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Too Good To Hide

Idesia - Onacloud

FIRE (OUT 22nd SEPT)

Strangers (feat. Lorraine Williams)

Whatever Happens Now

You Make Me Think Of Fire

I'm Around (Both Sides)

Little remix I did of a great cover of 'Heaven'.

Brandi Carlile - Heaven (Kendwa Edit)

“How do you heal when half your heart is gone?” is a heartfelt ballad that gently addresses the pain and resilience of those left behind when a loved one goes off to war and never returns. The song is written from the perspective of a close friend or confidant, offering empathy and quiet support to someone who has lost their partner in conflict.
You can expect a deeply emotional journey through grief, longing, and the silent strength required to carry on. The verses paint vivid scenes of empty rooms, cherished memories, and daily rituals that now serve as reminders of absence. The chorus, repeating “No word from the front, no word at all,” captures the endless waiting and unanswered questions that haunt those left behind. The song’s tone is intimate and compassionate, with lyrics that acknowledge the listener’s sorrow without offering false hope, instead promising steadfast presence and understanding.
The listener can expect a moving and relatable narrative, a song that validates the experience of loss and honors the enduring love that remains after tragedy. It’s a tribute to the strength found in vulnerability and the power of simply being there for someone when words are not enough.
This is a song for quiet moments, for those seeking comfort, solidarity, and recognition of their silent battles.


How Do You Heal When Half Your Heart Is Gone

Written by Essie Holt & Will Cuming. 
Produced by Will Cuming. 
Mixed and Mastered by Andrei Eremin. 
Artwork by Michelle Pitiris @sheisaphrodite.

Distant Places ft LANKS

Listen to Nick Kingswell's single 'I Didn't Try', released April 23, 2020

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🎧 'I Didn't Try', released 23-04-2020
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📝 Lyrics:

As we took the hill 
the moon was high
we sunk our hearts 
with the dying light
we bid farewell 
on a street-lit stage
but every word 
was sung in vain

If this meant something 
different to you
I’ll never understand
I never understood
I thought love was one size fits all
I’m a fool to have thought this could go on

If it’s time you want
you can have it
if it’s something stronger
than habit
if it’s love you need 
go and find it
just don’t tell me I didn’t try
to love you right 

Then we walked along 
the darkened streets
I could hear you talk 
but I couldn’t speak
you told me about your 
broken home
I  tried to understand 
but I don’t

if this means something 
different to you
how can I understand, 
what I never understood
I thought love was one size fits all 
but I’m proven wrong, I’m proven wrong 

If it’s time you want
you can have it
if it’s something stronger
than habit
if it’s love you need 
go and find it
Just don’t tell me I didn’t try 

And if it hurts to laugh
give it time babe
its a funny place
that we’re found in
but if it’s love you want 
you should have it
Just don’t tell me I didn’t try
just don’t tell me I didn’t try

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Nick Kingswell - I Didn't Try (with lyrics)

Afraid of Love - Single

Afraid of Love

'Big Hurt Boy' is out now: https://linktr.ee/donovanwoods

Donovan Woods was in on the joke when he named his latest release. Riffing on a lyric from a Martin Simpson song (“Never Any Good”), Big Hurt Boy is a six-song exploration of how our failures — and our fixations on them — not only shape but enlighten us.

“I write about them again and again, just hoping people will still be interested,” the acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter says. “So the title is poking fun of myself, that I’m theoretically this big sad guy who keeps getting dumped and writing fucking songs about it.”

Or you could think of it this way: Woods’ deep curiosity about the human condition is why we so clearly hear our own stories in his. The details differ, the characters change, but at their core, Donovan Woods songs are for and about everyone.

That’s particularly apparent on his new EP, which will be released March 18, 2022. Trying to capture more of an “undone” quality, Woods wanted his latest songs to “get back to the feeling that my early recordings had.” You hear that in the spare, subtle ache of “No Time Soon,” an acoustic monologue Woods describes as “the story of my whole life.”

“These are smaller, less polished songs than the ones I’ve been putting out recently,” says Woods, winner of the 2019 Juno Award for contemporary roots album (for Both Ways) and whose global streams have surpassed 210 million.

Still, Big Hurt Boy brims with some of the luminous production touches Woods has been adding to this repertoire lately. He wrote the album opener, “I Won’t Mention It Again,” on banjo, which fades into a spectral backdrop of electronic textures and layers of lush harmonies. 

A co-write with Peter Groenwald, “Leave When You Go” simmers with an R&B vibe backed by sensuous vocals from indie-pop artist Ralph. “A Picture of Us Smiling at a Party Five Years Ago,” which reunites Woods with Katie Pruitt (who co-wrote and sang on Woods’ “She Waits for Me to Come Back Down”), untangles how our memories are often preserved by photos. “It’s about nostalgia, which is just a memory that doesn’t have any of the stress or dread or anxiety that the real-time experience had,” Woods says.

“I Hope You Change Your Mind,” co-written with David Hodges, is such an understated tearjerker that you don’t even realize the relationship is over until the last line. “That song is about that back-end portion of a relationship when everyone knows the score but no one wants to say it,” Woods says. “It’s loving someone so much that you’re not sure how to be mad at them, so you twist yourself into knots.” 

Big Hurt Boy is the follow-up to 2020’s Without People, Woods’ celebrated album he made in isolation at the height of the pandemic. Whereas those songs were recorded in a makeshift studio at his Toronto home, with collaborators working remotely, his latest release harnesses the electricity of a roomful of musicians laying down tracks live in the studio, a first for Woods.

As an in-demand songwriter whose work has been recorded by the likes of Tim McGraw (“Portland, Maine”) and Lady A’s Charles Kelley (“Leaving Nashville”), Woods has been venturing beyond the singer-songwriter scene where he first cut his teeth. Equally at home in folk and country, he has worked with songwriters such as Tom Douglas, Lori McKenna, Brandy Clark, Ashley Monroe, Dustin Christensen, Femke Weidema, Steve Robson, and Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies).

Each of these collaborations has highlighted a budding truth about Woods: As respected as he is as a solo artist, he’s evolving and upending our expectations of how his music sounds. His songs have grown more dimensional, emboldened by new sonic landscapes, reminding us that classic songwriting transcends genre.

I'm Around (Both Sides)

DonovanWoods

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