Cape Breton’s folksy foursome Villages have released another tune of nautical theme, this time in the form of a Lou Reed cover. The group’s rendition of “Cremation (Ashes to Ashes)” is accompanied by vintage footage of the sea and gives a refreshing Cape Breton twist to the 1992 folk tune.
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Music Video: Villages Stir up More Excitement for Debut Album with ‘Maggie of the Cove’
Villages, those princes of Cape Breton music and the alter-egos of Mardeen (yes, the band that wrote “Telephones“, the song that made Mo Kenney famous) are releasing their very much-anticipated self-titled debut album later this month. In the meantime we’re treated to the album’s second single, “Maggie of the Cove.” Continue reading Music Video: Villages Stir up More Excitement for Debut Album with ‘Maggie of the Cove’
Music Video: Villages Return with ‘Moonlit’
There are few occasions when we’ll soften our stance on lyric videos but certainly being introduced to the return of Villages on a cold mid-February day might just make the cut. The Cape Breton band have announced their first full-length self-titled album with “Moonlit” and the one thing that might melt our icy hearts just now: a nostalgia-driven late night mid-Summer ballad-backed drive to the edge of nowhere. Continue reading Music Video: Villages Return with ‘Moonlit’
New Music: Villages Releases Single ‘Sonny’
Sonny doesn’t get to rave no more. Like it was a universal truth acknowledged by all, we nodded in unison. We accepted it. He accepted it. This was to be the new deal – the price of for all the days that had passed, and the toll for the days to come. He was a man now, and more than that, he had responsibilities. He’d always been a conscientiousness child, but those were relatively carefree times. Now his days of roving and longer nights, by necessity had come an end. At least that’s the picture Cape Breton’s Villages paints for us in their new single, ‘Sonny’. Continue reading New Music: Villages Releases Single ‘Sonny’