We Can’t Be Beat, The Walkmen
All Shades of Blue, Gregory Alan Isakov
Alsaka, Dr. Dog
4Taking Alcatraz, Field Report
Sing Me a Reprise, Hip Hatchet
Thames, JBM
Cul De Sac, Van Morrison
Won’t Be the Last Time, Justin Townes Earle
On and On, Sarah Siskind
Civilian, Wye Oak
Fergus Falls, Field Report
Eye on You, Bhi Bhiman
Can’t Go back, Rosi Golan
Blank Maps, Cold Specks
Let Us Sail On, Eef Barzelay
Cemetery, Robert Ellis
Mama You’ve Been on My Mind, Idiot Wind
Letting Us Be, Paul Curreri
That Wasn’t Me, Brandi Carlile
I Can’t Stand Up Alone, Jesse Winchester
February 2012: Paul Curreri performs Greenville in a south London sculpture studio. Taken from the album Songs for Devon Sproule
February 2012: In the snow, round the back of a South London garage, Devon Sproule and Paul Curreri perform a cover of the Kinks’ See My friends
Devon Sproule has been on my itunes ever since seeing her performance of Old Virginia Block on Jools Holland a few years ago. Her mix of old time country, folk and charming melodies create unique sounds and captivating little worlds and stories.
On what had to be the coldest day of the year, we met Paul and Devon in our friend’s studio in Tulse Hill. Surrounded by sculptures of chimpanzees, with snow on the ground and no heating to speak of, these guys played some of our favorite sessions so far. The Evening Ghost Crab is taken from Devon’s latest album, I Love You, Go Easy, out on Tin Angel Records
We first heard Paul Curreri play when he supported Charlie Parr in Bristol back in November. His humorous songwriting coupled with mad guitar skills, dances between folk and blues, catching our attention from the first listen.
On what had to be the coldest day of the year, we met Paul and Devon in our friend’s studio in Tulse Hill. Surrounded by sculptures of chimpanzees, with snow on the ground and no heating to speak of, these guys played some of our favorite sessions so far. The Big Shitty is the title track taken from Paul’s latest album out on Tin Angel Records.
Big thanks to Sophie - the best (only) intern we’ve ever had.
We were introduced to Patrick Sweany’s music by a good friend a few years back, who has been booking his UK tours ever since a chance meeting at SXSW. So it was great to finally meet and listen to his songs completely stripped down. With previous albums produced by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, his music is a powerful mix of roots, blues and rock n roll.
We filmed this session the day before Patrick’s flight back to Nashville - Trekking across Epsom Downs at sunset with a pocket amp and a big baby blue Dean electric in search of the perfect tree to record a song under …and close enough to the pub to keep warm in! Shoestring is taken from his latest album, That Old Southern Drag.
Big thanks to Hannah at www.porcupinepromo.com
November 2011: Just after his European tour, at the top of Epsom Downs, Patrick Sweany performed a cover of the soul classic, Dark End of the Street.
The music of Minnesotan bluesman, Charlie Parr has been on our playlists ever since a trip to New Zealand and Australia, where his music became a perfect soundtrack to the roadtrip. So it was a surreal pleasure to have him perform a few of his songs and share some stories of bears, moose and passport control in our home town of Bristol.
We’d been sizing up our friend George’s fireplace for a shoot for a while, so jumped at the chance to sneak in and film, while he was off, fighting a Sunday hangover in the pub.
This September, Parr released Cheap Wine, a compilation of past songs and a great introduction to his hard luck stories of gamblers, drinkers, union boys and dustbowl wonderers.
November 2011: In between his two night residency at the Cube Cinema, Bristol, Charlie Parr performs a cover of Blind Lemon Jefferson’s Bad luck Blues.
