Sugarland - Genevieve

Paloma Faith in the Live Lounge

New Music - Rachel Furner

Hello out there yet again. I haven't decided whether I'm gonna make this a monthly or weekly slot, I think it will just depend on when I have the time and whether I find someone worth blogging about. :-)

Today I'm talking about Rachel Furner. That's her myspace link. She is already well-established in the business, having already been signed to Universal and hoping to release her debut album next year some time. She is gorgeous and very talented! Here's a bio snippet:

Rachel is a 17 year old singer / songwriter from the UK who has been singing ‘since she could talk’, playing piano from the age of 6 and writing her own songs from 11 years old. She was raised in a house where her bedroom was next door to a room which doubled as a recording studio for her father and would often lie awake into the early hours listening to him record and playing music. She would fall asleep to the sounds of his favorite records that could have been anything from Stevie Wonder to Kate Bush and Carol King.

And another thing is she performs live alot:

Dedication to her music has seen her playing regular gigs in the most unlikely of places for the last year- sometimes up to 4 a week!

Rachel is currently writing songs for her debut album and performing live as often as she can.

Indeed, she is currently doing a mini UK tour, with 3 gigs coming up where she supports Paulo Nutini:

6 Oct 2009 20:00	Wales Millenium Centre- Paolo Nutini tour	CARDIFF
7 Oct 2009 20:00	Academy- Paolo Nutini tour	SHEFFIELD
9 Oct 2009 20:00	Academy- Paolo Nutini tour	LEEDS
12 Nov 2009 20:00	YoYo @ Notting Hill Arts Club	LONDON
13 Nov 2009 20:00	The Regal Rooms	LONDON

So then, fancy a listen? Here is Rachel Furner live at Pixie Lott's concert at HMV Forum, Kentish Town, on the day of Pixie Lott's album launch in London last month which was broadcast on a live webcast through Pixie's website.
Unfortunately the webcasters were apparently amateurs. The stream was unstable and interrupted several times and at the very start they didn't even show the stage. Still, it's agood set from Rachel Furner who shows off a little of what she is capable of. All of these songs apart from one are her own original creations.

Setlist for the HMV forum gig was:
Follow Me/Sticks and Stone
In For the Kill (La Roux cover)
Unravel
Desperate For You
Carousel
Toy Soldiers

New Music - Red Sky July

Hello out there.

I haven't had a "song/artist of the week/month" type thingy before but I think it's about time to start. I come across quite alot of new music out there so I've decided I will blog about it, after all that is what a blog is for.

I don't know how frequent these postings will be but today's offering is some new music from a recent collaboration called "Red Sky July". Red Sky July are Shelley Poole (more about her later), Charity Hair, Ally McErlaine, Tim Weller and Paul Statham....

Here is the bio from their website:

They are Charity Hair (The Alice Band), Shelly Poole (Alisha’s Attic) and Ally Mcerlaine (Texas) -
Three successful musician/writers united in a love of folk, country, vintage music and vintage clothes.
The achingly beautiful songs on the debut album Rivers Wild range from otherworldly modern folk to bluegrass stompalongs always informed by a wonderful pop sensibility.
Shelly and Charity’s perfect two part harmonies throughout, combined with Allys elaborate, atmospheric guitar playing, make for something really rather special.
Compared to such greats as Simon and Garfunkel, and being hailed as a sexier “The Judds”, Red Sky cant wait to get out on the road with this new project. “That’s when it all makes sense” says Shelly; “We all spend so long in the studio as writers that coming together to actually play the stuff we love, interact and sing out loud reminds you why you got into music in the first place.”
Red Sky July’s first album is a true labour of love for three individual players that came together to make a dream, and they did.

