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“To drain the whole sea…”

March 24, 2014 by snapshotsandneedledrops

There is something about this song. Singer Andrew Hozier-Byrne’s voice starts out like red wine, rich and full bodied, luring us in with sounds that echo the sentiment of a Mississippi funeral procession. The smooth yet solemn funeral tone rips open to one like open grieving. Hozier’s climatic passion breaks his smooth velvet voice into hoarse sandpaper. Hozier could be someone to watch in 2014. So far, this single has reached number 2 in his native Ireland, and reached 19 […]

Categories: Blues, Choral, Indie, Irish, Soul, Unreleased, Unsigned • Tags: Andrew Hozier-Byrne, Blues, Hozier, indie, Irish, music, photography, soul

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Time to Steal Away

December 16, 2013 by ebembo

Park Slope, Brooklyn Road trips and music go hand in hand. Before I leave on a trip, I get my hands on some new music, in the hopes that at least one of the albums will become the soundtrack for my travels. Certain albums have left lasting impressions – every time I hear them, I’m brought back to the moment when I first discovered them. Cake’s Fashion Nugget will always be inextricably linked with a family vacation to rural Pennsylvania. […]

Categories: Blues, Country, Folk, R&B, Soul • Tags: Appalachian, bluegrass, Blues, Country, folk, gospel, R&B, soul

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Jet trails from a plane over Paris

Potential: Part One

February 1, 2012 by snapshotsandneedledrops

“There are 500,000 people in the air right now.” Do you know what I love the most about airports? HSBC ads. Plastered all over gangways across the globe, HSBC has executed two very successful, thought-provoking airport campaigns over the last few years. There’s a lot of interesting material here, so I’m not going to use it all up in one post, but selfishly spin out their material over a few entries. The current campaign is all about the world’s potential. […]

Categories: Acoustic, Alternative, Blues, Folk, Indie • Tags: Angus and Julia Stone, Blues, facts, HSBC, music, Paris, photography, travel

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