a sneaky advance listen to the forthcoming duke special album. beautiful, with some quirky orchestrations... tuesday group sat in rapt awe... cd release date: october 2006... limited edition vinyl pressing will be available on the May tour...
and this was news to me and had me struck dumb and immobile in CGs - hot off the shelves the swell season, recorded in prague by glen hansard and marketa irglova... melodies haunting, the lyrics heartbreaking. you can hear four tracks at that link. then you'll know... if you can listen to the lyrics of falling slowly, nay, any of this offering, without being moved then please, check your pulse...and god bless you...
looks like the title comes from a book by josef skvorecky -- "six tales in which Skvorecky traces the libidinous ardours of a youngster growing up in wartime Czechoslovakia", according to google. ah yes, glen's blog on the myspace confirms same.
following a rec from ricky, willow asked me to put a link if i could find it...
i've yet to hear catie curtis (there it is willow) but ricardo sez he's been meaning to pass her on for ages coz he finks i'll like her...
so RM - 3 secs research on her website (above) told me she has curly hair and is gay. 15 secs more and we learn she's from maine originally, and has a couple of kids. now ya know. 5 minutes later and i'm still listening to the tracks on the website, which surprises me given how high the bar got set over at the swell season site... some nice stuff in there... feed me some more...
may your ears be blessed by all of the above...
LB, x
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