People are generally more familiar with Beth Orton’s 1999 release, Central Reservation. Thinking About Tomorrow is from her follow-up release. It just seems to be a perfect, quiet Sunday morning song. Even more so, acoustically. I’ve always loved the melodic way her music moves..the way she weaves a narrative. (Does that make sense?) If you [...]
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My recollection of the recording of the album Ellipse, where this track originates, was that it took place in and involved much of the contents of Imogen Heap’s house. At one point she was recording a laugh track, couldn’t get it right and asked her Twitter followers to send her links to funny videos so [...]
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This is k.s. Rhoades with his song, “The Years” (and, at the end, a cool rap about doing your art). Sometimes, when he’s not being just k.s. Rhoades, he joins up with a group of artists who are also from Tennessee, appropriately named Ten out of Tenn. They banded together out of a love for [...]
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Long after everyone was sick of Bush, this song came out. I was listening to Radio Paradise, on iTunes, when it popped up. Sure, it’s the soundtrack to every melancholy moment in every tv show or movie. Yes. As it is with any Bush video, everyone’s beautiful. And, like any other Bush song, if you [...]
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Here’s the first video from “Codes and Keys”. It’s a scripted video that was shot in one take. You’ll have to wait until May 31st for the album release, but it looks like they’ll be on VH1 Storytellers on May 27th. If you go to their site, you can take part in a cool QR [...]
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