The Unthanks - You are my sister

Life bumbles along, and months of not being able to listen to music come to an end, wrapped in the cashmere warmth of Mark Eitzel, the Unthanks and Hem. Here the Unthanks make good on their last album, complete with lovely spoken interludes. This is my most listened to album this year already.
Taken from the live album "Diversions, Vol. 1: The Songs of Robert Wyatt and Antony & The Johnsons- Live from the Union Chapel, London", recorded at the end of last year whilst waiting to finish their new album it shows them to be as expert at taking ownership of contemporary songs as older folk songs and tales.

Listen: The Unthanks - You are my sister

Buy it

S'Wonderful - Mark Eitzel

Stream Mark and Co's louche, jazzy contribution to a programme on the BBC aboutVidal Sassoon - Here

Lonesome on Spotify

Hello web friends, thank you for your patience,

we have a Spotify Lonesomemusic playlist we'd appreciate you adding to if you can:
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we'll be posting music soon.

Family bereavement

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AMC - Blue and Grey Shirt

"Yeah, that's my lucky one."
Listen: AMC - Blue and Grey Shirt

Everly Brothers - Let it be me

Listen: The Everly Brothers - Let it be me

Ella Fitgerald and the Inkspots - Into each life some rain must fall

Raining in my heart

Listen: Buddy Holly - Raining in my Heart

Van Morrison - into the mystic

Saw this in the Guardian - too good to pass up posting here.



Feel it.

Buy it and the rest of the fantastic Moondance

Thank you Mr Jansch

If only I could make a thumbpick sound that good. A man of seemingly few words, who, unlike so many people whose music I enjoy, I actually wanted to meet, to see play up close and now that isn't going to happen. I suggest you all go and check his youtube clips, then follow it with some of Davy Graham's and John Martyn's. I'm sure the blogs are awash with tracks, but here are my humble submissions to encourage you to check his albums out:

Listen: Bert Jansch - Needle of Death
Listen: Bert Jansch - Courting Blues

Buy it - better yet get the twofer.