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Cardboard Satellites

How Long Do You Think It's Gonna Last?

Latter Days (feat. Anaïs Mitchell)

Endless Time

Lighten Up

Can't See Stars (feat. Kevin Morby)

Anaïs Mitchell

Bright Star

Waysides

The Solitude

Real Heart

Performers: Tim McNary, Machaela Nesler (Featured)
Songwriter: Tim McNary
Production: Jon Estes, Tim McNary (Assistant Production)

Back to the Beginning

Back to the Beginning (Tim McNary )

Sidelines

Stubborn Heart

Bedrock

Big Hurt Boy

I Won't Mention It Again

Little Big Girl

Broken Families

BRIGHTSIDE

WHERE WE ARE

Dust

If/Then

Ready or Not (feat. Sierra Ferrell)

I Know You Know Me

Embers

Changing

Changing (Acoustic)

Carrie & Lowell

Should Have Known Better

Listen to James Ollier's new single 'Glory Days', released October 5, 2018

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📝 Lyrics:

These are the glory days
So why are you scared we are young
We are the risks we take
I breathe strong 

Starlings free-form
Over these moors 
Where my heart lies
Cemented in all of time
And all past loves

Over on the hills 
In five years still
All remains here
Untouched by the turns of life
And I get lost in my mine

I'll be still as the wind spills its body
I'm breaking out of the line
I'll be calm as the winter storms surround me
I'm heading out this time

Look into the stars
I've been thinking more
About this whole thing
Through the gaps of a moving train
For who we are

Little do I know
Come come and go
And love
We build up

I'll be still as the wind spills its body
I'm breaking out of the line
I'll be calm as the winter storms surround me
I'm heading out this time

Who plays the fool
When we've failed out last hurdle
Who claims the crown
When we've poisoned the rest of our lands

These are the glory days
So why you scared 
We are the risks we take
I've breathe strong

I'll be still as the wind spills its body 
I'm breaking out of the line

Glory Days

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Taken from the Album Salt catch Michael Baker on tour
March 19th The Brunswick Brighton
http://bit.ly/39wJpfG
March 29th The Duke Whitstable
free admission
March 30th The Finsbury London 
http://bit.ly/3awkRUf
April 5th The Loft (Above The Kings) Portsmouth

BIOGRAPHY, by NME’s Andrew Trendell
“I lived in my van for two and a half years to pay for the making of my first record,” casually laughs singer-songwriter Michael Baker. “I moved into the van after a typical period of heartache. I had nowhere to go, but it was pretty good actually!” 

From this, you can gather a lot about the Anglo-French troubadour. Mainly, he takes nothing for granted and lives for his music.  

Spending his childhood near Brighton (where he went to the same school as Rag N’ Bone Man), Michael got his first guitar aged eight after seeing Oasis live and needing to learn ‘Wonderwall’. In his teens, the songs soon started to flow. It wasn’t long before the purity of his voice, the direct rawness of his writing and the sheer scope of his sound found him regular gigs and a devoted fanbase – one that only grew bigger and more in love with the release of his magnificent debut album Dust & Bone. 

A soaring collection of heart-wrenching indie-folk and cinematic sounds, Dust & Bone was recorded with Massive Attack collaborator Dan Brown, and was a staggering first showcase of Baker’s ambition and soulful style. “I’m really proud of the songwriting on that record,” he admits. “I was in such a bad place in my life when I made it, but it got such a great response from the people who heard it.”

Early sessions for Salt started when Baker hit the studio with Dan Brown and Oliver Baldwin, who had recently finished making Aldous Harding’s acclaimed album Party with PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish. While promising Michael says ‘’It felt like I needed more time to experiment than we had scheduled in.” So Baker headed back to record and produce the album with long-time friend Ed Martin. 

After discovering that his childhood home would be empty for a few weeks while his parents were in the process of moving away. He went in and stripped everything away, begged and borrowed all the equipment he needed, crammed the band in, drank a lot of wine, got a little stoned and naturally just flowed through the album – playing all day and all night. The recordings were so impressive, that Baldwin agreed to mix the record at Real World Studios and gave the songs a whole new dimension (as well as inviting Jack White’s pedal steel player Maggie Björklund to play on the album too). 
“I absolutely love artists like Cat Stevens and Bon Iver,” says Baker. Salt is a record that maps Baker’s journey through darkness and vulnerability to something a lot more hopeful. 
Among the key tracks that show Baker’s road to recovery, ‘Baby Books’ was inspired by being in close proximity to someone taking their own life – and totally changing the way he saw the world. Single ‘They Look Just Like They Know’ also deals with how “the mind can be a deadly place” and “feeling trapped in the prison of your own vision”. He’s looking for the sunrise on the horizon, too. Baker’s personal favourite ‘Claire’ celebrates the “the beauty of space in a relationship” and the escapist ecstasy of ‘One Good Damn’ has won over scores of new fans with its feel-good magnetism. 

Salt is a towering accomplishment that will win hearts with its adept handling of love, loss and hope, and there’s more to come. For now though, you’re about to get to know the real Michael Baker. “I feel like I have too much of a personal relationship with anyone who says they like my music,” concludes Baker. “I’ve been getting letters and messages from people saying that my songs have got them through a very hard time, and I don’t know how to reply to them other than as if I’d known them my whole life. That’s the way that I would do it. I hope that my music gives them as much as it’s given me.”

Claire

"Something More" available November 15, 2019.

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Ash & Stone

Joshua Hyslop - Something More

Birthplace

"A Ray of Light" is the second single of Luna Keller's upcoming EP "Prophecies and Silver Linings". It's a song about hope that reminds us that even in the darkest times the sun will shine again.

Prophecies and Silver Linings

A Ray Of Light

In My Life

Slow Tide - EP

Take Me Home

Dear August

The simplest pleasures matter the most. Whether it be the dawn breaking, pouring the first cup of coffee, or enjoying a tree as it sways in the wind, the little things distinguish one day from the next. The day derives color, personality, and even magic from these nuances. Davis John Patton most certainly treasures such details. In similar fashion, his songwriting bears the eloquence of a novelist, allowing the smallest moments to leave big impressions. On his 2020 Poetry EP [Nettwerk], the troubadour uses acoustic instrumentation and atmospheric production to translate life’s idiosyncrasies into five introspective and engaging folk anthems.

“I like to find people where they are and help them see the beauty in those moments,” he says. “I’m trying to highlight the profound things happening day-to-day. We can always use more inspiration and peace.”

Born and raised in the Midwest, Davis found himself drawn to music at a young age. Mom enrolled him in piano lessons during first grade. Three years later, he picked up guitar. In between choir at church and school, he discovered Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago and embraced acoustic folk. While in college, he independently wrote and recorded the 2018 Forest Park EP, followed by 2019’s From the Garden EP [Nettwerk], which received praise from the likes of American Songwriter, Atwood Magazine and more. Even in the midst of a prolific few years, he still found the time to recognize peace around him.