August 26, 2010
Author: DJ Frank

Scandinavia To San Diego 8-21-10


No Man's Land - June Tabor - Poppies - In 1992, Elvis Costello wrote  "All This Useless Beauty" specifically for June Tabor.

Death Is In Love With Me - Kerli - Kerlis' new album will feature "bubble goth", fun dark tunes.


Grano de Arena - Marta Topferova - Women of the World Acoustic - Title means "Grain of Sand"

Autumn Gold - Andy Smythe - Love Unspoken - Now touring with his Andy Smythe Band, performing acoustic folk across the UK.

Ready To Start - Arcade Fire - The Suburbs -  CD now #1 on the charts, 62% of sales are downloads.

Ka Uluwehi O Ke Kai - Kekuhi - Honey Boy - Kekuhi Kanahele calls her creations "Contemporary Hawaiian music for the 21st century".

Margaret's Departure - The College of Piping - Island Mix - Good piping for Prince Edward Island.

Lament - Kotoko - Hane - Kotoko turned professional in 1999, usually performs pop with a techno beat.

West Country Lady - Kilkenny Krew - self titled - New CD stiil rumored from group with realigned personnel.

Gates of Dawn - Secret Garden - Once in a Red Moon - Norweigian celtic duo recorded in Ireland.

Baby Hold Me Tight - Kitty Daisy & Lewis - self titled - Rockabilly reinvented by English trio.

Rattlin' Bones - Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson - Rattlin' Bones - Fun title cut from recent CD

One Voice - The Wailin' Jennys - Women of the World Acoustic - Actually three voices, those of Ruth Moody, Nicky Mehta, and Heather Masse.

Les Diamants Sont Solitaires
- Natasha St Pier - De l'amour le mieux - "Diamonds Are Solitary" in English

Road Rock-it - Gabrielle Roth & the Mirrors - Jhoom - "One must have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" - Nietzsche

Wytches Brew - Omnia - Alive -Fun song from neoceltic pagan folk band based in The Netherlands.

Run Over By A Car - Tekla - Cactuses - Nothing new from this Swedish pop artist, so play the old tunes again.

The Magdalene Laundries - The Chieftains & Joni Mitchell - Tears of Stone - The Chieftains doing one of the things they do best - backing guest vocalists.

Hey Ho - Gin Wigmore - Holy Smoke - I get mezmorized by her voice.

Symphony of Destruction
- Hellsongs - Hymns in the Key of 666 - Megadeath tune transformed into another cool cover by Scandinavian band that specializes in reinventing metal hits. Read the WHUS review of this CD.

Imagine - Sissel Kyrkjebo - Innerst i sjelen -  Great John Lennon song, great Sissel recording.

My little slice of Americana:

Lullaby For A Weary World - Julia Ecklar - Divine Intervention -  A sentiment we should cherish even more now than then. Another album with a WHUS review to peruse.


 

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