Hellooo!

It's been truly donkeys since I put pen to paper - well, finger to keyboard, and wrote anything of any note...

Lots of reasons, but let's just say the clouds of 2010 have almost well and truly lifted and things are beginning to look rosy again.  So, I have decided I have missed the act of writing, and need to get back to using this as an ( Read more... )

 ...music that is.

last Sunday I spent all day at the Town  Hall rehearsing and then performing a whole jazz mass and some other cool songs for my youth choir. they had a great time and and singing  was amazing.

Monday night saw the first gig of the week. The Decemberists supported by Blind Pilot.  Absolutely fantastic.   Colin Meloy has such ( Read more... )

Hello!  It seems like ages since I posted anything... just been busy I suppose.

I was recommended a new band last week - by none other than Colin Meloy of the Decemberists.  I am going to see them next week, which I am really looking forward to, and it should be a great gig.  More about that then I should think.

Anyway, the band in question is called ( Read more... )

Fantastic.

Finally there is something with more substance winning the Brit awards than urban or pop...

Mumford and Sons won best album with Sigh No More and Laura Marling won best female singer.  Yay!

Mumford and Sons - The Cave

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Laura Marling - Rambling Man

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Enjoy!

I can't believe we're in February already.

I am enjoying lots of new music this year already, and this are particular favourites this month, with credits to Adelle from http://www.adellethegreat.blogspot.com/ for her recommendations.

The Decemberists - The King is Dead


This song 'Dear Avery' is a beautiful song about watching your son grow up... and I ( Read more... )

Well now ( Read more... )

Just had enough time to look back at the Band of Horses show I went to see last week.  Man, it was AWESOME!!!  I hadn't seen the band before, and I was surprised how popular they are round these parts.  The Academy was RAMMED, with obligatory sticky carpet, warm beer and lots of my sort of people.

The Band were just amazing.  Every song they did was ( Read more... )

So, tonight sees the first live music gig of the year.  I have a veritable cornucopia of dates coming up, and a huge envelope stuffed with tickets, so this year promises to be very very very good!  And loud!

So, tonight I'm out to see Band of Horses. One of my fave bands of the last few years, and their album 'Infinite Arms' was my favourite album ( Read more... )

I have struck up a very good (and growing) friendship with a colleague at work, who shares similar music taste to me... but he has an encyclopaedic knowledge of musc, a lot like himself really.  Anyway, M and I are often chatting about things that no-on else quite understands, and it is quite good to have a shared interest with someone, in a ( Read more... )

 ...well no, he died a long time ago...

But this is the title of the new album by the Decemberists.

I heard the first track of the album yesterday, and it is excellent.  Looking forward to the rest of it when my copy arrives, and for seeing them live in May.  Woop!

The Decemberists - Don't Carry it all

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