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The new album 'KAIROS' from Sam Brookes, release date 17th March 2014. Cat: SKB001

JAMES

For J and C :)

LYRICS:
I found your old Pooh Bear on a high back shelf today
I dusted off his old brown nose and smiled
You dragged that poor thing around everywhere you went
You thought you lost him once and nearly died

And the hands on the clock go round like they're on fire
And we grab at the days but they just slip on by
And someday may come a tomorrow when we're apart
So I'll sing this song and hope you take it to heart

You are braver than you believe
You are stronger than you seem
You are smarter than you think
You are bright beyond your dreams
And if you ever lose your way
Remember what I say
You'll be fine, you'll be fine, you'll be fine

Words and music by Paola Lozare ©2013

Braver Than You Believe (The Pooh Bear song) - Original, FULL PROD

Bryan Sutton -  Cricket On The Hearth

This track is from the album "No Medicine Like the Blues" 
Available on all platforms - follow us on Spotify and YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/buck69bluesrockband

BUY ME 

No Medicine Like the Blues

You Know Who We Are (Single)

'If The Roses Don't Kill Us' out now!

Official Site: www.christopher-denny-music.com/
Twitter: twitter.com/ChrisDennyMusic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/christopherdennymusic
Partisan Artist Page: www.partisanrecords.com/artists/christopher-denny/

Christopher Denny (ft. Erika Wennerstrom of Heartless Bastards) - Our Kind Of Love

A Little Light EP - Out Now via the website www.garethandanniemusic.co.uk


Susie

Set of jigs and slip jigs arranged and performed by the Celtic Guitar Journeys - Dec 2014

01 Jig Medley  Walking On Liffey Street Brian O'Lynn's  Gyrru'Byd Ymlaen

Celtic Guitar Journeys - Ian Melrose/Soig Siberil/Dylan Fowler

02 Rhigos

A song inspired by Australian hero Peter Norman who came second in the 1968 Mexico Olympics and took part in a famous demonstration for civil rights. Check out the film Salute or google him - an incredible human being 

08 Bright Star

The anxiously anticipated second collaborative LP from American doom metal legend and solo artist, SCOTT “WINO” WEINRICH, and iconic German singer/songwriter, CONNY OCHS, entitled Freedom Conspiracy nears late March release via Germany’s Exile On Mainstream. Recorded at Kabumm Studio with producer Thommy Krawallo, as was their Heavy Kingdom LP, the newest collection of ambitious, harrowing and beautiful music created by WINO & CONNY OCHS not only brings forth the same quality of organically conceived folk/rock fans of the previous album should expect, it simply excels in every imaginable aspect. Freedom Conspiracy’s approach is slightly different from Heavy Kingdom as it has been created in a much more organic way with rudimentary ideas brought in by each and then carved into songs by both together. Fusing acoustic and electric guitars and with both artists’ standout vocal styles searing through these thirteen well-crafted brand new hymns, the album delivers forty-five minutes of some of the most refined, dynamic and unforgettable folk/rock music in years. Fans of Woodie Guthrie, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, The Black Crowes, Scott Kelly, Mike Scheidt and the like should make sure this duo is on your radar. Imported from Germany, the LP version of Freedom Conspiracy is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl in a reverse board sleeve with thermographic print and an extensive booklet, the CD packaged in a mini-gatefold with booklet and matt laminate varnish. 

http://www.scottweinrich.com
http://www.facebook.com/ScottWeinrich
http://www.connyochs.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Conny-Ochs/112536815501097
http://www.mainstreamrecords.de
http://www.earsplitdistro.com

WINO & CONNY OCHS "Shards"



The anxiously anticipated second collaborative LP from American doom metal legend and solo artist, SCOTT “WINO” WEINRICH, and iconic German singer/songwriter, CONNY OCHS, entitled Freedom Conspiracy nears late March release via Germany’s Exile On Mainstream. Recorded at Kabumm Studio with producer Thommy Krawallo, as was their Heavy Kingdom LP, the newest collection of ambitious, harrowing and beautiful music created by WINO & CONNY OCHS not only brings forth the same quality of organically conceived folk/rock fans of the previous album should expect, it simply excels in every imaginable aspect. Freedom Conspiracy’s approach is slightly different from Heavy Kingdom as it has been created in a much more organic way with rudimentary ideas brought in by each and then carved into songs by both together. Fusing acoustic and electric guitars and with both artists’ standout vocal styles searing through these thirteen well-crafted brand new hymns, the album delivers forty-five minutes of some of the most refined, dynamic and unforgettable folk/rock music in years. Fans of Woodie Guthrie, Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan, The Black Crowes, Scott Kelly, Mike Scheidt and the like should make sure this duo is on your radar. Imported from Germany, the LP version of Freedom Conspiracy is pressed on 180-gram black vinyl in a reverse board sleeve with thermographic print and an extensive booklet, the CD packaged in a mini-gatefold with booklet and matt laminate varnish.

