Videos today are Popstrangers hard driving Antipodean indie rock, a gorgeous acoustic performance of California Bound by Jemez Mountain Hawkz frontman D. Lee Waggoner and the reverby surf guitars and loose percussion of Hit Me Up from Sean Bones. a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Popstrangers || Jemez Mountain Hawkz || Sean Bones
Kris Kristofferson’s music might not be quite as well known as his buddies Waylon, Willie, and Johnny, (who he was in a super-group, called The Highwaymen with) but amongst songwriters in the know, he is just as highly respected. Rhodes Scholar, helicopter pilot, songwriter, janitor, actor, heartthrob, and all-around Renaissance Man. His history is just as legendary as any of his outlaw country counterparts. Now the … Continue reading The Rising Cost of Livin’ High and Lovin’ Hard – A Kris Kristofferson Tribute
Brother Dege is one of the best-kept secrets in the Deep South. A musician, writer and Southern enigma, Dege is the haunted face of 21st century Delta blues. The reclusive Louisiana Cajun’s song Too Old To Die Young was recently selected by Quentin Tarantino to appear in the soundtrack of his new film Django Unchained – watch the new video for it along with the hushed, … Continue reading Videos of the Day: Brother Dege || Will Johnson || Birds of Chicago
Bridie Jackson & The Arbour are an all-female four piece based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. A year ago they released their debut album and last November joined Debt Records. We received in the post an advance copy of their first release for the label – the double A-sided single Scarecrow / All You Love Is All You Are. Immediate influences are Joanna Newsom, the Fleet … Continue reading Mad Mackerel Recommends…Bridie Jackson & The Arbour
First videos of the year from David Bronson, Vivienner Youel and Bellawave – a nice mellow way to start 2013. a a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: David Bronson || Vivienne Youel || Bellawave
As might be expected, slightly fewer tunes make up our final monthly mix of the best of the downloads from MM – no panic tho’, the quality of new tunes on offer more than makes up for it. And as always, some new ones for you too means a top banana mix of twenty cracking songs to play in the New Year. The Cheatahs – … Continue reading Mad Mackerel’s Best Of The Month: December 2012
Novo Amor is the moniker of a folk/indie musician from the UK. For the duration of the summer he left the city in which he had been living for 5 years. With a lack of direction he moved back to his childhood home deep in the Welsh countryside, where he set up a home studio of old instruments and microphones. Days were filled with song … Continue reading Introducing >>> Novo Amor
This is the folky, acoustic title track from Honeyboy Carencro’s new EP Air I Breath, which sees a release on New Year’s Day. Continue reading MM Shorts 287: Honeyboy Carencro
In conjunction with their January/February issue, American Songwriter have put together another in their free sampler series, this time featuring twelve tracks from artists including Matt Costa, Dropkick Murphys, The Lost Bayou Ramblers with Scarlett Johansson, Night Beds, Matthew Ryan and plenty more. Here are a couple of standouts from it, or you can grab the whole thing from their Bandcamp page here. a Continue reading American Songwriter’s Free January Muse Sampler
Raised in Brooklyn, NY, Ben de la Cour is an interesting character who has worn many different hats while living in London, Cuba, and Paris before finding his place in New Orleans. A former boxer and frontman in a London-based doom-metal band, Ben eventually gave them up for the simplicity of the bare bones acoustic music he creates. Ben digitally released his first studio album, Ghost … Continue reading Introducing >>> Ben de la Cour
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