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Old Hills, Young Mountain (Kickstarter campaign)

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I have never written about any kickstarter project, even though I think they are a great way to fund albums. Country & folk compilation Old Hills, Young Mountain is a good reason to start writing, because I can fully support this project. The idea is to make a one of kind compilation by bringing folk musicians from all over the states to one studio in Michigan to record live to old reel to reel equipment. Artist list contain two big heroes of mine, Hezekiah Jones and Small Houses (Jeremy Quentin from Small Houses is also a producer in this project). The rest of the artists are new to me, because of my limited knowledge to folk music. However, based on that video on the Kickstarter page, I think I’m gonna check them out even before this beautiful compilation is out and available.

Check out more information about the project on the Old Hills, Young Mountain Kickstarter page.

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Barna Howard – Barna Howard

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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.

Barna Howard at Facebook
Barna Howard at Bandcamp

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Paperfangs – AAVVAV

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The big news of the day was that Soliti signed a new band, Paperfangs. Which is nice and Paperfangs is an excellent addition to the label’s roster. Dreamy, electronic and beautiful indie pop. Paperfangs just self-released their EP AAVVAV last week digitally (limited edition cassette will follow on 26th of march). You can find the EP from their bandcamp. This one below is a song entitled Lifelong. Definitely my own favourite from the EP. That simple chorus is stuck in my head.

Paperfangs – Lifelong from Paperfangs on Vimeo.

Paperfangs Website

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Pickering Pick – Prayer Flag

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Pickering Pick released a new album Prayer Flag on 28th of february and it is once again eternally beautiful. During the last two months I’ve spend an awful lot of time with Pickering Pick, because I’ve been listening to his whole back catalogue and that’s one giant treasure vault. Sam Pickering Pick is just so excellent at gently breaking you into pieces and then magically combining the pieces back together in such delicate manner that you end up feeling more whole than before the listening session. Melancholy and hope gently collide and form an antidote against empty noise. Gentle guitar picking and warm singing injects thoughtfully crafted poetic lyrics into your heart. Prayer Flag is a beautiful folk album. My favourite songs at the moment are Stay By Yours and Shame. You’ll find them below. You can stream the whole album at bandcamp.

Pickering Pick at Facebook

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