Tag: Folk music

Brian Larsen – Twitter Thursday

English: Larsen in January 2011

Brian Larsen is a singer-songwriter out of Laurel, Maryland.  Interestingly, he has recorded since 1997, when he was 11 years old.  Kudos for that.  In the years since then, he has recorded 11 albums and EPs with a 12th coming in April.  This a man than lives, breathes and loves music.

The first video is from his 2009 album “Breaking”.

In The Winter

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Brian is an active self promoter, with extensive forays into social media.  I was quite happy to note that he had followed me on Twitter, and a bit surprised.  I have had a couple of quick conversations with him (very quick) and he is very upfront with his answers.  I say, good on you Brian, and keep rolling out the music.  I will finish with a couple of more videos, one live (I love live) and one from his new record, out April, 2012, titled “Building”

Part of Me

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Hold Me Down

New Canadian Music Releases – November 22, 2011

I have nothing.  Other than a raft of Christmas albums, which I refuse to review, there were no releases of Canadian albums at all in the past week.  In the place of new music, I bring some people I have been listening to lately.

 

First is Edmonton singer/guitarist/songwriter Michael Rault.  His album  Ma-Me-O has been receiving extensive play on my iPod of late.  I have attached a live video of him and his band playing “I Want To Love You ” at The Artery in Edmonton.  Kind of an early Beatles/rockabilly sound.  Very good when he cuts loose, which is in the second video titled “Don’t Need No Help Gettin Down”.  Enjoy

 

I Want To Love You

I Don’t Need No Help Gettin Down

 

Another artist I am enjoying right now is Matthew Barber.  He hails from Port Credit, Ontario, and is becoming a very popular singer/songwriter in the Amos Lee style of folk and indie.  I am beginning to really like him.  The attached song “Keep It Alive”  has been growing one me in recent weeks.  Matthew plays a live version of the song, recorded at CBC 3 studios.

 

Keep It Alive

 

 

Here’s hoping we have some new stuff to share next week.

 

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Frank Turner – New Music

Frank Turner at an XFM radio session in London.
Frank Turner

With the success of Mumford and Sons, and folk in general, when I run across an English folk musician, I give it a thorough listen.  Frank Turner is an English folk singer and songwriter, with some undertones of punk and alternative.  He was the singer in a hardcore punk band called “Million Dead”. He embarked on a solo career when the band split up in 2005.   Since the break up, he has recorded 4 EP’s and 4 albums.  His most recent album is called “England, Keep My Bones” which was released in June of 2011.  The cut I have added here is “If I Ever Stray”, his most recent single release off the album (August 29, 2011).   A very enjoyable video.

Frank Turner Discography and other stuff can be found here.

http://frank-turner.com/blog/music/

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