It's been a while, but welcome back here to Anneke Van Giersbergen. Anneke has a new album Everything Is Changing which is worth more than a cursory listen. Check it out you won't be sorry. Here's a track from it to peak your interest.
Here's a live version of the title track from a performance in Braga, Portugal. Everything Is Changingft. Daniel Cardoso - Aud. Sá de Miranda 29 January, 2011
And one more track, this from the live CD release party. Slow Me DownAnneke van Giersbergen (Agua de Annique) playing "Slow Me Down" (from the album: Everything is Changing) during the Album Release Concert live @ Melkweg, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on January 21, 2012.
Although they dropped some of the folkier elements of 2009′s Reservoir, now London-based outfit Fanfarlo have moved into a more synth-oriented, ’80s new wave direction with Rooms Filled with Light their new album. They will be touring the USA starting in March, and they will be in San Francisco, at Slim’s on April 17. This song will Replicate into your ear, this is my current permanent earworm. It's stuck in there but good.
ReplicateDirector: Alex Southam Another from the new album.
Shiny ThingsDirected By: Tim Nackashi
And one last one from the same album. De.con.struc.tionDirector: Alex Southam Definitely some cool videos as well as great music.
Just in case you had forgotten how good Reservoir was, remember this second single from that album. The Walls Are Coming Down
Yayy! Regina Spektor has a new single out, this has to be a precursor to a new album. Ohh happy day. And what a single this is, an amazing piece of music that will drag you along for the ride. So get ready, and hang on to your hats. Oh by the way, goose bumps.
All The Rowboats
And here's a live version so you can see where the amazing percussion comes from.
Just in case you want to sing along.
And the captain's worried faces Stay contorted and staring at the waves They'll keep hanging, in their gold frames
For forever, forever and a day All the rowboats, in the oil paintings They keep trying to row away, row away
Hear them whispering, French and German Dutch, Italian and Latin When no one's looking, I touch a sculpture Marble, gold, and soft as satin But the most special are the most lonely God, I pity the violins In glass coffins, they keep coughin' They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing, how to sing
First there's lights out, then there's lock up Masterpieces serving maximum sentences It's their own fault for being timeless There's a price to pay, and a consequence All the galleries and museums "Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs" They're just public mausoleums-- The living dead fill every room But the most special are the most lonely God, I pity the violins In glass coffins, they keep coughin' They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing
They will hang there, in their gold frames For forever, forever and a day All the rowboats in the oil paintings They keep trying to row away, row away
First there's lights out, then there's lock up Masterpieces serving maximum sentences It's their own fault for being timeless There's a price to pay, and a consequence All the galleries and museums They will stay there forever and a day
All the rowboats in the oil paintings They keep trying to row away, row away All the rowboats in the oil paintings They keep trying to row away, row away
The beautiful and talented Kate Martin has released her latest single. We featured the first single around September last year, now Kate Martin's second single from the new album is released. Personally I'm just really ready for the new album, roll on March 23.
Candle Burnin', Wax Drippin'Second single from Kate Martin's sophomore album, Hand Me My Bow And Arrow, to be released March 23, 2012 through Shock Records. Director & Producer - Robert Crispe Assistant Director - Jess Nickson Prop Assistant - Rachel Britton 5D - Elizabeth James 5D - Benjamin Hung 7D - Aaron Ashley Edited by - Robert Crispe
This is a beautiful live version of her first single Apples played On theRoof. Feb 8, 2012 In the latest episode of our On the Roof series, Townsville pop chanteuse Kate Martin stops by to play the gorgeous Apples, the first single from her upcoming sophomore lp, Hand Me My Bow And Arrow.
I don't have a location or song title but this is just a beautiful duet with Bree Tranter at the end of last year.
According to Kate, Hand Me My Bow And Arrow, was a difficult second album to make, but not for the usual reasons of writer’s block or procrastination. Instead, the Townsville songstress was beset by a series of battles throughout the writing and recording process, beginning with family breakdown, and followed up by lost jobs, discarded boyfriends, unpaid rent and being evacuated from her house to escape a cyclone. “The album came together surprisingly easily”, Kate explains, “I wasn’t exactly short of material to write about." Candle Burnin’ Wax Drippin' is about the relationship that are you know will fail from the start, but you stay in it regardless.
