21 year old starlet Nika Roza Danilova is known as Zola Jesus. Stridulum EP is her latest release from 2010. She appeared at SXSW last month as a kick-off her North American tour.
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“I Can’t Stand To See You This Way” by Zola Jesus
Image and mp3 courtesy of mySpoonful: a taste of new music.
As a follow-up to her debut album, Song Up In Her Head, Sarah Jarosz will release Follow Me Down in late May, 2011. As a multi-instrumental bluegrass talent, Sarah accompanies herself with the octave mandolin, the mandolin, the guitar, and the banjo.
A two-song mini-release titled The New 45 is also available, featuring a previously unreleased crowd favorite “Grandma’s Hands” (Bill Withers) and a Jarosz original “My Muse”.
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“Annabelle Lee” by Sarah Jarosz
mp3 courtesy of Sarah Joarosz’s official site. Download your free mp3 here.
Tonight I bring you a track by a young UK band called Yuck. They performed for NPR at SXSW this year and they have a self-titled album out on Fat Possum Records/Mercury Records.
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“Suicide Policeman” by Yuck
mp3 courtesy of Daytrotter. Download your Yuck Daytrotter Session here!
Green River Ordinance recently released an EP of covers of their favorite songs from before they were born. Appropriately, it is titled “Songs We Like From Before We Were Born.” The EP is available exclusively through GRO’s Bandcamp page.
Grab your free download of “Landfill” by Elena Tonra (aka. Daughter) from Direct Current. The track is from her EP, His Young Heart.
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“Landfill” by Daughter
Image and mp3 courtesy of Direct Current.
In April Alessi’s Ark will release the follow up to Notes From The Treehouse through Bella Union with her new record, Time Travel.
The first release from the new album is the song “Wire”.
Image courtesy of Alessi’s Ark’s Artist page on Bella Union.
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“Wire” by Alessi’s Ark
mp3 courtesy of Bella Union Soundcloud.
Mandolinist Chris Thile and guitarist Michael Daves will release an album of sixteen cover songs by bluegrass icons. It is called Sleep with One Eye Open and it will be available on Nonesuch Records on May 10th.
You may pre-order it from the Punch Brothers’ websites. First, listen to the single “My Little Girl in Tennessee” and download it below for free.
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“My Little Girl in Tennessee” by Chris Thile and Michael Daves
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Trent Dabbs taps into his roots with his new conceptual album, Southerner. Dabbs has released six solo albums and has co-written several other songs with a number of artists. Among his songwriting credits is “Add It Up” from The Ladder by Andrew Belle. In addition, Dabbs founded the Ten Out of Tenn Tour in 2005. Lastly, Dabbs’ music has been featured on several seasons of the hit WB drama, One Tree Hill.
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“Southerner” by Trent Dabbs
mp3 courtesy of NoiseTrade.
Jason Isbell has written us a story. It goes like this. “There’s one thing I can’t stand. This bar and this cover band—trying to fake their way through ‘Castles Made of Sand’. There’s one thing I can’t take. The sound that a woman makes about five seconds after her heart begins to break. She should be home by now but she ain’t (pause) because one of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine. One of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine. One of my friends has taken her in and given her codeine.” So on and so forth.
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“Codeine” by Jason Isbell
mp3 courtesy of The Current Song of the Day – Minnesota Public Radio Podcast. Subscribe to it on iTunes.
Sarathan Records launched Sarathan Online Services (SOS) a few months ago. As a thank you to its listeners, the SOS division gave away three mp3 downloads today, including this tune by Jason Spooner. Subscribe to the mailing list and get yours here.
Jason Spooner is a singer-songwriter from Portland, ME. His latest album is titled Sea Monster. Click here for more on Jason Spooner. You may also stream more songs from him SongCircleMusic profile.
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“Seed in the Ground” by Jason Spooner
