There’s a new Courtney Marie Andrews music video for the song Put The Fire Out. It’s an outtake from her stunning album Honest Life that is out now on Loose Music here in Europe. She is also currently touring around Europe, so go and see her if you can. I’m sure it will be a spectacular concert. She will hit the Nordic countries in a week or so. Unfortunately not Finland this time around, but Stockholm date is in the calendar, if you want to take a boat cruise to Sweden. This is the excellent new music video Put The Fire Out.
Bone Moon released their debut EP The Writer on the 3rd of March. They are a new band from Tampere led by ex-Ochre Room frontman Lauri Myllymäki. I had extremely high hopes for this one, because I absolutely loved Ochre Room. They put out a couple of albums that contained some of the finest Finnish folk rock / americana released in recent years. It was sad to see them call it a day, but thankfully Bone Moon is at least equally wonderful. Sure I miss the male-female harmonies a little bit, but the new band is very convincing and Lauri is continuously getting stronger and stronger as a songwriter. The Writer is an absolute beauty of an EP and a perfect start for this new group. The release party will be held at Telakka, Tampere on the 10th of March (with Laura Moisio). Here’s the music video for the title track. Directed by Sami Pöyry.
Hold the press! This is a huge deal. We have a new J.E. Sunde album Now I Feel Adored out now on Cartouche Records. J.E. Sunde is one of my favorite songwriters these days. I completely fell in love with his solo debut a couple of years ago and those songs won’t leave my side for as long as I live. The new album Now I Feel Adored don’t have that surprise factor anymore, but after a couple of spins it seems to be even stronger than its predecessor. Sounds like a remarkable work of art and I’m looking forward to spending the next few weeks / months in the arms of these unique contemporary folk songs.
There’s a Finnish connection here as well that I learned after I fell in love with his music. J.E. Sunde’s mother’s side of the family is Finnish descent. Would be a dream come to true to see him play here one day. When I win the lottery I’ll book him and the Canadian Jurvanen aka Bahamas for a Finland tour. However, this Finnish connection is just an interesting sidenote. What matters far more is that he is a magnificent songwriter and just released a brilliant new record. This is the music video for a song called The Works of My Hands.
And here’s the making of the album video. I especially enjoy the last part, because I share the sentiment. That’s kind of why my favorite moment of his songs is that “everyone else seems so together, so beautifully together” part on A Blinding Flash of Light. A top 3 song of this current decade from his previous album.
Hand Habits aka Meg Duffy released her debut album Wildly Idle (Humble Before The Void) a week ago on the 10th of February. Lately she has been playing guitar in Kevin Morby’s great band, but somewhere along the way she wrote and recorded this solo debut that proves that she is also a really good songwriter. This is so good that Kevin might need to start searching for a new guitarist. Hand Habits is more than ready to step under the spotlight. The album is out on Woodsist Records. Here’s a couple of excellent outtakes from the album. The video for Demand It and album opener Flower Glass.