I have to confess that I was first attracted to Red Sky July because of Shelly Poole. Yes that's right, Shelly Poole from Alisha's Attic. Alisha's Attic were a phenomenon that hit UK pop in the mid-late 90s, back when I was a mere kid. At the time I was totally engrossed by them and bought all their albums with my pocket money! There was alot more to Alisha's Attic than "I am, I Feel", which seemed to tap into the early-Alanis-type sounds of the time. The albums contained full and beautiful harmonies for one thing.... and maybe that is why this new collaboration Red Sky July got my attention - I'd say the harmonies are pretty much as beautiful as they could be. The music has a country feel to it, yet it is folky with a hint of vintage. Here are some good examples of the work:

Morning Song:

White Feather:

The Gold Hour:

See their myspace for more Red Sky July tracks.


And if you also finds this inspires you to go get those Alisha's Attic tracks then checkout "Intense", "Aire We Breathe" (album version), "Are You Jealous", "Pretender Got My Heart", "She Ain't Missin You" for starters! Shame there aren't more on youtube. Check out "I Wish I Were You" and "Adore U" below:

Diane Birch - Live

Pixie Lott - Use Somebody Live Acoustic

• Tea and Cigarettes by Diane Birch

More Diane Birch music on iLike

Diane Birch - "Fools" Live

Pixie Lott - Outta Here [Acoustic Esmée Denters Cover]

Pixie Lott - Boys and Girls is the next single

Get a sample of Boys and Girls whilst playing Pixie at Noughts & Crosses!

Final Tracklist for the "Turn it Up" album released in September 2009:

Tracklist:

1. Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)
2. Cry Me Out
3. Band Aid
4. Turn It Up
5. Boys & Girls
6. Gravity
7. My Love*
8. Jack*
9. Nothing Compares*
10. I Wish I Was There/ Here We Go Again
11. The Way The World Works*
12. Hold Me In Your Arms

Shame that there's no Rolling Stone.

If you're collecting then here's the list of known-of original Pixie tracks (not including covers):

TURN IT UP ERA (1991 - 2009)
Turn It Up
Cry Me Out
Mama Do
Boys & Girls
Hold Me In Your Arms
Here We Go Again
Gravity
Hallucination
My Love
Band Aid
Radio
Rolling Stone
Ouch That Hurt!
No Diggity
Buff Tingaling
Get Weak
Every Girl
Perfect Goodbye
Without You
Underneath
Summer Days
Jack
Goodnight, Goodbye
Beach House
If I Changed
Frozen
What U Do
Lonely
The One That Got Away
Spring Cleaning
That Boy
This Must Be Love
Early Morning Girl
Two Boys
Wanna Get To Know You
Want You

Note:
Bold = Click to listen on YouTube

A Camp - Covers Grace Jone's "Done it Again" Live

Melody Gardot - Somewhere over the rainbow

This song like you've never heard it before. Awesome cover.

Melody Gardot - North Sea Jazz Festival Pre-opening

VV Brown acoustic Shark in the Water

Melody Gardot Live @ Mooi Weer De Leeuw

Download Pixie Lott mp3 track from bullying awareness

A track called "Get Weak" is available to download in full & HQ as a resource for bullyingawarenessweek.com!

To download visit www.bullyingawarenessweek.org/resources.html and scroll/search down the page for the following:

Get Weak song Lyrics -lyrics by Pixie Lott and Toby Gad

Get Weak -performed by Pixie Lott (mp3 audio file)

Melody Gardot - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Live

Pixie Lott - Live Totally Saturday

Capped by Snoop.

Mama Do






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I Want You Back (cover of Jackson5).







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Pixie Lott - Acoustic Session Videos

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Pixie Lott - Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone mp3

Kristy Lee/One nite romance

Pixie Lot HQ Daily Mail Mag 7th June

Melody Gardot - Who will comfort me on LETTERMAN!!!!!!!!!!

Pixie Lott - 7 x Pics

Pixie Lott Acoustic Version of Mama Do on UK TV May 28th

CREDIT:Snoop
Pixie Lott - Mama Do (acoustic) - Freshly Squeezed - 28th May 09



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Pixie Lott - Interview - Freshly Squeezed - 4th June 2009



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