New Zealand based singer/songwriter HERA has been living, writing and performing for 12 years now whilst carving out a very successful career in her native country of Iceland. Not an easy task given the global separation, but one that was richly rewarded in 2003 when she was named Best Female Artist at that year’s Icelandic Music Awards, a category dominated for the previous 10 years by global superstar Bjork! Hera’s Icelandic debut album also delivered her a Gold Record there being backed up by 37 live concerts in two months, the most extensive Icelandic tour ever undertaken by a solo female artist...
A prodigious talent from an early age, Hera began playing classical guitar in Reykjavik at the age of 8 building an impressive collection of her own self-penned songs by 13… In 1994 her family moved to New Zealand where she started playing her own shows building her a small but very dedicated fan base.
Bottom line this young lady has a beautiful voice, whether she's in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. Just listening to her will make your day. Tremendous!
Litre of me
'Litre of me' from the album 'Rattle my bones' Recording at Tandem studios 2011 with Toby Ricketts, filmed by Daniel Lynch
It's a funeral thing
This is a new song (my first ukulele song) from the upcoming album 'Rattle my bones' Recorded on May 28th 2011 (on an iphone 4) at Pegasus bay winery after a few lovely wines...
With extra special thanks to Gummi for the most wonderful ukulele :) [herasings]
Maybe Logical
The queen of the Olympian deities. She is a daughter of Cronus and Rhea, and wife and sister of Zeus. Hera was mainly worshipped as a goddess of marriage and birth. It is said that each year Hera's virginity returns by bathing in the well Canathus. The children of Hera and Zeus are the smith-god Hephaestus, the goddess of youth Hebe, and the god of war Ares. According to some sources, however, her children were conceived without the help of a man, either by slapping her hand on the ground or by eating lettuce: thus they were born, not out of love but out of lust and hatred.
Star Quality, with Nick Cave.
The solitude of the open road, loves lost and the harsh beauty of the Texas sun – these are just a few themes listeners will find in the songs of Lauren Fulbright. Whether writing from the dimly lit interior of a British pub or driving the dusty back roads of the American Southwest, Lauren has long used music as a means to capture and understand the world around her.
It's nice to know that Lauren has traveled the world a bit, so many folk just stick to their own backyards. Not that that necessarily makes for better songwriting skills, but it can't hurt. Bottom line though Lauren has a wonderful voice, that deserves more exposure. Sadly no videos could I find, but give a listen to a couple of her songs. Personally I can't wait to hear her album.
So today we have featured singers from Norway and New Zealand, so to round it of we go to Holland. Yori Swart is a Dutch singer/songwriter. She sings Pop music with a Folk/Alternative edge. Since the age of 10 she has performed with her guitar. Her inspiration comes from guitar virtuosos Ani DiFranco, singer/songwriter Fink, Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell, Fiona Apple and Walis Bird. Yori’s performances are well known energetic gigs with a lots of intensity, a combination of fierce ad-libs, beautiful guitar playing and a nice warm voice. Her self titled album was recently released, and it is full of musical goodies. Check out some of them starting with the first single.
I Say Nothing
I Say Nothing is the first single from Yori's debut album "Yori Swart", which was released February 17th, 2012. Music & Lyrics: Yori Swart Director & Camera: Andreas Stillman (c) YSplaat Recordings 2012
Give you all
Radio 2: Singer-songwriter Yori Swart speelde 'Give you all' in NCRV Music Matters, presentatie Sander Guis
Weeping Willows
Speciaal voor 3FM Serious Talent speelt Yori een speciale sessie op een balkon die haar dierbaar is.
Lydia Cole hails from Auckland, New Zealand. There have been a few really good singer / songwriters emerging from Kiwi land recently. Lydia has such a warm and beautiful voice. Check out her first single from the new album. I think given the right exposure "Blind Boy" could break big around the world.
