Video Lounge
Best of the Visuals 2013 Part 1
Here’s a selection of my favourite video performances from the last 12 months, in no particular order.
Camera Obscura – Fifth In Line To The Throne
Frightened Rabbit – Holy
London Grammar – Wicked Game (Live at WFUV)
Frank Turner – Losing Days
KT Tunstall – “The Boys of Summer” (Live – WFUV)
Girl Called Johnny – Heaven Knows
Lindi Ortega – Tin Star Orange Lounge Session
The Fauns – Lights
Lloyd Cole – Period Piece
The Dirty Beggars – Codeine (Jason Isbell Cover)
Beat Surrender : Best of 2013
It’s that time of year again to try and break down this years favourites into some kind of order, truth be told the #1 choice was the easiest I’ve had to make in recent years, separating #2 through #5 was a little more difficult – they are all great albums, stylistically very different but all have outstanding songs, from #6 onwards the degree of separation reduces and to be honest if I sat down with the final list next week the order could shift significantly, in the tradition of never doing it exactly the same way year-on-year this time around I’ve gone for a more straight forward chart and the number 33 seemed an appropriate choice given the top ten all found their way into my collection on vinyl (no doubt this influenced the final choices). Having already seen a number of fellow bloggers best of’s it evident there are some big name Americana acts missing from the Beat Surrender run down, as ever too much music and not enough time.
1. Jason Isbell – Southeastern
2. Camera Obscura – Desire Lines
3. Danny & The Champions of the World – Stay True
4. Neko Case – The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
5. Caitlin Rose – The Stand In
6. Lindi Ortega – Tin Star
7. Holly Williams – The Highway
8. Sturgill Simpson = High Top Mountain
9. My Darling Clementine – The Reconciliation
10. Austin Lucas – Stay Reckless
11. Frank Turner – Tape Deck Heart
12. Chris T-T & The Hoodrats – The Bear
13. Phosphorescent – Muchacho
14. John Moreland – In the Throes
15. Frankie & The Heartstrings – The Days Run Away
16. Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo – Dear River
17. Star Anna – Go To Hell
“For Anyone” by Star Anna (official music video) from Coalter Digital on Vimeo.
18. Thee Spivs – The Crowds & The Sounds
19. Doc Feldman & the LD50 – Sundowning At The Station
20. Israel Nash Gripka – Rain Plans
21. Shona Tucker – A Tell All
22. The Lucky Strikes – The Exile & The Sea
23. Laura Cantrell – No Way Here From There
24. Possessed by Paul James -There Will Be Nights When I’m Lonely
25. Amanda Shires – Down Fell The Doves
26. Frightened Rabbit – Pedestrian Verse
27. MG Boulter – The Water Or The Wave
28 Annie Keating – For Keeps
29. The Handsome Family – Wilderness
30. Paper Aeroplanes – Little Letters
31. Wynntown Marshalls – The Long Haul
32. Slaid Cleaves – Still Fighting The War
33. Lloyd Cole – Standards
Lindi Ortega – Lived And Died Alone
Covered – Lindi Ortega – To Love Somebody (Bee Gees)
From the forthcoming album Faded Gloryville , set for release on August 7th.
Lindi Ortega / Facebook / Twitter
Lindi Ortega – CBC Music Festival 2015
Check out this Playlist of performances from the 2015 CBC Music Festival which includes two new songs from Ortega’s new album, Faded Gloryville, which gets its release on August 7th.
Lindi Ortega / Facebook / Twitter
BEST OF 2015 – SINGER-SONGWRITER, FOLK, COUNTRY & AMERICANA #25 to #6
25 Daniel Romano – If I’ve Only One Time Askin’
Daniel Romano / Facebook / Twitter
24 John Moreland – High on Tulsa Heat
John Moreland / Facebook / Twitter
23 Joey Kneiser – The Wildness
Joey Kneiser / Facebook / Twitter
22 Dave Rawlings Machine – Nashville Obsolete
Dave Rawlings Machine / Facebook / Twitter
21 Michael Rank & Stag – Horsehair
Michael Rank & Stag / Facebook / Twitter
20 The Barker Band – The Land We Hold Dear
The Barker Band / Facebook / Twitter
19 The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
The Decemberists / Facebook / Twitter
18 The Unthanks – Mount The Air
The Unthanks / Facebook / Twitter
17 M Lockwood Porter – 27
16 Eilen Jewell – Sundown Over Ghost Town
Eilen Jewell / Facebook / Twitter
15 Vanessa Peters – with the Sentimentals
Vanessa Peters / Facebook / Twitter
14 Lindi Ortega – Faded Gloryville
Lindi Ortega / Facebook / Twitter
13 Kristin Diable – Create Your Own Mythology
Kristin Diable / Facebook / Twitter
12 Emily Barker – The Toerag Sessions
Emily Barker / Facebook / Twitter
11 Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou – Expatriot
Trevor Moss and Hannah Lou / Facebook / Twitter
10 Frankie Lee – American Dreamer
Frankie Lee / Facebook / Twitter
9 Lucero – All A Man Should Do
8 Kathryn Williams – Hypoxia
Kathryn Williams / Facebook / Twitter
7 Lilly Hiatt – Royal Blue
Lilly Hiatt / Facebook / Twitter
6 American Aquarium – Wolves
Covered – Lindi Ortega – To Love Somebody (The Bee Gees)
Lindi Ortega – Til The Goin’ Gets Gone EP
Loving the new EP from Lindi Ortega, the 4-track release has three originals and a cover of Townes van Zandt’s legendary song Waiting ‘Round To Die, a tough one to get right, but the Canadian country chanteuse nails it.
Here’s the title track, you can pre-order the EP now at the usual digital suspects, or get a copy direct from Lindi here.
Covered – Lindi Ortega – Waiting ‘Round To Die (Townes Van Zandt)
Lindi Ortega – UK / Ireland Tour Dates + The Comeback Kid (live video)
Lindi Ortega has announced details of her forthcoming new album ‘The Comeback Kid’, to be released May 25th, 2018 on Shadowbox Music exclusively licensed via Soundly Music. The Polaris Music Prize and Juno Award-nominated Canadian artist will follow the release with a UK tour in June, including London’s Garage on June 14th. Enjoy the album and live versions of The Comeback Kid
Lindi Ortega –“Liberty” video + Euro tour dates
European Tour Dates:
June 2 Dublin, Grand Social
June 3 Belfast, Empire
June 5 Sheffield, Leadmill
June 6 Glasgow, Oran Mor
June 8 Newcastle, Cluny
June 9 Leeds, Brudenell
June 11 Manchester, Gorilla
June 12 Brighton, Komedia
June 13 Bristol, Fleece
June 14 London, Garage
June 16 Stockholm, Sthlm Americana
June 17 Gothenburg, Pustervik *
June 18 Olso, Cafe Mono
June 19 Malmo, Kulturbolaget *
June 21 Utrecht, Tivoli Vredenburg *
June 23 Copenhagen, Komos Festival
June 24 Hamburg, Knust
* supporting Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit