will see you there and we can then enjoy amazing songs like this. This is Gudrid Hansdottir and A Faroese Fisherman Speaks of Drowning.
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And this is I Mjorka
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