Otis Gibbs – Harder Than Hammered Hell

Twitter told me yesterday that there’s a new Otis Gibbs album coming out on 28th of february. I was excited because I was totally into the previous album Joe Hill’s Ashes back in 2010. After listening to the new album twice, I’m even more excited because now I know the new album Harder Than Hammered Hell is at least as amazing. Otis has again written an extremely convincing album that showes that he is a great folk/country singer-songwriter. You can pre-order the album from his website (which I’m gonna do early next week) and/or listen to it at bandcamp.

This is Don’t Worry Kid from the new album.

Otis Gibbs Website

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Video of the Day #86: Daniel Ledwell & Jenn Grant

I remembered Daniel Ledwell & Jenn Grant today, because Jenn Grant’s album (which was produced by his husband Daniel) was nominated for a Juno award. I have the first two Jenn Grant releases Goodbye Twentieth Century and Orchestra for The Moon and I really like them. However, I had never heard of Daniel Ledwell until I red Herohill’s blog post sometime late last year. I was immediately hooked and then I kind of forgot about it because I couldn’t track down a physical copy of the album. Were there even any? I think I just I need to buy the download, because this still sounds marvellous to me. Do note that this isn’t actually new. It’s from 2008 I think, but still worth all the praise. I’m sure Daniel is a wizard behind producer’s desk, but let’s hope he keeps on writing music as well, because Two Over Seven sounds like a little folk / indie treasure. Kind of something like Liam Finn’s beautiful debut on Yep Roc. This one is entitled Daisy, You’re a Liar.

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And this is the latest video Baby’s Been Away from Jenn Grant’s Juno nominated album Honeymoon Punch. Starring Jenn Grant and Daniel Ledwell.

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Daniel Ledwell Website
Jenn Grant Website

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Ochre Room signs a deal with Lumpeela Julkaisut

I feel so damn ashamed that I never wrote anything about the first Ochre Room release, Blue Ribbon EP. That debut EP was already really good, but I still didn’t expect them to be so amazing as they were last friday at Flavour of the Month. I was instantly in love with their sound and I’ve watched the concert half a dozen times afterwards. Ochre Room is definitely one of the finest finnish folk rock / americana bands out there at the moment and I’m extremely excited about them. The EP already showed that the lead vocalist Lauri Myllymäki has a wonderful singing voice and now the addition of female vocalist(s) has lifted the songs to a new level. The band recently signed a deal with Lumpeela Julkaisut and starts recording their debut album in march. It is hard to picture a better home for Ochre Room, because I know the label boss Juha Mäki-Patola is definitely into this kind of music.

Blue Ribbon from the EP:

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And here’s a live version of Promissory Look from friday’s concert. You’ll find a couple more in here.

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Ochre Room Website
Ochre Room at Facebook

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Bro. Stephen – Baptist Girls

I finally did the right thing and ordered a vinyl copy of this beautiful album. I was pretty much hooked instantly after I red Slowcoustic’s post and listened to the song Tears on Tape. That song is a slow and beautiful folk treasure. I’ve only listened the rest of the album once or twice, because I prefer to use streaming services as a small introduction. I’ll wait for the physical copy until I fully introduce my heart to Bro. Stephen’s music, but I’m already extremely convinced that I needed to press that buy button. This is Tears on Tape.

Bro. Stephen at Facebook
Bro. Stephen Website

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