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Monday, August 04, 2014

she's back!

vashti bunyan is back! a new album drops in october and she is doing a small tour of the uk
 (must buy tickets right now!)

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

vonderful vashti

VASHTI BUNYAN - FLOWER AND THE LION

i meant to post this a month or so ago just after i'd been to amsterdam as it was the song of the holiday - played at regular intervals by my husband. so this post is for him. because he is lovely.

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Saturday, April 20, 2013

mommy dearest

MOLLY DRAKE - LITTLE WEAVER BIRD
molly drake is infact folk legend nick drakes mother (and sci-fi star gabrielle drakes mother for any u.f.o. fans out there). an album of her home made recordings of songs she wrote herself in the 50s/60s has recently been released. the songs are filled with a gentle, intimate sadness that give us a sense of what nick was brought up listening to. molly has a slightly plumby english singing voice yet many of her lyrics are melancholic and the result is curiously charming. i hope you enjoy it.

p.s. -how i wish nico had sung this song too
 

and here's vashti singing 'i remember' - a song written by molly


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Sunday, October 14, 2012

perhacs, perhacs, perhacs

LINDA PERHACS - HEY, WHO REALLY CARES
i know i've posted this before - but everytime i hear it, i feel the need to share! it's just gorgeous 1970s psyche folk music.

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