Some words about: Mike Hale – Lives Like Mine

Mike Hale – Lives Like Mine free album (download) Suburban Home Records 2009 [tags: folk, acoustic, country, americana, 2009, FREE!] Listen while reading: Red Tide (from Lives Like Mine) Indigo Blues (from Lives Like Mine) Your Heart Just May (from Lives Like Mine) ___________________________________________________ I was quite surprised to find out, that I completely missed [...]

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Discography (8/8): The Handsome Family – Honey Moon (2009)

The Handsome Family – Honey Moon Carrot Top 2009 Listen while reading: The Loneliness Of Magnets (from Honey Moon) The Petrified Forest (from Honey Moon) ___________________________________________________ Finally we arrive in 2009. And so did the current Handsome Family record Honey Moon. I wrote about it earlier over at Velours Carpets For Lovers but I think [...]

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Discography (7/8): The Handsome Family – Last Days Of Wonder (2006)

The Handsome Family – Last Days Of Wonder Carrot Top 2006 Listen while reading: Your Great Journey (from Last Days Of Wonder) Bowling Alley Bar (from Last Days Of Wonder) ___________________________________________________ „You’ve begun to dance the ghost dance, stray dogs gather in your yard. Your great journey has begun.” (from Your Great Journey) One of [...]

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Quickie: Ox – Prom Queen (video)

Ox – Prom Queen [tags: alt. country, 2009, video] I think it is ok to post some alt. country stuff as we are in the Common Folk Meadow‘s Handsome Family week. I just found the new Ox video from their 2009 album Burnout and I really like it. Nothing special, just some guys standing in [...]

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Discography (6/8): The Handsome Family – Singing Bones (2003)

The Handsome Family – Singing Bones Carrot Top 2003 Listen while reading: Dry Bones (from Singing Bones) The Song Of The Hundred Toads (from Singing Bones) ___________________________________________________ Another day another Handsome Family release. Today Singing Bones is our candidate for inspection. In my opinon Singing Bones is sort of a cutting line that seperates the [...]

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Discography (5/8): The Handsome Family – Twilight (2001)

The Handsome Family – Twilight Carrot Top 2001 Listen while reading: Passenger Pigeons (from Twilight) The White Dog (from Twilight) ___________________________________________________ We arrived in 2001 and so did the fifth regular full length Twilight. And you can call me a fool but I said In The Air would sound more vital and maybe a bit [...]

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Concert review: Haruko & Hlynur Gudjonsson live in Chemnitz/Germany (11-20-2009)

Haruko and Hlynur Godjonsson @ Exil (11-20-2009, Chemnitz/Germany) This weekend was one of the best I ever had so far because I had the opportunity to see Haruko and Hlynur Gudjonsson live. On Friday they played a show at the Exil in Chemnitz/Germany and I for myself was more exited than ever. They started to [...]

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Discography (4/8): The Handsome Family – In The Air (2000)

The Handsome Family – In The Air Carrot Top 2000 Listen while reading: In The Air (from In The Air) Grandmother Waits For You (from In The Air) ___________________________________________________ As you may have realized I’m quite excited with Through The Trees and so every following album must stand the comparison with this gorgeous record. And [...]

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Discography (3/8): The Handsome Family – Through The Trees (1998)

The Handsome Family – Through The Trees Carrot Top 1998 Listen while reading: Weightless Again (from Through The Trees) My Sister’s Tiny Hands (from Through The Trees) Cathedrals (from Through The Trees) ___________________________________________________ Through The Trees. Man, when I hear just the name of this album I have some of my best music related memories [...]

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Discography (2/8): The Handsome Family – Milk And Scissors (1996)

The Handsome Family – Milk And Scissors Carrot Top 1996 Listen while reading: The Dutch Boy (from Milk And Scissors) The King Who Wouldn’t Smile (from Milk And Scissors) ___________________________________________________ Three years later. The Handsome Family is back with the album that easily could have won many bad cover contests – not that the picture [...]

