Soulful Sunday

GILBERT O’SULLIVAN Still Rhymes After 60 Years – Hear Lead Single ‘IT’S ME’ From His 31st Album

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18 October 2026

Legendary Irish singer-songwriter GILBERT O’SULLIVAN (né Raymond Edward O’Sullivan
79 years ago in Waterford) will celebrate the 60th anniversary of his illustrious career next year.

In 1967 he moved to London. Determined to get a record deal and looking to stand out, he created an eye-catching visual image consisting of a bowl cut, cloth cap and short trousers.

Worldwide, he has charted 16 top 40 records, including six No. 1 songs and
classic pop pearls such as Nothing Rhymed , Alone Again, Clair and Get Down.
My parents had several of his singles, so the lauded songsmith isn’t a stranger to
my ears.

Across 20 studio albums, his last three landed in the UK Top 30.
He is also a three-time Ivor Novello Award winner, including
Songwriter of the Year.

Now, to mark that milestone, O’Sullivan will release his 21st full-length,
named On The Record. It comes our way on Nov 6th. Pre-order here.

“Daring to be different was the key for me. The writing
has never stopped being the most important thing.”

Along with the news came the first single IT’S ME. A feel-good, soulful, and
slightly disco-juiced tune you can hum/whistle along to while stomping your
feet to the beat. It’s definitely O’Sullivan.


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LOST IN SEPTEMBER – Harmonious Belgian Daydreamers Enthrall With New Melancholic Ballad ‘ENDLESS FLIGHT’

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11 October 2026


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Artists: LOST IN SEPTEMBER
Who: Musical project of Belgian singer-songwriters
Alain Quateau en Renilde Gees who started making
music together, more than thirthy years after they
first met.

Track: ENDLESS FLIGHT
Their newest piece.

“It’s a very personal song about a dark fear that you cannot easily put into words. When
you love someone very much, with everything you have, the thought of letting go is one of the hardest things. And at the same time, there is something wondrously beautiful in that: perhaps letting go is sometimes the most beautiful thing you can do. Endless Flight is about feelings you would rather not express out loud, but which are there nonetheless.”

TUTV: Starry-eyed Simon and Garfunkel mellifluousness lightens this stripped-to-the-bone, piano-guided ballad up. Soul-stirring vocals and affecting chorus harmonies turn Endless Flight into a euphonic lullaby for dreamy fall moments, when you look out the window, watching leaves swirl while figuring out what is going on in your mind.

Poetry in melancholic motion.


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LEONARD COHEN Wrote 10 New Songs 25 Years Ago

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11 October 2026

The late great songsmith LEONARD COHEN (1934-2016)
released his 10th album TEN NEW SONGS 25 years ago,
on 9 October 2001.

It was co-written with and produced by
American songstress Sharon Robinson.

The record went to No. 4 in Canada, No. 1 in Poland
and Norway, No. 3 in France and only No. 143 in the US.

Rolling Stone said: “Ten New Songs manages to sustain loss’s fragile beauty
like never before and might just be the Cohen’s most exquisite ode yet to the
midnight hour.”

TUTV: Cohen showed once again that he’s the candlelight music master


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BONNIE “PRINCE” BILLY & LINUS Honor Later Blind Dutch Singer-Songwriter JULES DE CORTE

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4 October 2026

Jules Decorte (1924-1996) was a famous Dutch singer-songwriter.
He went blind at 14 months, but it didn’t stop him from having an
impressive career in the Netherlands/Belgium. He wrote over more
than 3000 songs.

I don’t know how balladeer Bonnie “Prince” Billy (born Will Oldham,
56 years ago in Louisville, Kentucky) discovered Jules Decorte, especially
since he sang in a foreign language in a very small market.

And I don’t know either how Billy got in touch with Belgian jazzy,
acoustic contemporary jazz and improvisational duo Linus.


Album Artwork by Ante Timmermans – cover design Jeroen Wille

Anyway, Billy and Linus have recorded an album, a tribute to Jules De Corte‘s work.
The Outsider, The Music Of Jules De Corte will be out on CD, vinyl and digital on
October 23. The songs they picked are translated into English by Thomas Jillings.

Below you can revel in 3 intimate and stripped-to-the-bone
candlelight tracks off the upcoming full-length.

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MARY GAUTHIER – Lauded American Folk Songstress Rivets With Her New Album ‘RECKONING’

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27 September 2026


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Lauded New Orleans born folk songstress MARY GAUTHIER (64 now) has a rich past, writing/recording/releasing her deeply felt songs since 1990. Many artists such as Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton, Kathy Mattea, Vince Gill, Bettye Lavette, Candi Staton, and Amy
Helm have covered songs of her.

