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Jim Guthrie – Takes Time

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I’m not sure why I waited this long. I listened to this when it came out in the spring and liked what I heard, but I didn’t end up buying it back then. Now I finally did and oh my.. this is a thing of beauty. Toronto-based Jim Guthrie has created a heavenly piece of pop music. I suppose I can understand if someone finds this boring, but to me this kind of music is the sweetest work of art and Takes Time sounds so wonderful. Canadians just seem to make my favourite pop music this year. This Jim Guthrie album, The Heavy Blinkers’ Health and Corner Of The Eye by Marine Dreams are all fabulous pop albums. And also Woodpigeon and so much more. This is The Rest is Yet To Come by Jim Guthrie.

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Jim Guthrie Website

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Tragic Van – Paper Thin

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Some new Finnish indie folk or finamericana. Tragic Van has just released their debut EP Paper Thin and you can stream/buy it at bandcamp. The man behind Tragic Van is Henri Seger. Pretty much all I know about him is that he made those Elliot Smith cover concerts a few years ago. Tragic Van’s debut EP shows that this young man can also write excellent own material. This is the title track Paper Thin.

Tragic Van Website

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International music

But lately I’ve been mostly listening to..

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Storytelling popcorn oldies. I’ve listened to these simple but perfect songs about 3405 times during this year and I can never get tired of them. Magnificent stories.

Chuck Miller With Hugo Peretti And His Orchestra – Baltimore Jones

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Chance Halladay – Lucky Me (and all other Chance Halladay songs)

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Joseph West, Paul Otteson, Jay Woodward

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I don’t really know anything about New Jersey born singer-songwriter Joseph West, but this guy seems to be a rather fabulous new americana/country/folk singer-songwriter. I found him from Brett Detar’s mailing list and I’ve been really enjoying Joseph’s new EP Three Thieves. Available as name-your-price download from his bandcamp. All three songs are gorgeous. This one is the opener Movin’ On.

Joseph West Website

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The new Paul Otteson & Faux Fawn EP Prairie du Chien almost flew under my radar, but thankfully I was searching what other’s had bought from bandcamp and found this little treasure. It’s not as magical as last year’s Robin Red (#4 on my albums of the year list), but it’s certainly another great release. This one is The Battle of Prairie du Chien. Stream/buy the whole thing on his Bandcamp.

Paul Otteson at Bandcamp

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I’ve also been very much into the new Jay Woodward album Letters We Told. Here’s one great example Garden In The Sun, but you really need to listen to the whole thing from first note to last word to fully understand the beauty of Letters We Told.

Jay Woodward Website

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