Cover over "Release" by Pearl Jam, using a sitar, vocals, acoustic guitar, and drones.

Pearl Jam - Release (with Sitar)

"Agatha Chang" from THE CAUTIONARY TALES OF MARK OLIVER EVERETT. Now available at eelstheband.com/stores.php

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett

Agatha Chang

Fetish

Puppet on a String

From Frazey's full length album Obadiah

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Frazey Ford - Lovers in a Dangerous Time

By Rodrigo Leão & Cinema Ensemble
Cinema Ensemble are:
Ana Vieira (vox)
Celina da Piedade (accordeon)
Viviena Toupikova (violin)
Carlos Tony Gomes (cello)
Bruno Silva (viola)
Luís Aires (baixo)
Luís San Payo (bateria)

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Cover #22 from the series "Songs I Love" by Piers Faccini
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Given my love of her writing, I really should have already covered a Joni Mitchell song in the series by now. As a lyricist she's in a hallowed place all of her own and I can't think of anyone else who writes with such invention and grace. Little Green almost hurts to sing. It tells the story of the daughter Joni Mitchell gave up for adoption. One can only imagine the torment of a young mother having to give up her child and it's tempting too as the verses unfold to question her for doing so. Perhaps that's what makes it such a moving piece, taking us as listeners, deep into complex and ambiguous emotional waters where compassion, sorrow and forgiveness can mingle? I wonder how Joni's biological daughter feels about the song, would she have preferred it to have remain unwritten, unsung? It makes me think that writers are inevitably selfish beings as nothing is ever off limits for them. Shining a light on events that others might rather hide  is hard for the people that inspire the stories. But despite the sorrow Little Green calls up, I have no doubt the rest us are better off for hearing it.  The beautiful guitar part here was played by my friend the South African Guy Buttery. We met when I toured South Africa in 2008 with Nibs van der Spuy, I've collaborated on a few songs of Guy's over the years,  including one on his next album, I encourage you to discover his amazing music, he has a crowdfunding thing going on for his next album, I hear guitar buffs can even bid for one of his guitars! http://igg.me/at/guybuttery/x

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Franchement, vu comme j’adore ses compositions, il y a longtemps que j’aurais pu inclure une chanson de Joni Mitchell  dans la série!  Comme parolière, elle évolue dans une sorte de sanctuaire qui n’appartient qu’à elle – je cherche en vain quelqu’un qui écrive avec autant de grâce et de sincérité.  ‘Little Green’  est une chanson très sensible, poignante. Elle raconte l’histoire de la fille que Joni Mitchell a dû abandonner et confier à l’adoption. On peut imaginer les tourments d’une jeune mère acculée à laisser son enfant ; mais au fil de l’histoire, on a aussi envie de l’interpeller sur son geste… C’est sans doute ce qui rend ce récit si touchant, et qui plonge ceux qui écoutent dans les hauts fonds des émotions complexes et profondes, là où peuvent se fondre la compassion, la tristesse, et le pardon… Je me demande ce que ressent la fille biologique de Joni à l’écoute de cette chanson : aurait-elle préféré qu’elle demeure non-écrite,  jamais chantée ? Je réalise que les auteurs sont en fait des êtres assez égoïstes, qui ne se posent aucune limite. Porter au jour des événements que d’autres préfèreraient cacher n’est pas sans conséquences douloureuses pour les personnes qui inspirent ces récits. Malgré la tristesse que ‘Little Green’ éveille, je suis convaincu qu’une autre part de nous est heureuse de l’écouter.  
Sur cette reprise, la superbe partition de guitare est jouée par mon ami Sud-Africain Guy Buttery.  Nous nous sommes rencontrés lors de ma tournée là-bas en 2008 avec Nibs van der Spuy. Je vous invite à découvrir son incroyable univers musical. J’ai contribué à quelques chansons de Guy ces dernières années, y compris pour son prochain album. Il y a une campagne de financement participatif en cours sur ce projet, et je crois même qu’il y a des enchères possibles pour une de ses guitares. Avis aux amateurs ! http://igg.me/at/guybuttery/x
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Piers Faccini - Little Green [Joni Mitchell Cover](Songs I Love #22)

'Terribly So' is taken from Howe Gelb new solo album 'Future Standards' out 25th Nov on Fire Records

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Howe Gelb - Terribly So

GOAT - Temple Rhythms

Boffadem

John Zorn - Sippur

One With The Birds

Rodrigo Leão has a singular and extremely rich career connected to some of the most important moments of the Portuguese music scene post 1980. Rodrigo sees it almost as a book or a film with different chapters, but always connected. His beginnings date from the pop band “Setima Legiao” and then became co-founder and main composer for “Madredeus”.

With the solo debut, Rodrigo started to explore new sounds getting closer to some contemporary classical music, to minimalism and started a journey that has led him to many different sensibilities: «In my music you will find Michael Nyman, tango or French music», he says. «O Mundo (1993-2006): The Best of Rodrigo Leão» was released internationally at the end of 2006 to a unanimous applause. Collaborations with people like Beth Gibbons (Portishead) or Ryuichi Sakamoto, both featured on the album «Cinema».

The new CD called «A Mãe» it’s an ambitious work with the contribution of such artists as Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon, Tindersticks’ Stuart A. Staples or Melingo. The new record features songs that were written in such places as The United States, Italy or India: «I recorded street sounds, children playing, birds singing. And sometimes even with my mobile phone», he says.

by: RMA

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