Thanks to everyone who came by Fresh On The Net at the weekend to check out  Listening Post 345 and tell us which tracks they liked best. Here, in alphabetical order, are our readers' top favourites. Our reviews are written by Fresh On The Net's Steve Harris - and you can read them at http://freshonthenet.co.uk/faves345

Fresh Faves: Batch 345

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/79EKPC75ayNxXg6AWQ8WGg
A song about staying when you should leave...
Written by Florance/Fox Allen from the album 'Somewhere Down the Line'
https://marinaflorance.com/home
Lyrics:
I have tasted the bittersweet flavour 
of a love that’s turned sour, 
felt the weight of a heart so heavy 
carried through those long dark hours...
I have kept a box full of memories 
of another life and time, 
rewritten the rule book when the words 
of love don’t rhyme...

The Guilty One

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/79EKPC75ayNxXg6AWQ8WGg
https://www.marinaflorance.com
Little Black Cloud has been added to Tom Robinson Mixtape June 8th 2015, from This, That & The Other

written: Florance/Fox Allen
Date 2/62015 uploaded completed mastered track, Mastered by Tonalex Mastering
Lyrics:
I used to look into the sky, on the horizon there would be
a little black cloud way up high with a whole lot of rain for me
it followed me like a shadow would,
never gave me a moments peace
rained on me whenever it could, when I expected it the least
Chorus
but when it rains I'll watch the flowers grow
and in the dark I'll find a face in the moon
and when I live I'll live each day like my last
and it won't be a moment too soon
and when I love it will be with my heart and soul
and I will never be afraid to fall
and that little black cloud won't hold me back
because tomorrow doesn't come for us...
Verse 2
So I took a sideways look at myself, it was then that I could see
that my misfortune had become a self fulfilling prophecy
so i'm gonna search for the good in everything
and when that black cloud is overhead, 
I'll walk towards the sun instead
Chorus
and now I know the meaning of a life lived to the full
because a life lived in shadows is not living much at all
and i'm gonna search for the good in everything
and when that black cloud's overhead, 
I'll walk towards the sun instead
Chorus
but when it rains I'll watch the flowers grow
and in the dark I'll find a face in the moon
and when I live I'll live each day like my last
and it won't be a moment too soon
and when I love it will be with my heart and soul
and I will never be afraid to fall
and that little black cloud won't hold me back
because tomorrow doesn't come for us all.

Recorded: in The Small Room, all instrumentation, LVs and production by Marina Florance, 2015

This, That & The Other

Little Black Cloud

A #COUNTRYDUET inspired by a few people in my life -  Recorded and produced with JOHNKETTLE (of Merry Hell) featuring @DANJONESMUSIC/duet vocals - SCOTTGERMAN (country tinged) lead guitar and JUSTINJOHNSON/Drums and NEILMcCARTNEY (of merry hell) on violin.
Mixed @Jarafhousestudios and @ElusiveStudios - mastered by PETEMAHER - WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA coming soon ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO DONNA-MARIE

You Still Take My Breath Away

Debut album from The Voice Collective. Now available on CD at www.thevoicecollective.co.uk

Songs For Mavis - The Voice Collective (Album Preview)

Instincts

Tabanca - Instincts

You have broken through the veil of faded glass 
It’s gone away now 
The pain now has subsided at last 
Feel your senses tingle at the slightest touch 
A gentle faded whisper of I love you very much 

Kaleidoscopic images rush by 
Showered in colour, reminiscing life 
Never felt quite like this 
Never felt so alive 
How can you imagine this? 
How can you feel so much bliss in the blink of an eye? 

Come with us 
You are safe now 
You’re away now 
The Crossing has begun

Credits:

Coruja Jones - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar. 
Justin Shearn - Piano, Electric Guitar, Synths. 
Alec Stockton - Double Bass 
Adam Dawson - Drum Kit 

Lyrics: Coruja Jones 
Recorded by: Justin Shearn 
Produced by: Justin Shearn & Coruja Jones 
Mixed & Mastered by: Justin Shearn 

Dedicated to Steve Jones.

The Crossing

The Crossing (Single)

Daises

Written by Maria Maita-Keppeler
Engineered by Bart Budwig at The Ok Theatre in Enterprise, Oregon, and Matthew Zeltzer at Room 13 in Portland, Oregon
Produced by Maria Maita-Keppeler & Matthew Zeltzer
Mixed by John Askew at Scenic Burrows
Mastered by JJ Golden at Golden Mastering

Best Wishes

Can't Blame a Kid

I rant about all the lies and bullshit that is constantly being fed to us.

All talk

All Talk

A song about a love/hate relationship, where you can't bear to be with someone yet can't be apart from them

love u hate u

Taken from ‘The Crossing’, Coruja Jones' first short album, made up of a collection of songs based around the experiences leading up to and following the death of his father in 2016.

Working with Manchester based producer and long-term friend Justin Shearn, along with other local musicians, The Crossing is a culmination of 3 years of exploring life, death and everything in between; with many hours crafting the right sound and space for the songs to live in.

Of the Earth - a piece for Earth Day 2020

Music composed by Luke Moore.
Featuring a reading by Ewa Ladkowska.
Original text written by Meng Haoran, Wang Wei & Gustav Mahler.

Of the Earth was written & recorded on 23rd April 2020 to mark Earth Day.  The piece incorporates text from Mahler's six song symphonic work, Das Lied von Der Erde (The Song of the Earth), specifically the final movement, Der Abschied (The Farewell).  

Whilst the piece is a re-setting of the original text, this is spoken rather than sang.  The music does not borrow from Mahler's original work and is instead its own sparser reflection on the text.  Several of the lines resonate more when placed in the context of the COVID-19 lockdown, during which time this piece was produced.

Text:
"The Universal Edition score of 1912 for Das Lied von der Erde shows Mahler's adapted text as follows. 

Der Bach singt voller Wohllaut durch das Dunkel.
Die Blumen blassen im Dämmerschein.
Die Erde atmet voll von Ruh' und Schlaf.
Alle Sehnsucht will nun träumen,
Die müden Menschen geh'n heimwärts,
Um im Schlaf vergess'nes Glück
Und Jugend neu zu lernen!
Die Vögel hocken still in ihren Zweigen.
Die Welt schläft ein!

Translation into English:
The brook sings out clear through the darkness.
The flowers pale in the twilight.
The earth breathes, in full rest and sleep.
All longing now becomes a dream.
Weary men traipse homeward
to sleep; forgotten happiness
and youth to rediscover.
The birds roost silent in their branches.
The world falls asleep."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Lied_von_der_Erde#Text

Of the Earth

Fresh On The Net is a music blog hosted by Tom Robinson and Team Freshnet, offering independent artists an open door and a level playing field for their music. Our inbox is open at http://freshonthenet.co.uk every Monday to Thursday morning - if you share a track with us there it will be heard by every member of our moderation team.

IMPORTANT: 
Only send ONE track, and make sure the dropbox says "OPEN".  Sorry, but tracks sent while the dropbox is closed - or shared drectly with this Soundcloud account - will not get heard.

Coruja Jones, a Manchester (UK) based singer/songwriter. From honest folky storytelling, to ambient outpourings, this is music from the heart.

“A great track! Deft and assured”  [The Crossing]
– Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music

”Like Tom Waits singing nursery rhymes”
- Wayne, Picnic Area.

The Crossing

Coruja Jones

Related tracks