Blind Boy
This is the first single from Lydia Cole's debut full-length album Me & Moon. Track produced by Nic Manders. Art & Direction by Ralph Matthews
Also on the album is this song, although this is a live version. That Was You
95bFM presents In Session, recorded at Roundhead Studios... a weekly series properly showcasing the best & brightest of New Zealand music today. Airs every week on 95bFM: Saturdays from 11am-12pm and repeated Fridays from 2-3pm.
One more from the same session, also on her debut album. Drawbridge
Check out the rest of the album here, I'm sure you'll end up ordering it.
Released 27 January 2012 Produced by Nic Manders Recorded & Mixed by Neil Baldock at Roundhead Studios in Auckland, New Zealand Assistant Engineers: Benjamin Knapp, Nathan Tiddy Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Jenny Hval (ex-Rockettothesky) is a Norwegian artist and writer. With her background in writing and performance her music is poetic, sensual, challenging, dark and beautiful as well as melodic and spacious.
I'm currently enthralled with her new album with Håvard Volden called Nude on Sand. It is very different to any of her music that is featured on this page. But so far I have not been able to find any of it in an embedding situation. So you have to trust me and go find it and take a listen for yourself.
Now for those of you who don't know Jenny Hval, here's some of her other recent work. This has to be one of the wildest places I could imagine to see a concert. I Got No Strings
Jenny Hval and her band (Håvard Volden, Kyrre Laastad) perform the new song I Got No Strings, Live @ Træna festival, July 2011 rockettothesky
Another view from that same concert.
Part of Jenny's performance at Kirkhellaren, the cave next door. Stick's Video
How Gentle
"How Gentle" is taken from the Jenny Hval (ex-Rockettothesky) album Viscera (released last year on Rune Grammofon). Video by Håvard Volden and Jenny Hval. Filmed in Berlin and Victoria, August and December 2010.
Jenny Hval (født 11. juli 1980 i Oslo) er en norsk vokalist, komponist, tekstforfatter og skribent.
Hun har gitt ut to musikkalbum under navnet Rockettothesky. Hennes tredje album, Viscera (2011) ble utgitt under hennes eget navn.
A dash of Joni Mitchell, a dollop of Stevie Nicks, a little helping of Joan Armatrading and a whole heaping of talent and you have Jenny Gillespie. Her smoky voice will send shivers down your spine, and bring on the goose bumps.
Jenny Gillespie’s new EP Belita is an intoxicating blend of folk, indie pop and post-rock, produced by Jenny and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily. Belita features turns by Sam Amidon on vocals and violin and Marc Ribot on electric guitar. A nuanced and modern approach to the folk genre—globally influenced, but intimately rendered, with precise yet imaginative instrumentation.
I am just digging this EP, it sounds superb. But then so does pretty much everything Jenny sings.
Sunshine Blood
"Sunshine Blood" from Belita EP Live at Joyride Studio, Chicago Jenny Gillespie + Shahzad Ismaily Directed by Todd Tue
From that same session, I'm guessing. Mariposa
Not on the EP, but here's a stripped back cover of a Bon Iver song, performed with the only instrumentation being the dulcimer. A true thing of beauty. Beth/Rest
Check out the rest of the EP right here.
And finally today, I could not resist this beautiful video with the awesome remix. The Pierre Pascual Remixes
"Golden Central" (Remixes) + "Hearts for Eyes" (Remixes) by Jenny Gillespie. Out on June 15 2011 (Madame Visage Records) Arranged & Produced by Pierre Pascual. Images by Milk Product.
Helsinki-based postrock band All Will Be Quiet will release their debut album on Wednesday 2nd of May. This is preceded by a single release Wide Eyes and Space Flights, which introduces the band and its way of stretching the borders of this genre. The single and debut album are released by Lionheart Records.
After working for eighteen months on the upcoming album, the band is finally ready to release it. They waited until they were totally satisfied with the outcome. This can be heard in Wide Eyes and Space Flights, which is truly is a polished piece. Distinctive rhythm patterns, Alex Kauffmann's ethereal voice and the violin and the cello playing in the background make this song particularly interesting and powerful. And we all know how much I love the violin and cello.
