The Duckworth Lewis Method - Third Man

So what on earth could convince me to put a track about cricket (which in turn comes from a whole concept album about cricket!) onto The Music Truffler blog?  Well, the fact that Neil Hannon is involved helps a lot... also the fact that it sounds very like the Electric Light Orchestra in style... oh go on then!

So here we have The Duckworth Lewis Method with Third Man which comes from their new album Sticky Wickets.  Watch the video here

The band consist of Neil Hannon (from The Divine Comedy) and Thomas Walsh from Pugwash.  Believe it or not, this is their 2nd cricket inspired album, their first was released in 2009.  The name incidentally comes from a formula which is applied to get the results from a rain-affected game.  There are plenty of guests on the album - Phill Jupitus, Alexander Armstrong, Matt Berry, Daniel Radcliffe (on The Third Man), Stephen Fry - and you don't need to know a single thing about cricket to enjoy it. 

http://www.dlmethod.co.uk/

Gabriel Kelley - Only Thing To Do

OK, so this isn't a new song.  But it is new to me.  And the rules of Music Truffler blog are that if they aren't new, they should be songs that are rarely heard.  This track by Nashville based and Georgia raised Gabriel Kelly - The Only Thing To Do - comes from his debut album, It Don't Come Easy.  And it certainly didn't for Kelley, who had to raise the majority of the funds ($26,000) with a Kickstarter campaign.  But he was stubborn and committed and grafted for 6 years to get it exactly how he wanted it. 

Even thought he might be relatively unknown over here in the UK, he has received some good write ups in the music press and on line.  His work has been described as having the ability to blend "Harvest era Neil Young songcraft with a modern day approach to mine his own emotions in the creation of powerful songs." 

Over in the UK during June, and playing around London, most of us sadly won't have had the opportunity to catch him, and I have no idea when he will be coming over gain.  But the album is certainly worth checking out... as is the wonderful video to Only Thing To Do.


http://www.gabrielkelley.com

Music Truffler on Mixcloud

As from Music Truffler show number 29, you will be able to catch up with all shows on Mixcloud, as well as other Radio Clwyd shows too, including the LIVELounge Sessions.  I will be listing all the songs with each show on there, so there is no real reason to continue listing them on this blog as well.  Instead, I will return to using this blog solely as a place to highlight new artists and songs I hear.

Here is the link to the Radio Clwyd Mixcloud page:

http://www.mixcloud.com/radioclwyd/