Très belle découverte de la semaine grâce à #SouffleContinu : Julien Ledru, un parisien adepte du fingerpicking, bel héritier de John Fahey, Glenn Jones ou Jack Rose, 3 musiciens que j'adore. 3 très beaux albums qui s'écoutent avec délice, et que je me suis empressé de commander bien évidemment.
🎉🎉🎉 The Cats & Coffee Cups album is now available for preorder!! 🥳🐈⬛☕️
With this preorder you get the songs that were previously released as singles plus two more!
The album is released on 21st of June this year!! Why not grab a book and a coffee while you wait? 📖☕️ Or find some peace & quiet? Or think about dreams that might not come true but still make you smile? And if all else fails go to the Café Of The Lost Dreams and find new horizons? And in case you didn’t know - it’s all okay. And maybe you have a friend who can make you a coffee or sing you a song! 🎶
In any case I hope you find comfort with these songs! 🫶
Given that on top of everything else his party has done over the last 14 years Sunak has called the election for a day when I won’t be able to poll clerk and thereby done me out of a day’s extra earning, I’ve resumed my previous attempt at learning this tune of @squeezyjohn ’s - I think I’ve more or less got it: #FuckTheTories
New stock now up online -
👉 'Peasant' - the new Weird Walk music zine.
👉 Angeline Morrison - 'The Sorrow Songs' - Green vinyl re-issue.
👉 Anne Briggs - Records Store Day 2024 limited edition re-issue + 7-inch EP.
Plus:
👉 Dave Evans great lost folk LP from 1972 - 'Elephantasia'.
Well, I was dead sure this band was an English one! But alas: they're from the U.S.! Huh 😗... anyway...
... the weekend's gone and a new #Monday has arrived, so that sucks, right? Luckily #BlackMetalMonday's here for the rescue, delivering #Epic, #Melodic and heroic #Folk#Black#Metal (they do sound like they're from ye olde Engalonde, don't they???) to save us all! Have a #GoodMorning, cvties 🌞🌳🌈💐 ->
I've just seen Evie Waddell in Edinburgh's TradFest. I'm not well versed in traditional folk music, but this was just brilliant. She sings in Gaelic, Scots and English, and signs many of her songs. She even taught the audience how to sign some bits. She also acts out the words and dances.
Her enthusiasm is so infectious! The whole thing was simply wonderful.
If trad/folk is your thing - or even if it's just good music and a great time - get to see her!
A beautiful May morning dawns, and we are up to see it, along with about a hundred other Cambridge folk. Serenading the sunrise is a magical moment. Now, on with summer.