Monday, November 12, 2012

Arborea - Dance, Sing, Fight (Live Provo, Utah)

Arborea performing 'Dance, Sing, Fight' live at Velour Music Gallery, Provo, Utah 3 October 2011 video by Justin Elswick Lyrics: Angry guns go off around us Force a change get behind us Black, Beige, White Green, Red, Blue Black, Beige, White Dance, Sing, Fight from the album 'House of Sticks' (Remastered), released 02 January 2011 * additional lyrics on the 'Remastered' version 'Dance, Sing, Fight' are homage to Midnight Oil's 'Beds are Burning' and are not including in the original song on Arborea's album 'Wayfaring Summer'. Additional lyrics: How can we dance when our earth is burning How can we sleep when our minds are turning The time has come to say fairs fare To pay the rent to pay our share The time has come to say fairs fare To pay the rent to pay their share

Friday, November 9, 2012

Roots of 'Modern' British Folk

Brilliant archival footage from 1967. A Danish film crew went to london to document the folk music scene. Amongst the artists that were filmed and interviewed were Bert Jansh and John Renbourn before they formed Pentangle. Performances also by Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick, and Marc Sullivan.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Guitarbench reviews Arborea's 'Red Planet'

The online guitar magazine Guitarbench has included Arborea's latest album 'Red Planet' in the record reviews of their current issue, Issue 4. Subscribe to Guitarbench, it's an online magazine with Gorgeous Photography and In-Depth articles and it's free to view online.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Cian Nugent: Best Steel String Acoustic Guitar Recordings of 2012



Irish Guitarist Cian Nugent's majestic 7" record 'Grass Above My Head/My War Blues' vhf#130
out on VHF Records
In April NPR's Lars Gotrich posted a nice review of these recordings along with a stream of the piece 'My War Blues' on NPR. Other favorites of 2012 include Rich Osborn's Guitar Explorations, and Robbie Basho Twilight Peaks

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Christopher Paul Stelling (Live @ Living Room NYC)

Christopher Paul Stelling performing 'Mourning Train To Memphis' and 'Flawless Executioner' at the Living Room in NYC, October 2012. Chris plays his much loved and weathered Gibson C1 Classical Guitar.