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The stars aligned for me today in a perfect storm of musical redemption, down beat and feeling like I’ve hit a dead end my mood was instantly transformed when the new release from Danny Wilson landed on my doormat, rock n roll is just what I needed and Danny & The Champions of the World deliver the goods on Hearts & Arrows. Highly recommend you get yourselves a copy, you don’t have to take my word for it alone, further reading. Here, here, here, here and here Listen at Soundcloud, expires 18th July Officially out on Monday (thanks Badlands and the Royal Mail) Homepage September UK Dates: 18 The Railway (SXSC Festival) WINCHESTER 19 The Jericho Tavern OXFORD 20 The Cooler BRISTOL 21 Hare & Hounds BIRMINGHAM 22 Bush Hall LONDON 24 King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut GLASGOW 25 The Harley Bar SHEFFIELD 26 The Cluny NEWCASTLE 27 Brudenell Social . . . → Read More: Danny and the Champions of the World – Hearts & Arrows When the songs are that good it’s no surprise that there is a pair of albums out in the next month or so featuring covers of the late, great Townes van Zandt’s work. The first one is Riding the Range – The songs of Townes Van Zandt, there’s an extra angle on this one as part of the proceeds from the sale goes to the QE2 Activity Centre, the album features 20 tracks in all from a great selection of artists including some personal favourites of mine, Danny & The Champions, Peter Case, Jeffery Foucault, Jeb Loy Nichols, Peter Bruntnell and of course Michael Weston King (who wrote the title track Riding the Range which Townes recorded and released as a single shortly before he died), I had the pleasure of seeing the last trio of singer songwriters performing together a couple of years ago and Weston King sang Marie on that occasion (always brings . . . → Read More: Townes – Covered and Covered Again News on Drive-by Truckers movie “The Secret to a Happy Ending“ Just a reminder that Kasey Anderson’s album Nowhere Nights is released on 16th of this month, courtesy of Kasey’s cunning marketing campaign I was seduced into the vinyl pre-order last year, okay it’s only February but for me this album is a front runner for Best of 2010, get it / sample it at Kasey’s website, here’s what I thought of it, but you don’t have to take my word for it, check out the thoughts of More Cowbell and Twangville too. News this week of Neil Young finally winning a Grammy, bitter sweet given his contribution to music, just further proof of the farcical nature of the majority of mainstream media awards, the award for “Best Art Direction…” was shared with Gary Burden and Jenice Heo, Neil Young News posted this earlier this week, along with links to Gary Burden’s in . . . → Read More: Odds N Ends  |
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