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Discography (1/8): The Handsome Family – Odessa (1993)

Hi folks! I don’t have time to update the blog in the following days with new material because I’m sorta busy. But for the sake of new posts I prepared something I hope you like. I wrote articles on the whole Handsome Family Discography and will post one article a day for the next week. [...]

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Review: Seasonal Sevens – Autumn (7”) [Pamela Wyn Shannon & The Magickal Folk Of The Faraway Tree]

Seasonal Sevens – Autumn (7”) Autumn Ferment Records 2009 [tags: acoustic, folk, 7''] Listen while reading: Pamela Wyn Shannon – Woolgathering (from Autumn 7”) The Magickal Folk Of The Faraway Tree – The Blackthorn Tree (from Autumn 7”) ___________________________________________________ Maybe you remember my delayed review for the Summer release in the Seasonal Seven series. If [...]

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Some GREAT News: New Brian Borcherdt album – “Torches” [free download!!!] and first MP3 from the upcoming “Teen Dreams” album by Beach House

Brian Borcherdt – Torches (& The Ward Colorado Demos) free album (download) self-released 2009 [tags: news, folk, free album + demos] Listen while reading: Further (from Torches) Crimes Scenes (from Torches) Workin For The Weakened (from The Ward Colorado Demos) Preserver (from The Ward Colorado Demos) ___________________________________________________ Maybe I should add an subsequent note, that [...]

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Review: Ola Podrida – Belly Of The Lion

Ola Podrida – Belly Of The Lion Western Vinyl 2009 [tags: folk, indie, americana, 2009] Listen while reading: Your Father’s Basement (from Belly Of The Lion) download it! ___________________________________________________ 2009 is, was and will be a great year for music lovers – and it is, was and hopefully will continue  to be a great year [...]

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(A short) Review: Sleep Whale – Houseboat

Sleep Whale – Houseboat Western Vinyl 2009 [tags: dream pop, 2009] Listen while reading: Cotton Curls (from Houseboat) download it! ___________________________________________________ Today I don’t have much time to post (and between you and me: I don’t found interesting folk stuff to write about). So I decided to do a quick one on the new Sleep [...]

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Maybe you missed it: Jump, Buck! – The Wolves Must Eat As Well

Jump, Buck! – The Wolves Must Eat As Well self-released 2008 [tags: indie folk, 2008] Listen while reading: Anything They’d Feed Us (from The Wolves Must Eat As Well) And Indeed, All Was Vanity And Grasping For The Wind (from The Wolves Must Eat As Well) ___________________________________________________ Belfast/Maine is the home of singer-songwriter and indie [...]

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Quickie: News: J. Tillman releases new 7” in November via Western Vinyl

J. Tillman – Wild Honey / Black Barge 7” Western Vinyl 2009 I hope I am not the only one who missed the news that Mr. J. Tillman is releasing a brand new 7” via Western Vinyl this November…the label writes the following: “These two tiny songs, one being “Wild Honey Never Stolen” and the [...]

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Review: Paul Masson – Paul Masson EP

Paul Masson – Paul Masson EP self-released 2009 [tags: country, folk, ep, 2009] Listen while reading: My Girl Baltimore (from Paul Masson EP) ___________________________________________________ Paul Masson from Baltimore/Maryland recently got some praise for his debut EP from the guys over at The Gobblers Knob and now it’s my part to join in with some words [...]

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Some words about: Molina And Johnson – Molina And Johnson

Molina And Johnson – Molina And Johnson Secretly Canadian 2009 [tags: folk, americana, 2009] Listen while reading: Twenty Cycles To The Ground (from Molina And Johnson) ___________________________________________________ Because I’m very happy that my Molina And Johnson LP arrived a few minutes ago I thought I share some words about this stunning record. First of all: [...]

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Quickie: News: Jason Boesel announces solo debut “Hustler’s Son”! First mp3 available!

Jason Boesel – Hustler’s Son Team Love January 12, 2010 [tags: americana, indie, 2010] Listen while reading: Hand Of God (from Hustler’s Son) download it! ___________________________________________________ I’m sure many of you folk fans are sometimes in the mood for some nice americana or alt. country or whatever you want to call it. And if you [...]

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