Andrea Belanger & THE BLIND WOODS: DEBUT EP | PledgeMusic
When I first saw a very young Andrea Belanger (@hardtravel) open for @thewoodbrothers in Fall River, MA four years ago, she stole the show. I was immediately smitten by her poetic lyrics and raw, gorgeous voice.
I’m happy to have the chance to support her latest endeavor and am already scheming about where to host a house concert.
Check her out, yo.
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It’s Friday afternoon and I’m digging into the recently released self-titled album by The Lumineers. At once containing the soul and lyrical artistry of songwriters like the Tallest Man on Earth and the bouncing, janglin’ spirit of an Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. I’m hooked.
Good stuff.
Lyrics:
I’ve been trying to do it right
I’ve been living a lonely life
I’ve been sleepin here instead
I’ve been sleepin in my bed
I’ve been sleepin in my bed
So show me family
All the blood that i will bleed
I don’t know where i belong
I don’t know where i went wrong
But i can write a song
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart
I don’t think you’re right for him
Think of what it might have been if we
Took a bus to chinatown
I’d be standin on canal and bowery
And she’d be standin next to me
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart
Love we need it now
Let’s hope for some
Cause oh, we’re bleedin out
I belong with you, you belong with me
You’re my sweetheart
Artist: The Lumineers
Album: Ho Hey Single
Tune: “Ho Hey”
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How do you find your new music? Mine seemingly comes from all directions and in such waves that I can hardly contain and consume it all. But one of my most trusted sources are recommendations from the bands and musicians I already love. They tweet, blog and talk about what they’re listening to and loving. Most importantly, they invite cool bands along on their tours. If a band you love and admire likes another artist enough to ask them along on the road, chances are pretty good you’re going to go head over heels for them too.
Enter Brown Bird, brought to me by the Yonder Mountain String Band. [They open for YMSB this entire Spring Tour.] BB has A brilliant, unique, diverse and divergent sound that’s currently taking my ears on a raging adventure. Thanks, guys.
Some other discoveries of new favorites made through older ones:
- The Secret Sisters (opened for Punch Brothers)
- Lake Street Dive, The David Wax Museum, Sarah Siskind, Julie Lee, Love Canon, Rubblebucket (all invited to the Festy Experience, put on by the Infamous Stringdusters)
The lesson? Listen to the bands you love. Then listen to the bands they love. :)
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