The new album 'Love Of Too Much Living' from The Magic Lantern, release date 29th September 2014. 

Stitches

I’ve been thinking about music and its place in the world. I’ve been thinking about artistic space and our willingness to occupy it. And I’ve been thinking, again, about success, what it means and to whom I ask for validation of it. These aren’t new thoughts exactly, but they are thoughts I have taken greater root this new year.

It feels important to say out loud that I am not competing with or against any other musician for your attention. I refuse to submerge my artistic practice in the barren, cold waters of marketing speak. Branding is for cows. And while of course I want to grow my audience, to reach further and farther, to travel and make new connections through my songs, what is meaningful to me is the depth more than the breadth. 

Experience and practice, the love of those this music has reached, the support of other musicians, have gifted me a perspective that brooks less doubt about the value of what I do these days. This is a kind of success. Thank you to everyone who nourishes me. 

My work for this year, hand in hand with the exciting and messy business of releasing a new album, is to more deeply embrace gratitude and practice some radical acceptance; to take a look around and realise this may be as good as it gets, and know that it is enough. The work continues. 

My new album 'To Everything a Season' is out on 11 October. 

Big love

The Magic Lantern / Jamie x 

"Excellent, intriguing and compelling, a man to watch"
-The Guardian

"Something very, very special"
- Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music

"Gorgeous, beautiful, this stopped me in my tracks. Slightly surreal, in all the right ways" - Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2

"Every now and again you come across a piece of music that will completely take your breath away. It might not be instant, but it will. The Magic Lantern’s ‘Holding Hands’ is one of those pieces of music. 8/10"
- Fortitude Magazine

"Creating something truly mesmerizing and incredibly unique. Jamie’s ability to combine jazz and folk into something ethereal and is undeniably spellbinding. Fans of Grizzly Bear and Chet Baker will feel at home here."
- The Vinyl District



www.the-magic-lantern.co.uk
Contact: jamiefdoe@yahoo.com

Is it words or sounds? What comes first, what will stay 'til the latest?

(Reposting addict with a passion for writing)

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Singer Songwriter, Cosmic Poetess, freethinker, healer of multi disciplines, intuitive, Angel card/Oracle/Tarot reader, housewife and mother of 3, gardener, confirmed “new ager” and proud dyslexic.

Acoustic guitar and vocals, low-if, home recordings, no editing straight from the soul. My storytelling songs are about love, loss, hope, joy and redemption all at the same time. Healing messages for the times of change we are living in.
I call my style of music “Spiritual folk”.  I kind of think of it as being heavily influenced by traditional country and 60’s popular folk with a new age twist... here you will find a true story in every song with a balance of melancholy and joy, some times whimsical and always with the redeeming power of LOVE. ❤️

Influences include, Nick Drake, Rory McLeoud, Carol king, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchel, Joan Baez, Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, John Williamson, Pigrum Brothers, Malvina Reynolds...
Drawing current inspiration form Daniel Johnston, Joanna Newsom and The Model Folk.

Winglish, living in Wales and learning the welsh language since 1985. 

I’v been a singer all my life but have no musical training to speak of. I started writing songs in 2004. Then had a ten year brake from 2009 when I studied a degree in traditional acupuncture and had my family. 

Technology has moved on in the last ten years and now I can record on my phone instead of relying  on borrowing friends time and recording equipment as I did before.

At this time I am working with the spoken word and converting some of my old songs in to poetry. I’m also writing new material.

Now I want to share my word/ sound art and spread the love. 🌈