Soulful Sunday

Somebody Tried To Sell VAN MORRISON A Bridge

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

1 February 2026

Irish music junkie VAN MORRISON, aged 80, will never ever
retire. He got blues & soul in his veins since he was born.

He scored his masterpieces late in the late 60s/70s with Astral Weeks (1968),
Moondance (1970), His Band And The Street Choir (1970) and Into The Music (1979).

In the 80s he went on with stand-out LPs such as Beautiful Vision (1982), Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart (1983) and Irish Heartbeat (1988).

In the 90s, he still had some good moments, but it wasn’t the imposing Belfast Cowboy (nicknamed that by the late Robbie Robertson of The Band) of the early days anymore.
He started to play the same songs over and over again.

He just released his 48th (!!!!!) LP, named SOMEBODY TRIED
TO SELL ME A BRIDGE (who comes up with such crazy titles).

The title track is Van by numbers. Very old skool, but still entertaining on a Sunday.


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BLACK VIIOLET – Aphrodisiacal Songstress Seduces Once Again With New Whispering Single ‘DARK BLUE’

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25 January 2026


New album artwork

Artist: BLACK VIIOLET
Who: Alter-ego of American garage punk ‘n’ roll
turbo The Darts‘ front Amazon Nicole Laurenne.

Track: DARK BLUE
First single and title track of her upcoming
new full-length, 2nd in 2 years. Pre-orders
from January 29th on.

TUTV: I’m sure bootylicious Nicole Laurenne‘s days count 48 instead of 24 hours.
Only last week she announced the 4th LP in 4 years from her riff-racing band The Darts, and shared the first taster, Midnight Creep. Now comes the news of her 2nd Black Viiolet full-length following last year’s debut After You (part of TUTV’s best albums of 2025).

Oh, let’s not forget the endless touring with her gang and now with her alter-ego too.

That said, BV’s lead single Dark Blue echoes the overall flirtatious ambiance of After You. Jazzy and trippy-hoppy vibes in slow mo. Her slightly hoarse, whispering vocals fit the nightclub’s contra-bass/trumpet/drum melodiousness like a glove. Music for the midnight hours, away from the brutal reality we have to endure.

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Whistle Along With GORILLAZ To Their New Lazy Tune ‘ORANGE COUNTY’

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Tunes for the laziest day of the week

18 January 2026

GORILLAZ, the brainchild of Blur’s Damon Albarn and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett,
have been writing/releasing reggae-infused pop tunes since 1988. They have their 9th longplayer, named The Mountain, out on March 20th.

They just added 2 new songs to the previously 3 shared ones.

The Hardest Thing and Orange County. The latter is my fav.

It’s a lazy Sunday afternoon shanty featuring Bizarrap, Kara Jackson and
Anoushka Shankar. You can whistle along, or if you are more of hummer,
just hum along.

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IRON & WINE Releases His 9th Album Next Month – Hear New Enticing Piece ‘IN YOUR OCEAN’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

11 January 2026

Artist: IRON & WINE
Who: Seasoned singer-songwriter
Samuel Beam from North Carolina.

Track: IN YOUR OCEAN
New piece from his forthcoming 9th LP, titled
Hen’s Teeth, which will arrive on February 27th.

Hen’s Teeth and his previous album, Light Verse, are siblings of a sort.
They were recorded during the same sessions after a year-long dry spell.


New album artwork

I&W about the album: “I’ve always wanted to use that title. I just love it. To me it
suggests the impossible. Hen’s teeth do not exist. And that’s what this record felt like
a gift that shouldn’t be there but it is. An impossible thing but it’s real.”

“When I’ve been on a writing kick, and the band can meet me where I’m at, they push me into something I hadn’t imagined. I’m at a point in my life where spontaneity is a lot more important to me. I don’t have as much to prove as I used to. I’m a lot freer and I love making music more than ever. There are no right or wrong answers. You just pray for your luck and try your best.”

Smooth, enticing and warm-hearted.

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WINONA OAK – Swedish Songstress Enamours With New Sepia-Colored Lullaby ‘HORSES’

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4 January 2026

Artist: WINONA OAK
Who: The musical moniker of engrossing
Swedish songstress Johanna Ewana Ekmark.

Track: HORSES
The 2nd single from her upcoming,
sophomore album (details TBA).

TUTV: Oak‘s starry-eyed voice makes me think of superstars Lana Del Rey and Billie
Eilish‘s heartfelt tenderness. Melancholic reverie Horses is a nostalgic lullaby. She revisits childhood memories of riding, a time when she felt safe, free, and deeply connected
to the natural world. Embrace this sepia-colored performance. Beautiful, just beautiful.

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CENTRAL PLAINS – Brooklyn’s Indie Vets Enthrall With Their New Warm And Nostalgic Song ‘WESTY’S BOSSANOVA’

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7 December 2025

Band: CENTRAL PLAINS
Who: Indie vets from Brooklyn, NY who
have scored 5 albums since 2006.

Track: WESTY’S BOSSANOVA

Track from their upcoming 4-track EP, named
Bitter Pineapple, out next Friday.

Oh, this feels good. Soulful, melancholic, and
enlightened with warm organs. Ideal tune for
a Sunday.


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MOON MOTHER – Swedish Transcendental Duo Take You On A Mesmerizing Trip On ‘WORLD IN A GLASS JAR’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

16 November 2025

Artists: MOON MOTHER
Who: MM is the voice echoing through a starless night, music born from darkness, yet always carrying a glimmer of light. From the rural landscapes of western Sweden, the duo has built an architecture of earthy, alternative slow rock and melancholic, atmospheric folk with a Nordic touch. A sound they call månrock.

They released their debut album She’s A Starry Night in 2023.

New Single: WORLD IN A GLASS JAR
It captures the feeling of standing outside the world through a heavy
acoustic lament, where fragility slowly breaks through the darkness.


Single artwork

TUTV: Intimate piano soulfulness, emotive vocals, and at times grand orchestral
arrangements combine for a mystical-like ambiance. Both transmundane and melodramatic. Moon Mother‘s musical world triggers surreal sentiments in our
grim reality on this mesmerizing trip.

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THE CRANBERRIES – Mesmeric 1993 Musing ‘SUNDAY’

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Reveries for the laziest day of the week

9 November 2025

Irish rock heroes THE CRANBERRIES who were fronted by the wonderful,
unfortunate Dolores O’Riordan (1971-2018) released their prizewinning
debut album Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We, completely
written by O’Riordan in 1993.

It went #1 in the UK and #4 in the US.

It featured the mesmeric musing SUNDAY.
The song was released as a promo single in
the US.

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