She just released her new full-length, named RECKONING, her first in 8 years.

TUTV: Gauthier‘s riveting Americana voice gets all your aural attention throughout this
new, stirring acoustic folk album. Gauthier sings about people’s loneliness caused by addiction to alcohol and drugs. About the struggle for love and justice in a world where religious people often pervert Jesus’ message of love for others. About the Kennedys,
MLK, Obama, and today’s dark political turmoil.

About individuals eager to follow orders, whether it’s crucifying Jesus or shooting
Rene Good in cold blood on a Minneapolis street. About anything/anybody that puzzles Gauthier and impacts her views on humanity. No, these aren’t happy songs whatsoever,
but they stick, like real life sticks. In the end, Gauthier hopes for salvation, something,
I guess we all do.

Fitting candlelight music for soulful and moony Sunday evenings


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KATIE PRUITT – American Songstress Stirs With New Album ‘FOOLS FOR THE FLEETING’

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20 September 2026

Artist: KATIE PRUITT
Who: American singer-songwriter
based in Nashville, Tennessee.

She just released her 3rd album, baptized FOOLS FOR THE FLEETING.

The record is a deeply personal meditation on the ebbs and flows of today’s cultural climate. Drawing from her own experiences and perspective, Pruitt’s raw, unflinching delivery, very cuts through the noise with a vulnerability. On Fools For The Fleeting, she delivers her most expansive and resonant work yet, an album that embraces impermanence while searching for meaning within it.

Candid, endearing, and refreshing.


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THE PROCLAIMERS – Legendary Scottish Bros Stir With Mellifluous Pearl ‘BUT IT IS’ From Their Brand New Album

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Musings for the laziest day of the week

13 September 2026

Scottish rock-pop singer-songwriter brothers known
as THE PROCLAIMERS are around since like forever,
actually since 1983.

They just released their effervescent
13th album, named You May Offend.

Its soul-stirring single BUT IT IS is a mellifluous pearl.

Enjoy your Sunday.

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PEAKK – DIY Singer Songwriter Moves With New Reflection ‘WON’T LET ME GO’

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6 September 2026

Artist: PEAKK
Who: The moniker of a DIY
singer-songwriter named Devin.

Track: WON’T LET ME GO

TUTV: I don’t know much, but enough to listen, to this musician. He mailed me some songs that sit “somewhere between indie rock, alternative and indie folk, with influences ranging from
Bon Iver and The Neighborhood to The 1975 and David Kushner.” and who writes songs as he quotes for the almosts, the maybes & the memories.

Won’t Let Me Go is the musing that caught my ears’ attention. Its darkish acoustic tone, reflective moodiness, and melancholic vocals got me in a self-rumintive headspace.

Let’s have the music do the talking.

Enjoy.


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KURT WAGNER And His Band LAMBCHOP Released Their Critically Acclaimed 17th Album ‘PUNCHING THE CLOWN’

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30 August 2026

Band: LAMBCHOP
Who: Nashville‘s crooner, balladeer and
troubadour Kurt Wagner‘s collective.

Originally named Posterchild, the band started their career 40 years ago,
in 1986. With PUNCH THE CLOWN, Wagner & Co just released their 17th LP.


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Pitchfork:“Kurt Wagner reinvents his band yet again, this time slimming down to a bare-bones acoustic setup and stripping away the studio artifice. But his storytelling remains as expansive as ever. While Punching the Clown is the most mysterious and disquieting album in Lambchop’s discography, there’s a triumph in it also being their most emotionally direct.”

Sit down, make yourself comfortable
and enjoy the sound of silence.


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At 82 CARLY SIMON Still Is An Impactful Songstress – New Album ‘COMES IN WAVES’ Out Now

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23 August 2026


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At 82, American singer-songwriter shero CARLY SIMON, who became worldwide
known for her magnific hit You’re So Vain (more than 700 million streams on Spotify)
in 1972, released her 24th album, her first in 18 years, titled COMES IN WAVES last week.

A charming, romantic, and heartfelt work
with gripping stories and Simon‘s voice
still impactful.

Far Out Magazine (UK) says: “It feels like she’s never really been away. Back with a breezily effective batch of numbers that flashes a torchlight on the human condition and reveals all its absurdities and passions in equal measure, Comes the Waves will delight long-time fans and stand as a solid entry for anyone late to Simon’s unique song canon.”

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