The apocalyptic theme and atmosphere in Wide Eyes and Space Flights is a great foretaste of the upcoming album On the First Day. With their debut album All Will Be Quiet tells a story of a new beginning, change and opportunities the humankind will face after everything is lost.
This is almost prog rock. Why do we need tags? But sometimes I hear a little Barclay James Harvest here. All in all I am really digging this band, and can hardly wait for the album to be released in May.
So meantime, in between time check out the aforementioned single. Wide Eyes And Space Flights
released 24 February 2012 Aleksi Kaufmann - vocals, guitar, cello Tatu Halonen - bass Iiro Säynäjärvi - piano, keyboards Joel Tobias Sädekoski - drums & percussion Kane Kaspar Heinonen - guitar, sampler violin: Sofia Kosonen backing vocals: Tanja Korkka
recorded, mixed and produced by Kane Kaspar Heinonen mastered by Matias Ahonen / Audiamond
Then I found this really cool live piece Writing History
All Will Be Quiet live at Torvi, Lahti June 22,2011 produced by Riikka Huuskonen & Kane Heinonen camera: Riikka Huuskonen, Simo Järvelä, Eeva Ronkainen, Otso Vartiainen edit: Kane Heinonen, Riikka Huuskonen music: recorded, mixed and produced by Kane Heinonen mastered by Matias Ahonen / Audiamond
Today we welcome Soko a beautiful young lady who once wanted to quit the music scene, see review below, and just stick to her acting. Boy am I glad she changed her mind. Despite her misgivings I think she has an unusual and beautiful voice. If you listen to these first three songs, all from Soko's new album, there is a vulnerability about her that is just wonderful to behold. I am thinking that her album I Thought I Was an Alien will be a permanent resident on my Winamp playlist for some time to come.
I Thought I Was An Alien
Directed by : Soko With : Alien / Surfer : Maxime Sokolinski Alien Lovers : Sam Spiegel and Soko Filmed by: Soko, Additional Filming : Maxime Sokolinski, Spike Jonze Edited by : Marie Charlotte Moreau Alien created by : Alterian ( million thanks to Tony Gardner ) Shot in Echo Park, CA, in august 2011 on my iPhone.
This song could possibly break your heart, achingly beautiful it is. I've Been Alone Too Long
I've Been Alone Too Long, live //Filmed by: Matthew Gray Gubler, in Nevada in July 2011.
First Love Never Die
Directed by: Soko & Matthew Gray Gubler Co-Edited by: Matthew Gray Gubler & Soko & Matt Murphy & Laura Gonzalez First Lovers: Emilia Sterkel & Trip Star Moon. Shot in Nevada in August 2011. Big Thank you to everyone at the Ranch ( humans & animals ! ) for letting us have such a wonderful time with you.. Thanks to Derek, Persephonie, Andre and the kiddos for being so great !
Listen to her earlier hit from 2007, when Soko achieved a hit single in Denmark with her song "I'll Kill Her" after the radio program The Black Boy Scouts began to promote it. The song reached number one on the chart of the Danish version of the iTunes Store and was the number one song in rotation on radio. I'll Kill Her
Stéphanie (Soko) Sokolinski is a César-nominated French actress who had a minor hit in 2007 before announcing that she was “dead” as a musician. Now “reborn”, any reservations you might have about her debut album are scuppered at the start as she whispers: “You will discover me through my songs…/ Hear all the cracks and the lack of talent/ And I hope that you don’t hate me by then.” Think Daniel Johnston with experience in place of innocence. Touching and strangely beautiful. Soko started recording in her bedroom, just a girl with an acoustic guitar and GarageBand. But her debut album, recorded with Elliott Smith collaborator Fritz Michaud, looks beyond such puppy-eyed whining. The likes of ‘For Marion’ and ‘I Just Want To Make New With You’ have a knack for making sadness sound sweet, and sweetness sad; and while there are clichés here that love songs struggle to escape from, ‘I Thought I Was An Alien’ dumps twee cold and hard, running into pop’s warm embrace. [Exystence]
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