Tracks Played Week 9 - 15-21 January 2013

Here are the tracks that were played during the week starting Tuesday 22nd January 2013.


The Beatles - Taxman
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Major
The Midnight Ramble - Caroline
John Grant - T C & The Honeybear
The Feeling - Sewn
Glen Campbell - A Thousand Lifetimes
Warren Zevon - Genius
The Bluebottle Veins - It's All Gone
Fixers - Iron Deer Dream
I Am Kloot - Let Them All In
To Kill A King - Bloody Shirt
The Jayhawks - Blue


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Sean Taylor - So Fine

I really don't know too much about Sean Taylor at the time of writing this because I only listened to one of his tracks, So Fine, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RXhaoFPwvcQ  about an hour ago.  Since then I've visited Soundcloud and his website and listened to a couple more, as well as downloading a free track from his Facebook page. 

But anyway, here's what I've managed to find out so far...  Born in 1983 in Kilburn, North London, Sean Taylor is an extremely skilled guitarist.  Frequently compared to John Martyn, Sean is fast gaining the reputation as being one of the hottest new names in the blues and acoustic scene.  As well as headlining his own shows, he has supported artists such as John Fogerty, The Neville Brothers, Band of Horses and Southside Johnny and the Asbury Dukes.  He has performed at the Cambridge and Glastonbury festivals and has a couple more gigs in the UK before setting off to tour Australia in March.  His latest album, Love Against Death, has been hailed as a masterpiece and it joins a further four critically acclaimed albums of fine songs.  Plenty for me to be getting on with then over the coming months. 


http://www.seantaylorsongs.com/

Tracks Played Week 8 - 15 January 2013

Here are the tracks that were played during the w/c Monday 15th January 2013.

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
Miles Kane - First of My Kind
Ron Sexsmith - She Does My Heart Good
Robert Vincent - Life in Easy Steps
Super Fury Animals - Placid Casual
Todd Rundgren - Can We Still Be Friends?
David Essex - Rock On
Portlights - Eclipse
Stereophonics - In A Moment
Dog Is Dead - Hands Down
Villagers - Nothing Arrived
Led Zeppelin - Black Dog
Treetop Flyers - Long Cold Winter
David Bowie - Where Are We Now

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Ron Sexsmith - She Does My Heart Good

Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer-songwriter who formed his own band at just 14 years of age and released his own recordings of his songs just 7 years later.  He set his sights high and wanted to be like his heroes - Paul McCartney, Elvis Costello, Ray Davies and John Hiatt.  In fact he has managed to win praise from all these celebrities and more, so he should be very pleased with himself.

But Ron is still disappointed that he has not reached the dizzy heights of his heroes.  He does not want to be compared to the likes of Nick Drake and Tim Hardin (as he often is) because, he says, they didn't have much success in their lives.  In 2010, a documentary film appeared called Love Shines which chronicled Ron's attempts to turn his niche following into mainstream success.  But he still remains a musician's musician and it's difficult to see why that might be.

On February 4th, Ron will release Forever Endeavor, his 13th album.  Will it be lucky for him?  One hopes so, because if the track, She Does My Heart Good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bBsuU5Gwwc  is anything to go by, he has lost none of his skill at writing great little earworms. 

You can get this track free by the way by heading over to Ron's website and joining his mailing list.  You can also pre-order his album there too.


http://www.ronsexsmith.com/

Tracks Played Week 7 from 8th January 2013

Here are the tracks that were played during the week starting Tuesday 8th January 2013.

dEUS - Constant Now
Matt Corby - Soul's a'fire
Tim Rose - Morning Dew
Danger Mouse featuring Daniele Luppi - Two Against One (vocals by Jack White)
Squeeze - Separate Beds
Chris Difford - 1975
Paul Carrack - I Can Hear Ray
The Joy Formidable - Wolf's Law
Husky - History's Door
Guillemots - Vermillion
John Martyn - The Man In The Station
Toy Horses - Interrupt
Youngblood Hawke - Rootless

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Matt Corby - Souls a'Fire

Matt Corby is an Australian musician who has only just released his wonderful ep Into the Flame in Europe this month.  It's been out in Australia since 2011 so that's why many of you won't have heard of him before.

Souls a'Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_DRxZsAMzQ
can be seen here and this live version was filmed at Scala in London and it is, as Communion put it, 'seriously epic' and his vocals are 'spine tinglingly good'.  It's lazy I know to steal their words but I really can't think of a better way to put it.  And all I want to do right now is convince you to take a listen.   The ep contains 4 great songs: Souls a'Fire,  Brother, Untitled and Big Eyes. 

So what else can I tell you about Matt Corby?  Maybe I shouldn't tell you that he began his career aged just 16 years old on Australian Idol, but if we move swiftly on, two years following that he independently released an ep on Scorpion records called Song For...  Then he relocated to London where he was signed by the Communion label.  His early work is acoustic and folky but with the release of Into the Flame, Matt has changed direction somewhat and became much more bluesy and it really suits his vocal and guitar style. 

If you are interested, there is a great version on YouTube of Matt covering The Black Keys' Lonely Boy.  And plenty of live footage which prove what an exceptional talent he has.  And he is still only 22 years old so expect to see much more of Matt in the coming years.


http://mattcorby.com.au/

Gary Edward Jones - Friends of Mine

Just in case this track was lost to you during the Christmas period and frenzy that was the Hillsborough Justice Campaign's fight for the Christmas number one spot, I am going to post this here today.

Friends of Mine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b33uxPYJzpw is the latest release from Liverpool's Gary Edward Jones.  Proceeds from sales will go towards the Help For Heroes charity, formed to help those wounded in Britain's conflicts. 

The inspiration for Friends of Mine started when Gary met a group of soldiers at a local retail park who were collecting for Help for Heroes.  On talking to them, he heard of their experiences and reasons for supporting this charity.  Tragically, shortly after this meeting, in November 2011, a friend's son was fatally wounded in Afghanistan.  Gary decided to put his songwriting talents to use in raising money for the injured men an women supported by Help for Heroes.  The single was released at the end of 2012 and has received a lot of interest. 

Gary was born and brought up in Liverpool and began playing the guitar at age 11.  Despite a couple of false starts in the music business, he is now supported by a small group of musicians who understand his strengths and help bring these out without losing any of their natural emotion.  Thankfully he is now gaining fans and can be seen playing around the Liverpool area (I caught him at the end of last year).  Often with a story behind them, these songs touch a place deep within the listener and remain with them long after the song has ended.  As a fan of the storytellers from the 1970s such as Harry Chapin, Clifford T Ward etc, I look forward to hearing more from this artist.  You can listen to more of his work on SoundCloud.


https://soundcloud.com/garyedwardjones