August 2009

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Adem – Ringing in My Ear

by Alex 31 August 2009 Video

This is really to fill the spatial absence of me from the home of Folk Radio UK…I’m hopefully on the south coast drinking red wine now….so here is Adem!

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Bright Eyes

by Alex 28 August 2009 Video

Don’t all vomit at once but I actually love this video…damn! there goes the respect man! Oh well…comes with life Bright Eyes’ music video for their song “First Day Of My Life” off of their 2005 album I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning.

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Lou Barlow – Goodnight Unknown

by Alex 27 August 2009 Music News

If you’re gonna make a documentary about the making of an album do you play it for the audience or do you open up the depths of your soul? Do you stand naked before your audience in all your quirkiness and expose your habbits and eccentricities that you know some narrow minded half-wit will think [...]

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Castanets

by Alex 26 August 2009 Uncategorized
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Theo Angell – The Trip Wire article

by Alex 25 August 2009 Music News

They say that after civilization finally collapses and cities become abandoned, plants will reclaim New York City beginning from Central Park and moving steadily outward in concentric circles until all the steel and concrete is completely hidden. At the moment, you might say nature is a bit edged out. On a recent summer afternoon, I [...]

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Brown Bird Video

by Alex 25 August 2009 Video

He caught me by surprise with this one. I’m used to hearing slow and mellow sounds..nice to see him kickin’ up some dust

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Iceland Performance

by Alex 24 August 2009 Video

May 15th, Valgeir Sigurðsson (featuring Sigga Sunna) performed at a collaborative concert with multi-instrumentalist quartet Amiina and master beatboxer Shlomo at The Southbank Center’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. In the following video the artists perform a song they all created for this evening to accompany footage from Dreamland, a film which Valgeir composed the [...]

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A Hawk and a Hacksaw at the Palimpsest Festival 2006

by Alex 21 August 2009 Video
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Morning Rain

by Alex 20 August 2009 Uncategorized

Piano & Rain by Peter Broderick Something very peaceful about rain…the view at breakfast Thanks to my good mate Dan at Fluid Radio for introducing this album to me: more here

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Jenna Reid’s summer – condensed

by Alex 19 August 2009 Music News

Jenna Reid has been one busy women judging byher latest blog…I’ve noticed she’s been appearing in a lot of projects. This her latest condensed version of her summer: Hi there folks, Its a wee while since I posted my news so here goes…Im trying to condense the last 3 months into something that will make [...]

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Jenna Reid's summer – condensed

by Alex 19 August 2009 Music News

Jenna Reid has been one busy women judging byher latest blog…I’ve noticed she’s been appearing in a lot of projects. This her latest condensed version of her summer: Hi there folks, Its a wee while since I posted my news so here goes…Im trying to condense the last 3 months into something that will make [...]

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Tea Break at Folk Radio UK

by Alex 19 August 2009 Uncategorized

and no, they are not all like this…I normally forget to have one as I get engrossed by the music…this book was an easy lure…it required the company of something sweet.

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Theo Angell

by Alex 19 August 2009 Uncategorized

Theo Angell is a new artist to the Frukie stream and is one which made an immediate impact. His latest album ‘Tenebrae’ is released on Amish Records. His music is both strange and beautiful with an incredible voice. Higher Something: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Tenebrae: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]

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Family

by Alex 17 August 2009 Literature

Family — For many years, Lauren Dukoff has been photographing close friend and musician Devendra Banhart and an extended, loose-knit international family of artists who share inspiration variously from folk, Tropicalia, and each other, as well as a range of other musical influences. This lovely hardcover album collects Dukoff’s striking portraits and candid images of [...]

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