Soulful Sunday

SOULFUL SUNDAY With Americana Artist TODD GREENE And Engrossing Ballad ‘TALK TO ME”

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

9 April 2023

Artist: TODD GREEN
Who: Singer-songwriter raised in a musical family in the foothills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. His affinity for the acoustic
guitar and the songsmiths of the era compelled him to hone his craft.

New single: TALK TO ME
A tale of yearning for a connection.

TUTV: This is a heart-rending ballad reaching out to a loved one.
An acoustic musing with a sensitive country feel and a weeping violin.

Todd Green‘s warm voice emphasizes his whole-souled tristesse and his
desirous hope grippingly and the female backing vocals are so captivating.
A charming beauty.

Listen.
Enjoy.

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TODD GREENE: Facebook – Instagram

PETE TOWNSHED Goes Country On His First Solo Music In 30 Years With Charity Single ‘CAN’T OUTRUN THE TRUTH’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

26 March 2023

The Who’s conductor PETE TOWNSHEND
released solo music like a zillion years ago,
well, actually 30 to be exact.

And now, out of the blue comes a brand new single, entitled
CAN’T OUTRUN THE TRUTH is composed and produced by
his partner Rachel Fuller under the name Charlie Pepper.

All proceeds of the song go Teenage Cancer Trust.

Buy it here.

Townshend: “The pandemic years were terrible for charities; the Teenage Cancer Trust was created in order to take the money from a series of concerts at the Albert Hall every year and various other things and that had all dropped out. So, the idea of doing this, which is it’s something that has sprung out of Lockdown about mental illness, but also for this particular charity. If you’ve got a scenario in which somebody in your family or a teenager has got cancer, they’re being treated, Lockdown hits, and you’re not allowed to go and visit them. There’s a poignancy to the whole thing about the song.”

It’s an irresistible, bluesy tune with a country feel.
A little pearl with heart-wrenching Townshend vocals
and melancholic harmonica play.

Press play.

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Townshend: Website – Instagram

(Townshend image: cover of solo single ‘Rough Boys‘)

Soulful Sunday With New Jazzy ANGEL OLSEN Ballad

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

12 March 2023

Enchanting Chicago voice ANGEL OLSEN (born Angelina Maria Carroll 36 years ago)
scored probably her best longplayer so far in her career with Big Time, her 5th LP,
last year.

She just announced a new EP named Forever Means with
songs from those Big Time sessions. It’ll be out on 14 April.

The first appetizer NOTHING’S FREE is a jazzy musing, lazy and soothing, with
some mellow saxophone, snug retro organs and, of course, Olsen‘s tempting,
whispering voice.

Olsen: “It’s about that point when self-denial breaks and you notice how long you’ve been restraining who you are. It felt really difficult to exclude it from Big Time, but it felt more soulful than the direction of that record; it was coming from a different place. For me, when I wrote it,
I was coming to terms with my identity and sexuality. I was opening up in a new way.”

Dim the lights, sit down and enjoy.

ANGEL OLSEN: Facebook – Instagram

Soulful Sunday With A Reworked Beautiful Day By U2

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

5 March 2023

Mega stars U2 release a new album, named SONGS OF SURRENDER
on 17 March. An album with 40 reworked/reimagining tracks of their
glorious past.

The Edge about the project: “Music allows you to time travel, and we became
curious to find out what it would be like to bring our early songs back with us to
the present day and give them the benefit, or otherwise, of a 21st-century
reimagining.”

One of the revisited songs is their huge hit BEAUTIFUL DAY
from their 2000 album All That You Can’t Leave Behind.

It sounds less euphoric and elated than the original version but its
tender and stripped treatment makes this rework quite beautiful.

Enjoy.

U2: Bio – Discography – Website

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

26 February 2023

American singer-songwriter EUGENE started his musical journey singing in
the streets in 2015. Since then, music has taken him through over 18 countries,
allowed him to pay off his debts and allow him to concentrate on songs with
positive messaging.


(FB Eugene)

In 2023 his goal is to get to release one song per month. But he needs
a little help to do so. Join his GenieClub for a little cost of a cup of coffee.
Info here.

Eugene: “I’m recording songs that can inspire, bring us together and give
us hope for a better tomorrow. By joining the GenieFamily, you’ll help me
release more songs quicker & get a few perks in return.”

His brand new song is named HEAVEN. It’s a heart-and-soul touching pearl.
A wishfull, romantic ballad that triggers your phantasy and your daydreaming.
An acoustic guitar beauty accompanied by warm glowing trumpet fragments
and Eugne‘s longing, tender vocals shine in the middle. A record label should
sign him. Now.

Listen here.


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EUGENE: Website – Instagram – GenieClub

Soulful Sunday With Songstress ANNIE CAPPS And Her New Album ‘HOW CAN I SAY THIS’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

19 February 2023

Artist: ANNIE CAPPS
Who: Singer-songwriter based in Chelsea, Michigan. Best known for a long performing career with my partner in life and music, Rod Capps. Together they released 8 studio recordings of mostly original material.

