Review: Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom – Have One On Me Drag City 2010 [tags: acoustic, folk, avand-garde, 2010] Listen while reading: Kingfisher (from Have One On Me) Good Intensions Paving Company (from Have One On Me) ___________________________________________________ One of the most anticipated albums of 2010 is finally available – Joanna Newsom is back with her third regular studio [...]

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Posted on the fly: Mp3 Grab-Bag #01

[tags: mp3 grab-bag, acoustic folk, dream pop] *** Originally I intended to write about Joanna Newsom’s new album, but due to a really nice incident (meeting a close friend I haven’t seen in a while) I don’t have the time today. So I adjurn it to tomorrow. For now I offer just a handful of [...]

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Review: Friend Of All The World – Up These Branches

Friend Of All The World – Up These Branches self-released 2010 [tags: acoustic, folk, 2010] Listen while reading: Asleep For The Winter (from Up These Branches) In The Life (from Up These Branches) Golden Days (from Up These Branches) ___________________________________________________ Get ready for a sleeper from Canada, more exactly from Montréal/Quebec: Robert Cole, creating music [...]

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Review: Joe Pug – Messenger

Joe Pug – Messenger Lightning Rod Records 2010 [tags: folk, singer-songwriter, acoustic, alt country, 2010] Listen while reading: The Sharpest Crown (from Messenger) download it! The Door Was Always Open (from Messenger) ___________________________________________________ I’m a bit late on this, but I’m sure most of you fans of folk and singer-songwriter music have heard about Joe [...]

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Review: Prattle On, Rick – Communion Bread EP

Prattle On, Rick – Communion Bread EP self-released 2010 [tags: folk, indie folk, (acoustic), EP, 2010] Listen while reading: Find Your Own Way (from Communion Bread EP) ___________________________________________________ I hope you’re in the mood for a good Music Monday, because Patrick Rickelton, operating under the…eh…rather strange name Prattle On, Rick, from Nashville/Tennessee just recently released [...]

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Review: Leonard Mynx – Le Petit Mort

Leonard Mynx – Le Petit Mort self-released 2010 [tags: folk, alt country, experimental, FREE, 2010] Listen while reading: Sing Radio (from Le Petit Mort) The Bones (from Le Petit Mort) ___________________________________________________ Everything seems to point straight to Portland/Oregon – always. So much musical talent and so much good music comes from there, that I don’t [...]

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Review: Galapaghost – Neptunes EP

Galapaghost – Neptunes EP self-released 2010 [tags: acoustic, indie, folk, EP, 2010] Listen while reading: Human Unkind (from Neptunes EP) ___________________________________________________ Do you remember Galapaghost? We wrote about his debut EP Our Lost Generation earlier (click here to read it) and a few days ago he contacted me again and submitted his new EP called [...]

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Review: Seasonal Sevens – Winter (7″) [Dusty Stray & Flake Brown]

Seasonal Sevens – Winter (7″) Autumn Ferment Records 2010 [tags: acoustic, folk, 7'', 2010] Listen while reading: Dusty Stray – Winter’s Day (from Winter) Flake Brown – White Is The Snow (from Winter) ___________________________________________________ Here we go again with the Winter edition of the Seasonal Sevens, a 7” vinyl single series released through Autumn Ferment [...]

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Review: The Twilite Broadcasters – Evening Shade

The Twilite Broadcasters – Evening Shade self-released 2010 [tags: acoustic, folk, roots music, country] Listen while reading: More Pretty Girls Than One (from Evening Shade) Southern Moon (from Evening Shade) ___________________________________________________ As a music blogger you (have to) discover new music almost every day and often you will find great stuff you consider worth sharing [...]

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Update: Cedarwell – A Stone, A Leaf, A Door.

Cedarwell – A Stone, A Leaf, A Door. self-released 2010 [tags: indie rock, indie folk, folk, 2010] Listen while reading: Who To Blame (from A Stone, A Leaf, A Door.) download it! One Man (from A Stone, A Leaf, A Door.) download it! Past Year (live on MOKB radio) download it! Run Into Hiding! (live [...]

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Review: Jozef Van Wissem – Ex Patris

Jozef Van Wissem – Ex Patris Important Records 2010 (click cover artwork to see vinyl) [tags: acoustic, folk, neo-classic, instrumental, lute, 2010] Listen while reading: Amor Fati (Love Is A Religion) (from Ex Patris) ___________________________________________________ A very interesting and fascinating release for today: Jozef van Wissem (hailing from Brooklyn/New York) recently released his newest long [...]