www.scottweinrich.com
www.facebook.com/ScottWeinrich
www.connyochs.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Conny-Ochs/112536815501097
www.mainstreamrecords.de
www.earsplitdistro.com


WINO & CONNY OCHS "Drain"

Tiree

Mystic Legend

One of Bert's rarest releases, this 1985 LP was originally issued as an edition of just 500 copies on the small Belgian label, Konexion. This issue unites the varied track listing of previous versions – both LP and CD, with many cuts appearing here on vinyl for the first time. Remastered from original tapes by Brian Pyle. Limited to 1000 copies worldwide.

Bert Jansch - River Running

I'm Still Believing

Pre order the new Ep, released November 21st, from here -
https://tobyhay.bandcamp.com/album/birds-ep

Toby Hay - Raven

Slow Reel: Mullacreevie (Niall Vallely)
Reel : Inches to Dublin (Padraig Rynne)
8-)

Earth Recordings Announce
'Avocet Revisited'
Out 11th August 2017
45rpm vinyl EP/CD

Features tracks from Edwyn Collins & Carwyn Ellis, Alasdair Roberts, Trembling Bells and Modern Studies

'Avocet Revisited'' is a four track EP, commissioned by Earth recordings as a companion piece to Bert Jansch’s 1979 avian-themed masterstroke ‘Avocet’. Again drawing inspiration from the resplendence of birds native to British waters (Bert himself was a keen ornithologist), Earth invited this quartet of artists to each choose a species that particularly speaks to them, and base a track around it. The results have been universally graceful, evocative, and majestic - much like the creatures themselves. 
 
Fulmar
Drifting low and gliding high, the flight patterns of this gull-like creature are echoed in Edwyn Collins and Carwyn Ellis’s paean to the bird that spends most of its life airborne. Part waltz, part lullaby, ‘Fulmar’ is exquisite in its simplicity, with Carwyn’s elegant arrangements providing the perfect foil for Edwyn’s unmistakeable intonation.
 
Curlew
The opening of Modern Studies’ track - the call of the Curlew itself - is as recognisable as the looping feathered frame of its namesake. Perfectly showcasing the handsome orchestral arrangements that have become the group’s signature style, there is a lightness of touch here that evokes Virginia Astley’s ‘From Gardens Where We Feel Secure’.
 
Goosander
Another Scottish resident, both artist and avian. Unmistakably Alasdair Roberts, ‘Goosander’ is at once refined and somewhat feral; Alasdair’s picking supplemented by sighing organ drones and spartan electric guitar. 
 
Golden Plover
Playing us out, Trembling Bells’ contribution has a Harvest feel - the last days of summer invoked by the warm refrain and gentle orchestration found on 'Golden Plover’. In another lifetime, this song - infused with the sounds of yesteryear - could very easily have made it onto the Wicker Man soundtrack… which should tell you all you need to know. A pagan hymn reimagined for the Scarfolk era! The band is joined by Callum Calderwood (violin), Rory Haye (vocals), Andrew Pattie (vocals) and Belle & Sebastian’s Stevie Jackson (12 string guitar).

Track list:
A1 Edwyn Collins & Carwyn Ellis - Fulmar
A2 Modern Studies - Curlew
B1 Alasdair Roberts - Goosander
B2 Trembling Bells - Golden Plover

Pre-order links:
Bandcamp – avocetrevisited.bandcamp.com/album/avoc…-revisited
Website - earthrecordlabel.com/product/avocet-revisited/

Modern Studies - Curlew

Two exclusive preview tracks of the debut album from KAN, due for official release later this year.  Visit www.kan-music.co.uk to pre-order exclusive pre-release copies of their eagerly-awaited debut Album "SLEEPER".  
Tunes: Marcos Llope (finnegan) The Oblique Jig (Vallely) Hayden's Rock (Finnegan)

Marcos

Stein Urheim

Watch the View

Improvisation 1 (The Slow Arc Of The Sun, Over The Meadow)

Tompkins Square is very proud to announce the signing of Welsh multi-instrumentalist, Gwenifer Raymond. Hailing from Cardiff and now residing in Brighton in the South of England, Raymond began playing guitar at the age of 8. 

