Freebie Friday

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by Alex on 3 September, 2010

in Downloads

It’s that time of the week again. Here’s some free music for you all to listen to and download for free. Enjoy the weekend! [click to continue…]

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The Duke & The Kings debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay was one of 2009s most acclaimed albums, with its heady mix of rootsy folk-rock and vintage soul earning comparisons with artists ranging from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young to Sly & The Family Stone. Little over a year later, the band lead by Simone Felice and Bobbie Bird Burke prepare for the September 27th release of their second album, the extraordinary Long Live The Duke & The King on Loose Music/ Silva Oak. [click to continue…]

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Let’s Colour Project

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by Alex on 2 September, 2010

in Art and Culture

The Let’s Colour Project is an initiaitve by some big paint companies to bring colour to grey areas around the world. They have currently worked in Brazil, France, the UK and India with local communities to transform and brighten up grey spaces. Something most of us are all too familiar with. There is nothing more depressing then being faced with grey concrete so I’m all in favour of transforming such areas. [click to continue…]

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Silje Nes – Video Session

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by Alex on 2 September, 2010

in Video

Silje Nes was recently filmed by the fabulous Blogotheque in Toronto on her recent North American tour with DM Stith (see, I told you his name keeps cropping up), for one of their Take Away shows.

Silje performs a wonderful, stripped-down, acoustic guitar, voice and viola rendition of the track Symmetry of Empty Space (taken from her forthcoming full-length Opticks).

The sunshine and atmosphere was perfect for the song. They always seem to get it right! [click to continue…]

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Ahab – Free show in Camden 5th Sept

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Country rock five-piece Ahab will be performing a showcase set in Camden, London, on Sunday 5 September. Entry to the gig is free and everyone’s welcome. Ahab recently stole the show at Cropredy festival performing to a crowd of nearly 20,000 people. A track from their soon-to-be-released EP featured on Bob Harris’s BBC Radio 2 [...]

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DM Stith – Take Away Show

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The name DM Stith has been cropping up a lot recently. I used his track “Pigs” in the Rain on Moss mix I did back in April and since then I just keep seeing his name, most recently for doing the artwork for the album cover of The Loom and now this session he did [...]

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Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 9

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The Bootleg Series Volume 9 – The Witmark Demos 1962-1964 and The Original Mono Recordings are two sets that have been long sought-after by Bob Dylan collectors and fans worldwide. Finally, The Witmark Demos are seeing their commercial release nearly five decades after they were initially recorded, and re-release of the artist’s first eight long-playing [...]

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Lost in the Trees

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Lost in the Trees are a music collective from Chapel Hill, North Carolina who combine American folk alongside modern pop and dramatic unconventional symphonic classical elements all led by composer, vocalist and songwriter Ari Picker. Their sound is deep and rich as well as daring and ambitious. Their latest release All Alone In An Empty [...]

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Yeasayer – Take Away Show

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This has got to be one of the more amusing sessions recorded by Vincent Moon of La Blogotheque, not least because up until recording the session he was not convinced by Yeasayer. When he saw them perform in Brooklyn they puzzled him, when he heard them on record it was worse…but after all that the [...]

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Ólöf Arnalds – New Album

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Ólöf Arnalds has a new album out on 13th Spetember titled Innundir Skinni. Check her latest videos for the new album below and get the latest UK Tour Dates:

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Tasseomancy – Take Away Show

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Tasseomancy is a continuation of what was a bare bones neo-gothic folk duo. Formerly known as Ghost Bees, Sari and Romy Lightman have begun to experiment with heavier, ambient sounds, influenced by death ritual, hebraic song, war drums, ancestry and myth. The sisters recorded their second full-length this winter with producer Taylor Kirk and accompanying [...]

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Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz

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We recently announced the release of Sufjan Stevens new EP All Delighted People. Asthmatic Kitty have today announced the release of Sufjan Stevens first song-based full-length album since Illinois in 2005 . The Age of Adz (pronounced odds) will drop on October 12th (CD, MP3) with a double-LP following on November 9th.

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Tricky – New Video / Site / Tour Dates

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Tricky is amongst the leading lights of the Bristol music scene where trip-hop (Bristol Sound) orginated in the 90′s. Some great music came out of that scene from the likes of Massive Attack, Moorcheeba, Portishead, Bonobo and more. Tricky made his mark after leaving Massive Attack and forging ahead with his own music brand taking [...]

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Cotton Jones

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A new arrival on the station is Cotton Jones. The music of Cotton Jones speaks of transition: the passage from one form, state of mind, style or place to another. Songs become doorways to the past, or windows that open on some unnamed future, where innocence can still exist and perfection is thrown to the [...]

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Introducing: Maps and Atlases

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I came across Maps and Atlases only recently on Fat Cat Records and was humbly impressed by their originality. Seeing as they have just recorded a heap of video sessions, including for Shake it Records in Cincinatti / Reggie’s and they have some UK tour dates coming up in October to coincide with the release [...]

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Megafaun to do Alan Lomax

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This press release just rolled in: Americana-folk warriors MEGAFAUN, have been chosen to curate, perform, and record songs/interpretations of Alan Lomax’s classic recordings “Songs of the South” at Duke University this September. Invited guests feature Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), singer-songwriter Sharon Van Etten and jazz big band Fight the Big Bull.

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Introducing: The Loom

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We stumbled across The Loom thanks to the good folk at Brooklyn Vegan who covered a recent Mercury Lounge gig which featured The Loom and another Frukie favourite, Lost in Trees. The Loom describe themselves as a six-piece indie rock band from Brooklyn that features male/female vocals, horns, guitars, banjo, ukulele, keys, and percussion. All [...]

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Breathe Owl Breathe

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We recently mentioned the forthcoming album from Breathe Owl Breathe titled Magic Central being released on Hometapes. They have released another free track for digestion called “Swimming” which according to Hometapes is already in your head.

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Arborea touring the UK!

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We have been waiting a long time to see Arborea play and now finally they are back in the UK and will be even touching down in Bristol which is right on our doorstep! So we’re very very happy! We’re big fans, in case you didn’t guess! Arborea are Buck and Shanti who, amongst producing [...]

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Frukie Session #4: Allysen Callery

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Allysen Callery has been playing on Folk Radio UK for quite a while now. We were bowled over by her album Hobgoblin’s Hat. Her music and lyrics are other-worldy and spellbinding. We were over-joyed therefore when she agreed to record this session which she stretched to five tracks instead of the usual four (a great [...]

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Charlie Parr releases new album

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Charlie Parr holds an air of mystery about him. The story goes that one spring day in 1979, a young Charlie Parr made his way down to East Side Lake in Austin, Minnesota carrying a Johnson 9.9 outboard motor and half of a gallon of gas. His pockets were stuffed with stolen cans of Blatz. [...]

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Willkommen Foxtrot at Stanmer House

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Brighton’s premier folk collective Willkommen Records have teamed up with South Coast independent music promoters Melting Vinyl for a second year following last years success to bring you another all day show. The venue is in a nature reserve on the outskirts of Brighton, a mere stroll for those who have partied hard the night [...]

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