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Quickie: Download free Valentines Day alt country and folk sampler

Various Artists – The Alternate Root: Free Valentines Day Sampler free sampler (download) The Alternate Root 2010 [tags: alt country, folk, country pop, compilation, FREE, 2010] Listen while reading: Billy Franks – The Sacred Art Of Leaving (from Valentines Day Free Sampler) Small Ponds – Bleeding Heart (from Valentines Day Free Sampler) Jeff Maddox – [...]

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Review: Tim Schmidt – Slower Things

Tim Schmidt – Slower Things Analog Soul 2010 [tags: acoustic, folk, 2010] Listen while reading: Brighton Beach (from Slower Things) She Moves Me (from Slower Things) ___________________________________________________ A Swede living in Leipzig/Germany playing acoustic folk – whatever Tim Schmidt’s reasons were to move, it seems that his creativity got a boost from it. A couple [...]

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News: White Pines releases new 7” single “Is Passed In Sleep, At Night He Hunts”

White Pines – Is Passed In Sleep, At Night He Hunts Jumberlack 2010 [tags: singer-songwriter, folk, acoustic, 7'', 2010] Listen while reading: Gather The Children (from Is Passed In Sleep, At Night He Hunts (Single)) Name As Son (from Is Passed In Sleep, At Night He Hunts (Single)) ___________________________________________________ Few days ago White Pines released a [...]

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Review: Y’all Is Fantasy Island – Play On The Weekend’s Sunny Days (Single)

Y’all Is Fantasy Island – Play On The Weekend’s Sunny Days (Single) free single (download) Wise Blood Industries 2009 [tags: folk, slowcore, slow alternative, single, FREE, 2009] Listen while reading: Play On The Weekend’s Sunny Days (from Play On The Weekend’s Sunny Days (Single)) download it! Woman Of The House Thought As Much (from Play [...]

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Review: Faelwa – Farewell Sun EP

Faelwa – Farewell Sun EP self-released 2009 [tags: ambient folk, soundscapes, acoustic, EP, metal??, 2009] Listen while reading: Orphan Lullaby (from Farewell Sun EP) ___________________________________________________ Another facet of folk music for today – we take the trip to metal influenced “acoustic landscapes” from the Netherlands. But metal influenced doesn’t mean hard guitar riffing, heavy drums [...]

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News + Review! The Vespers – Tell Your Mama. Recording is finished, listen to the first three singles here!

The Vespers – Tell Your Mama Black Suit Records 2010 (March 11th) [tags: acoustic folk (pop), 2010] Listen while reading: Not So Nice (from Tell Your Mama) Tell Your Mama (from Tell Your Mama) Cottonfield (from Tell Your Mama) ___________________________________________________ It’s done, dear CFM readers. The Vespers (we talked about them earlier very enthusiastically) finished [...]

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Quickie: Various Artists – Come To The Mountain

Various Artists – Come To The Mountain Rounder 2005 [tags: old time music, folk, acoustic, compilation 2005] Listen while reading: Tony Furtado & Dirk Powell – Bane’s Grave (from Come To The Mountain) Jones & Leva (from Come To The Mountain) ___________________________________________________ This little post should serve as a reminder because the Come To The [...]

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Review: Derek Hoke – Goodbye Rock N Roll

Derek Hoke – Goodbye Rock N Roll Electric Western Records 2010 [tags: country, singer-songwriter, with band, folk, 2010] Listen while reading: The Finer Things (from Goodbye Rock N Roll) End Of The River (from Goodbye Rock N Roll) ___________________________________________________ East Nashville, Tennessee brings us a fine country singer-songwriter by the name of Derek Hoke who [...]

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Quickie: Kurt Weisman – Orange

Kurt Weisman – Orange Autumn Records 2010 [tags: acoustic folk (mostly), 2010] Listen while reading: Let My Spirit Rise (from Orange) Self-Portrait With Skull (from Orange) ___________________________________________________ Quick one for today. Kurt Weisman just released his 2nd album called Orange via Autumn Records. Unlike his first full length output, Orange features mostly Kurt’s voice and [...]

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