Her debut album, You Never Were Much of a Dancer, is out on Tompkins Square in early 2018.

Sometimes There's Blood

The title track from Sam Moss' LP "Neon" (out March 2, 2018).

Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2E5uOwo
Preorder the LP: https://sammoss.bandcamp.com/

Sam Moss- Vocals, Acoustic guitar
with
Justine Bowe: High Harmonies, Wurlitzer, Synths
Benjamin Burns: Drums
Michael Siegel: Upright Bass
Rachel Sumner: Low Harmonies

Engineered by Michael Siegel at Warrior Camp in Somerville, MA
Mixed by Dave Snyder at Guilford Sound in Guilford, VT
Mastered by Dan Coutant at Sun Room Audio in New Windsor, NY

Cover Drawing by Will Moss
Text & Layout by Sam Moss

Written by Sam Moss
© 2018 Sleep Walk Songs (ASCAP)

Neon (Single)

New Album - 'The Longest Day' released on summer solstice - June 21st.
Pre-order now -tobyhay.bandcamp.com/

Toby Hay - Curlew (part I)

“The Jingling World of The Skygreen Leopards” is a collection of songs from the first two Skygreen Leopards CDRs on Jewelled Antler; two mini albums written & recorded in the distant days of 2001, a year with a name that evokes a psychedelic future but which now seems very much part of the psychedelic past. Guided by Tall Dwarfs, The Monkees & The TVPs, the early SGLs concept was to mix automatic songwriting, two voices, California 12-string and put it on reverb smothered 1/4″ tape. The restrictions were that no songs could break the 3 minute mark, no jamming allowed, and you never went back to fix mistakes. All songs were written and performed by Glenn Donaldson and Donovan Quinn; both switching instruments and overdubbing until Glenn’s Tascam 388 had run out of open tracks.

From the womb of fanzines, flea market record crates of the 90’s and San Francisco’s fading victorians, it’s “The Jingling World of The Skygreen Leopards”!

The Jingling World of The Skygreen Leopards

The Skygreen Leopards "I Fell Asleep In The Sunbleached Grass (I'll Just Pass Away)"

The Avens are Norm Adams, Allison Cameron  & D'Arcy Gray. From the cassette "In Memorium Robert Ashley / Improv #2," coming in June.

The Avens "In Memoriam Robert Ashley" (Excerpt)

"When I Think Of You" recorded as part of 'Acoustic At The Norfolk - Volume 2'.
Recorded live over two very hot nights at The Norfolk Basement Lounge, Fremantle, Western Australia on Friday 27th & Saturday 28th January, 2012
 
Carus Thompson: Vocals, Guitar
Christian Thompson: Vocals
Mo Wilson: Piano
Adam Gare: Mandolin & Violin

Buy the album online

Carus Thompson - When I Think Of You - Acoustic At The Norfolk Vol 2

VINYL FORMAT. Two brand-new unreleased tracks by The Walkmen. Both songs were produced, engineered and mixed with Phil Ek. All material is from the Heaven sessions.

The first 100 people to be at The Walkmen's Terminal 5 show on Thursday 10.18 will snag a 7". Get your tickets here: http://bit.ly/NVVMFJ

Vermeer '65

This is my instrumental version of the Scottish traditional song "The Shearing's not for you ...". The main voice is guitar but i also play whistle and udu.
My friend and compatriot Paul Joses asked me to contribute something to his forthcoming CD "Waterfront", and this is what came about ... so this is a "sneak preview" of one of the tracks .......
Hope you enjoy it .....

The Shearing ENDmix Ian

2nd track from The Scott Wood Trio - EP. Composed by Scott Wood for his school music teacher: 'Mr. Sloan'. 

Scott Wood - Whistle
Mhairi MacKinnon - Fiddle
Ron Jappy - Guitar

www.thescottwoodtrio.com
www.facebook.com/TheScottWoodTrio
www.twitter.com/ScottWoodTrio
www.soundcloud.com/thescottwoodtrio
www.youtube.com/thescottwoodtrio

Mr. Sloan

Record Label

Mid Wales

www.cambrianrecords.com

Toby Hay - Curlew (part I)

Cambrian Records