James Bay - Move Together

James Bay is a singer-songwriter from Hitchen who has just released an ep called Dark of the Morning of which Move Together is the lead single. 

It's a beautiful song which builds slowly to truly showcase some heartfelt and stunning vocals from James.  Best of all, you can download this ep for free by visiting his Noisetrade page.  So what have you got to lose?

James has been added to the line up at this year's V Festival and will be on the Futures Stage on Saturday 17th August at Weston Park and Sunday 18th August at Hylands Park.  He has opened for Rae Morris across the UK and has also recently played some dates in America to promote this EP.   

His heroes are Carole King, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Jackson Browne and James Taylor - and with heroes like that he can't go wrong.  On his website it states "His raw expressions and graveled voice work in a magical unison that captivates audiences and strips pop melodies back to a skeletal efficiency."



http://www.jamesbaymusic.com/home/

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/

Show 29 - 11th June 2013

Here are the tracks that were played during the week starting Tuesday 11th June 2013:

1.  The Beach Boys - That's Why God Made The Radio
2.  The Midnight Ramble - Southpaw Billy
3.  Gaz Coombes - Break the Silence
4.  Matt Corby - Resolution
5.  The Blue Aeroplanes - Worry Beads
6.  Buffalo Tom - Summer
7.  Call of Jupiter - We Can Breath
8.  AM & Shawn Lee - Steppin' Out
9.  Thea Gilmore - Something To Sing About
10.  Band of Horses - Factory
11.  Chris Rainbow - Summer
12.  Liverpool Express - It's A Beautiful Day
13.  The Isley Brothers - Summer Breeze
14.  Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky

Listen again to Episode 29 here

If you are a new band or musician and you would like to be featured in The Music Truffler show, please get in touch with me via this blog or through the Radio Clwyd website, Facebook or Twitter page.  

Show 28 - 4 June 2013

Here are the tracks that were played during the week starting Tuesday 4th June 2013:

1.  John Fogerty (with Foo Fighters) - Fortunate Son
2.  The Strypes - Hometown Girls
3.  The Boxer Rebellion - Diamonds
4.  Gaz Coombes - One of These Days
5.  Duke Special - Last Night I Nearly Died
6.  XTC - Earn Enough For Us
7.  Todd Rundgren - Smoke
8.  Ally Jowett - All Your Pieces
9.  Ron Sexsmith - Nowhere To Go
10.  Shy And The Fight - I'd Rather You Lied
11.  Nick Drake - Things Behind The Sun
12.  Midlake - Roscoe
13.  The Czars - For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
14.  The Raspberries - Overnight Sensation

You can listen to Episode 28 here

If you are a new band or musician and you would like to be featured in The Music Truffler show, please get in touch with me via this blog or through the Radio Clwyd website, Facebook or Twitter page.

Show 27 - 28 May 2013

Here are the tracks that were played during the week starting Tuesday 28th May 2013:

1.  The Allman Brothers Band - Jessica
2.  John Fogerty (with Kid Rock) - Born on the Bayou
3.  Queens of the Stone Age - I Sat By The Ocean
4.  Sparrowhawks - Spanish Steps
5.  Roy Harper - One of Those Days in England
6.  The Kinks - Sweet Lady Genevieve
7.  Denuo - Blood Red Sun
8.  The The - Blood Red Smile
9.  Pierce Turner - Wicklow Hills
10.  Zervas & Pepper - Jerome
11.  Beth Prior - Leaders
12.  Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

Click here for the link to this week's show

We also recently recorded a LIVELounge Session with The Bluebottle Veins.  You can listen to it here