From his album Up Against The Sky Dave Gunning has released his single “All That’s Yet To Come,” which might be alluding to the series of summer dates he’s just announced that’ll put him through a slew of festivals over the next month. Continue reading Single: Dave Gunning Releases ‘All That’s Yet To Come’ Along with Summer Tour Dates
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New Music: Diamondtown Weigh Your Life Against Time With ‘The Voice’
There’s a curious thing that happens in the process of recording music: by necessity, there is a time delay. Which isn’t a reference to any pedal effect, but rather the circumstances created because studio time often happens as its own pace, and musicians, as a result, can find themselves recording Christmas albums late in the summer.
Similarly, The Voice, the new EP from Diamondtown, was produced between January and May, 2019, and has a distinctly summery vibe. It speaks volumes about a musician’s ability to transpose time. Continue reading New Music: Diamondtown Weigh Your Life Against Time With ‘The Voice’
Single: Calm Baretta Dream of Hollywood and the ‘Silver Screens’
“Is there really people living on Mars? Is it even real if I can’t see it?” As far as choruses go, it sounds like something David Bowie might have asked of Stanley Kubrick – the spaceman to the filmmaker. Rather it’s Prince Edward Island’s Calm Baretta daydreaming of a life in the make-believe world that exists somewhere between the two, with their latest single, “Silver Screens.” Continue reading Single: Calm Baretta Dream of Hollywood and the ‘Silver Screens’
Single: Thomas Stajcer Covers Bob Dylan’s ‘I Was Young When I Left Home’
Taken from the recording sessions for Bob Dylan’s 1962 debut solo self-titled studio album (though first seeing release in 2001, with a limited edition of Love and Theft) Thomas Stajcer has committed to posterity a recording of his own version of, “I Was Young When I Left Home.” It’s a drawn out version on the classic, swapping those bright finger-picked rolls for some sorrowful country crooning. Continue reading Single: Thomas Stajcer Covers Bob Dylan’s ‘I Was Young When I Left Home’
Music Video: Daughter of the Moon Turns Failed Romance Into Freedom With ‘Casanova’
History does have a tendency to repeat itself, and so, unsurprisingly, 53 years later we’re hearing echoes of Nancy Sinatra’s “Bang Bang” reverberating in the new single from Daughter of the Moon, “Casanova.” Cher did it first, Nancy Sinatra gave it that tremolo guitar twist, and now Natalie Ramsay has given it all a good shake up and used the pieces to rebuild it to suit her purposes. The lyrical matter of an unfaithful lover matter is a perennial one. Continue reading Music Video: Daughter of the Moon Turns Failed Romance Into Freedom With ‘Casanova’