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like to buy wifey a few CDs for christmas, generally get her stuff she has'nt heard before, but this year i seem to be a bit stuck.
shes got quite broad taste, but if i were to narrow it down its more the acoustic folky sound (seth lakeman, bit of imagined village etc), to a bit of lighter female vocal jazz (melody gardot), to mainstream pap like the waterboys.
at the moment the only cd on her player is the ratpack christmas cd.
i have a similar tradition.
bought the GF this.
as is tradition she'll probably hate it 😉
The John Butler Trio is good on the folky acoustic side. I've been getting in to them recently.
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Jason Mraz
Ray LaMontagne
Jason Reeves
Bon Iver.
Cloud Control.
We Were Evergreen.
Ruth Theodore.
Tunng.
This guy is mega, saw him in Bloomsbury, best gig of my life.
Albumns: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gregory-Porter/e/B000APGNBU
Chailo Sim - beautiful male vocal folky stuff, summery and thought provoking.
Maz Totterdal - quite poppy but still folky acoustic stuff. Happy singalong, get in yer head kinda stuff.
First Aid Kit - brilliant Swedish duo. Really lovely. Summery again.
Ben Howard - you probably know Ben Howard. Like a less smackable version of Blunt et al.
What about Cinematic Orchestra;
That's on the album Ma Fleur.
Actually I might buy a Gregory Porter album after listening to flip's suggestion.
Beth Orton?
The Moulettes (great folk stuff)
Paloma Faith
Alice Russell
Everyone likes a bit of Caribou or Four Tet.
Joan As Policewoman
Feist
Rocky Votolato
John Butler Trio, I remember them, hmm who else is folky...Newton Faulker, Lumineers
First Aid Kit. Excellent sister duo from Sweden with remarkable voices.
She's a Raver, no doubt.
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Or, more seriously, great album and very girly friendly:
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If she likes REM she *may* appreciate this*.
*but probably not. 😉
Check out the following on itunes/amazon or similar
Tunng - Live From The BBC
Ben Howard - The Burgh Island EP
Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
First Aid Kit - The Lions Roar
Jeff Buckley - Live At Sin-e
Keaton Henson - Dear
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is An Animal
Frightened Rabbit - Quietly Now ! - Midnight Organ Fight Live And Acoustic At The Captains Rest
Frightened Rabbit - State Hospital
The Accidental - There Were Wolves
All of those bands/albums are outstanding.
thanks, that was an interesting hour googling that lot.
see that dermot oleary has a new saturday sessions 2xcd out as well, thats always a good buy.
Aphex twin.
Joyrex 9 😡
Johnny Flynn
Matthew and the Atlas
Karine Polwart
Lol @ uselesshippy.
Two things i've loved in recent times are:
Liz Green - O Devotion
Like a French twenties torch singer. But from Manchester 🙂
Peter Broderick - Home
The kind of folk music you put on after a bottle of red wine and a profound need for meloncholia.
Fokey?
Try a Leeds band called Ellen and the Escapades. I have become uttely obsessed with Ellen's voice - it's amazing.
They have an album out and a couple of EPs. There's a few things on their youtube channel, including an enchanting version of R Keyy's 'The Greatest'
Rachel
Howard Elliot Payne (a bit country, in a scouse kind of way)
Slow Club
I Am Kloot
Johnny Flynn
Stealing Sheep, too
Ambient acoustic - Other Lives. You can stream their album on soundcloud free before you buy: [url= https://soundcloud.com/otherlives/sets/tamer-animals ]Tamer Animals[/url]
For some female vocals, maybe a bit of Oh Land: [url= https://play.spotify.com/album/53VRuJ3QJWjtKKVQayFczd ]Spotify link (may or may not work)[/url]
My reccomendations are so good, Singletrack posted them twice.
cool, more, thanks. look fwrd to checking them out later.
current faves though are first aid kit and moulettes. the clips i've heard make me want to fire up my proper stereo and sit in an armchair to listen. would think the moulettes would be a good live gig to go to as well.
Maybe some Gillian Welsh
Alt J FTW.
Just stumbled across this , via Kid Koala, my wife loves it.
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Thea Gilmore
The Staves
Katzenjammer
Sharon Von Etten
Julie Fowlis
Stars
Shelby Lynne
Rachel Zeffira
+1 for first aid kit. Their latest CD is called the lion's roar. It's brilliant. Amazing vocals, melodies and lyrics. Have bought it for and played it to a number of people and so far everyone loves them.
Frank Turner
Bronze Radio Return:
Brilliant live 😉
I was about to suggest Frank Turner, Ben Howard is also ace, how about The Villagers?
or Broken Bells?
As I'm listening to Cerys Matthews' Christmas album, and I saw her on Thursday, I'll suggest her, both as a solo artist, and fronting Catatonia, and another delightful Welsh band, Paper Aeroplanes.
Villagers are a really good suggestion, and also Laura Marling, in case no-one's suggested her.
Just ordered Ellen and the escapades' cd.
Thanks for the tip allthegear! Can't wait to get it now 🙂
How about nice bit of Slayer or Napalm death ?
Half Man Half Biscuit might go down well, too... 😉
I love these threads!
Just ordered the Tunng BBC CD.
I went to see a local singer songwriter last week at the Colston Hall in Bristol. Jane Taylor. Very very impressed.
First dance for me and the wife was ,LOW by Flowrider ,still makes me piss my self when i hear it -its pure class for a wedding song -"Shorty got those apple bottom jeans and the boots with the fur "aaaarrrgggghhhhoooooo
The Good the Bad and the Queen- by band of same name
Solarized-Ian Brown
Demon Dayz-The Gorillaz
Yours Truly, the angry mob/Employment-The Kiaser Chiefs.
Best Albums of the noughties IMHO.
The first reply - Junior Kimborough is beyond cool but then so are most Mississippi hill country trance blues musicians.
For similar also try:
Robert Belfour
Charlie Caldwell
R L Burnside
T Model Ford
Jesse Mae Hemphill
Fred McDowell