Little Bird [MP3]
Takes So Long [MP3]
Gotta Have You [MP3] (from Say I am You, 2005)
Being partners in life, as well as in music, Deb Talan and Steve Tannen have a great story to share. Falling in love, admiring each other’s work and forming The Weepies. The duo writes sincerely sweet, quiet and simply crafted songs. Another intimate homemade record, Hideway (2008), is the result of all the couple has experienced and absorbed so far. The Weepies deliver delightful folk songs, full of clever phrasing, loveliness and darker moments.
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Accompanied by a Wurlitzer keyboard, a banjolin, drums, a glockenspiel and guitars, the witty and well written songs of Arrah and the Ferns are the perfect weekend pop fun. Folk, Indie Rock and Alt Country influences create a bright and cute indie pop mixture. Arrah and the Ferns will make you smile and shine.
By framing her distinctive voice and the lyrics with the minimal production of her rhythms, Texan songstress Jana Hunter keeps things simple, clear and raw. Recorded in a mere two weeks, There’s No Home (2007) captures the heart with its haunting strings and electric guitar arrangements, sing-along choruses and country-like tunes, while Jana unfolds her emotional complexity, sharing her intimate stories of love and longing.
Moriarty create a folk fairy tale that seems to take place somewhere in the mountains of Tennessee. It doesn’t really matter if Tennessee has the required mountains, it doesn’t really matter if Tennessee exists at all. The place is irrelevant, because these folk stories can be told anywhere. Folking their way into the Bluegrass realm, Moriarty are as place less as eternal. Everywhere and always, Jimmy-types kids are running around and people are going to war.
The modern take on Folk music often brings out the protesting side of the genre. However, this is not all that Folk music has to offer. It also has a soft side that is meant to caress the old and tired men sitting at the local pub at the end of a hard day’s labor. Dawn Landes dives into the roots of Folk and Bluegrass music and extracts from it this soft and caressing element, which filled the tired men with life. At the end of the day there’s the softness of home, of a loving woman, waiting only for you. We shouldn’t forget this aspect of the life of the simple folk, and with Dawn Landes and her soft loving caresses we are promised not only not to forget it, but also to take pleasure on it.
Most musical genres come to life as en experimental evolution of previous genres. This was also the case with Freak Folk. It was born as a new psychedelic take on the good ol’ traditional folk music. Although it’s innovation and a pioneering spirit that drives artists to give birth to new genres, often they decide to settle down and continue create inside their newly born kingdom. This is not the case with Devendra Banhart. In this new album, title Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, he proves that he still has plenty to say and it’s going to come in a whole bunch languages. Smokey Rolls Down is a record that shares aesthetic and freakish values with his previous work, but speaks in totally different language. Banhart takes on a progressive approach with songs developing and swinging across genres from one minute to another. This album speaks many tongues and does so with amazing proficiency. This is, without a doubt, his best work to date.
The elephants parade. Despite their size they make little noise. They are introverted subtle beings, stilling a hug and a kiss from a loved one even when surrounded by a crowd. They create subtle caressing music, which its power is in its quietness, in its being very personal and delicate. Well, they might not be big like elephants, but Elephant Parade still make a music that seems to project the emotional world of this gentle giant mammal. Small music for huge emotional landscapes.
The wistful folk and distinctly Northern sound of Nancy Elizabeth is a powerful reminiscence of the past. Medieval harmonies and thoughtful song-writing reveal her mystifying and bewitching Celtic spirit, while transforming into warm, pensive and softly aching ballads. Her music is moving with its emotional impact, haunting with its acoustic melodies fueled by dramatic guitars and mesmerizing Celtic harp, and above all, comforting with her soaring and sorrowful voice.-
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Texting Your Way To Love [short movie]
Times have changed. The eloquently written love notes of yesteryear probably won't get you very far these days when it comes to serenading that special someone.Chris Vincze - Evol [SHORT MOVIE]
A beautiful orchestral love story between two people who just go backwards.R.E.M. - R.E.M. - Florida Atlantic University (in 1984) [MP3s]
For these of you of haven't noticed, the legendary rbally website came back to life recently and is again the best place on the web for live recordings.
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