Album: HOW CAN I SAY THIS?

An all-women supported project spanning the U.S. and into Canada. The album came
to life with contributions from over 40 artists whose exceptional talents culminated into
a sonically lush, emotionally charged production,

Annie: “The songs that started bubbling up found me excavating in the way back times
of my life. They represent a reckoning of sorts, a closer look into painful memories that
didn’t feel safe to explore. These songs showed up right when they were supposed to and
I couldn’t be more proud of the way they’ve come to life, thanks to an extraordinary
community of nearly 40 women who joined me on this journey.”

Check all collaborators here.

TUTV: Expect a mesmeric mix of country, folk, pop, and introspective balladry.
Gripping musings, candlelight romanticism and tenderhearted tunes, with Annie
Capps‘ starry-eyed voice as the most emotive instrument in the spotlight of the
overall melancholic sonoroity. References? Somewhere between Dolly Parton‘s
touching sentimentality and Big Thief‘s poetic splendor. Universal emotions of
love and sadness. Human stories, mixed emotions.

Dim the light, sit down, relax and enjoy.

Stream/buy here.


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Video for highlight track The Silent

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ANNIE CAPPS: Facebook – Website

SOULFUL SUNDAY With BECK Who Is Thinking About You

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

12 February 2023

It’s almost 4 years since musical centipede
BECK released his Hyperspace album.

But he didn’t sit at home on his lazy butt, watching TV and eating
popcorn all that time. He collaborated on tracks with Gorillaz, Paul
McCartney and many more. He also performed multiple times as
a guest on other artists’ shows.

And this week, he appeared at the Recording Academy’s All-Star
Grammys tribute to Californian legends the Beach Boys.

Now out of the blue, the former loser shared a tender ballad
called THINKING ABOUT YOU. A song he played live a couple
of times.

Romantic Beck at work.

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BECK: Facebook – Instagram

Soulful Sunday With JEFF TWEEDY Covering Legendary Folk Rebel WOODY GUTHRIE

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

5 February 2023

WILCO‘ mastermind JEFF TWEEDY shared a cover of UNION MAID.
A 1940 song by the late, sharp-teethed folk rebel WOODY GUTHRIE
(July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967).

It’s on the soundtrack of new drama movie
When You Finish Saving The World.

Tune in.

Original version.

WOODY GUTHRIE: Bio – Discography

(Image on top: Cover of Tweedy’s compilation album ‘Warm’)

Soulful Sunday With GIRL WITH A HAWK And Her Heart-And-Soul Touching Story ‘SAME STARS’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

29 January 2023


(Photo by Kelly Davidson).

Band: GIRL WITH A HAWK
Who: Singer/songwriter Linda Viens‘collective of
Boston rock legends producing gorgeously emotive
indie rock with Americana, garage, and punk roots.

New single: SAME STARS
Their first for Red On Red Records .

Info: In 1998 Linda Vien’s brother was arrested for armed robbery. A long-time
heroin addict, he had used a toy gun wrapped in a bandanna to rob a convenience
store. He was sentenced to 11 years in a Federal Prison, and had to leave his wife and his two young children behind. He was released in 2010. During his time in prison Linda drove from Boston monthly to visit him During those visits, Linda witnessed the devastation of her brother’s separation from his young family and witnessed firsthand the damage and pain caused by long term, and in some cases, unjust incarceration.

Same Stars was written from her brother’s point of view; from a sister’s vantage point of empathy and sorrow in identification with his daily suffering, shame, regret and grief. In the end of the song, as in the end of the story, he is released into the world a free man who has paid his debt to society, and who must find his family again and begin the long journey of reconciliation and healing.

Same Stars is a heart-and-soul touching story, a longing ballad,
a bittersweet siblings love-inspired reverie with Linda Viens‘s moving
voice sending shivers down your spine. Stirring.

But you see the same stars as me
And someday your daddy will be free
And we’ll ride through the night,
And everything will be alright,
you’ll see, you’ll see

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Soulful Sunday – Happy Birthday SAM COOKE

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22 January 2023

Fabulous soul crooner SAM COOKE was born on 22 January 1931.

Happy 92 to the eternal legend who made 11 LPs and who scored several hit
singles. One of them was BRING IT ON HOME TO ME (more than 230 million
streams on Spotify) which he wrote/released in 1962. It was later covered by
megastars such as Otis Redding, John Lennon and Rod Stewart.

Bring it on.

SAM COOKE: Bio – Discography

Cooke was killed at the age of 33 on December 11, 1964, at the Hacienda Motel, in L.A. Answering separate reports of a shooting and a kidnapping at the motel, the police found Cooke’s body. He had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest, which was later determined to have pierced his heart. R.I.P.