Songs Of The Week 2024: Take 5
It is a lament to leaving the living, an unsettling story made more affecting by the fragile beauty of the singing
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It is a lament to leaving the living, an unsettling story made more affecting by the fragile beauty of the singing
The beauty of doing Desert Island Discs this way is you don’t have to tell Lauren Laverne about whether you were happy in your childhood
Written by Becky Unthank to the old American folk tune of Nettleton, it slowly builds towards a choral climax with the voices of 60 devotees
As Little says, this album was 46 years in the making: a life so thoroughly lived in has produced an outstanding set of authentic songs
The journey to self-discovery can be a perilous one and few songwriters articulate the pitfalls more eloquently than Josienne Clarke
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Giving: Cara Dillon In my pocket, I found from you A handful of our memories Cara Dillon’s mother,...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Albert’s Place: Martyn Joseph Two of my favourite songs of the year were inspired by the same...
Phil Shaw 1 California – CMAT A soaring voice, funny lyric and great tune from the excellent album Crazymad, For Me – all the work of...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK The Insider: Robert Vincent Who to trust? It is one of the questions of our times, whether it’s our...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Glory: Gabriels His baritone is just as spine-tingling as his falsetto. When Jacob Lusk sings, the...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Where The Song Will Find Me: Lucinda Williams Lucinda Williams is still recovering from the effects...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK I Wanna Love You (But I Can’t Right Now): Bennett Wilson Poole With their eagerly anticipated...
Neil Morton We just had to see out the old year with an extra helping of Anaïs Mitchell. Our Song Of The Week at herecomesthesong.com is...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Robin: Dominie Hooper 2023 should be a landmark year for indie folk singer-songwriter Dominie...
Phil Shaw 1 Point Me Toward the Real – Ezra Furman The story of a fragile character re-entering the world after being collected from a...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Meet Me In The Silence: Susan O’Neill Irish singer-songwriter Susan O’Neill’s beguiling vocal and...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK Spit Of You: Sam Fender Indie rocker Sam Fender’s piercing observations on his North Shields roots...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK She Sang Songs: Track Dogs Acoustic roots band Track Dogs have named She Sang Songs as one of their...
Neil Morton FEATURED SONG OF THE WEEK 4th Day Prayer: Allison Russell Allison Russell’s first solo album, Outside Child, has made such an...
Phil Shaw 1 Bloomsday – Samantha Crain Anthem to hope and a glistening beauty from the Choctaw songwriter, taking its title from James...