Update: The video for this track no longer exists. There is no suitable replacement. (a poor quality live version exists) Safe To Say is from Russel Howard’s double EP City Heart +, which is six songs covered both in electric and acoustic settings and was released July 2013. Russel has a commanding high tenor vocal that projects the lyric with decisiveness, making sure your ears get every word and every nuance. Even though iTunes has apparently not figured this out yet, Russel Howard the comedian and Russel Howard the musician are mutually exclusive. Which is why a browse to the i-tunes purchase…
Read MoreA year ago I would have been hard-pressed to foresee that The Civil Wars (Joy Williams and John Paul White) would be on the precipice of a breakup as a group but after a stormy tour that ended early, the writing may be on the wall. This ahead of the recently released self-titled second long player (August 2013). It’s hard to imagine that the duo responsible for setting the folk-pop world on it’s ear and creating a space for…
Read MoreCould it be a modern day Roches on your speakers? Well, not exactly, but The Beautiful Word do have the quirky folk-pop that the Roches mastered so long ago, re-created in their own image. Also, unlike the Roches, The Beautiful Word is a male/female band. What a lot of fun it is, too! Here on the February 2013 single, May Not Be Love, you get the idea of what The Beautiful Word are all about. Fun quirky, sometimes minor-key, gems are…
Read MoreNeil McSweeney has a vocal quality that nearly mirrors Roy Orbison in pitch and tonal quality, sans part of the vibrato of the late Mr. Orbison. It’s a very pleasing sound and it is front and center here on Snowblind from his forthcoming long player, Cargo, due out later this month (September 2013). When you add Neil’s fine vocals, the subtle textures of the instrumentals and the fine female harmonies (not credited as of this writing), you have a delightful song and…
Read MoreIt’s only been about two months since I first posted Lily & Madeleine with Things I’ll Later Lose from their stand out January 2013 EP, The Weight Of The Globe, but I wanted to drop another post of their lovely harmonies to let you know that their debut self-titled long player is due out October 2013. Here is Tired, also from The Weight Of The Globe EP. If you have not as yet picked up Globe, you should get on over to their…
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