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April 22, 2016 by 18 Comments

VOLUME UP!

Nathaniel David Rateliff grew up in rural Missouri, learning to play the drums at age seven. As a young teenager, he taught himself guitar and began writing his own songs. At eighteen, Rateliff moved to Denver for missionary work. And then he was off to the races.  Rateliff developed a dedicated following within the Denver music community.  The New York Times dubbed him a Denver local folk-pop hero. Spin praised his “massive, alluring” voice. Billboard dubbed the unsigned singer-songwriter a “must hear.” This wave of acclaim led to a solo tour opening for The Fray, which brought his work to the attention of national and international audiences. Rateliff has also shared the stage with artists such as Bon Iver, Mason Jennings, Iron & Wine, Ben Howard, Michael Kiwanuka, The Low Anthem, Mumford & Sons, Laura Marling and Rosanne Cash, among others including The Lumineers in Denver. On August 5, 2015, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats made their late-night television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Band website here.

Album on iTunes here: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats

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Go.

July 6, 2015 by 17 Comments

tune,lyrics,this little light of mine

Source: yogaholics. (“This Little Light of Mine” is a gospel children’s song with lyrics by Avis Burgeson Christiansen and a tune written by composer and teacher Harry Dixon Loes (1895–1965) circa 1920.)

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I’ll take you there

July 15, 2014 by 16 Comments

Mavis Staples (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress and civil rights activist who recorded with The Staple Singers, her family’s band. This tune reached #1 on the charts in the U.S. in 1972.

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Valerie June

March 23, 2014 by 10 Comments

Valerie June, 32, is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from Memphis, Tennessee. Her sound encompasses a mixture of folk, blues, gospel, soul, country, Appalachian and bluegrass.  After self-releasing three albums, her debut album as a signed artist, Pushin’ Against a Stone, was released in August, 2013. The album was so titled to commemorate the story of her life. June said “I feel I’ve spent my life pushing against a stone. And the jobs I’ve had have been fitting for getting a true feel for how the traditional artists I loved came home after a hard day to sit on the porch and play tunes until bedtime.”

Find her album “Pushin’ Against a Stone” on iTunes here.

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Friday Night: Laura Mvula

September 13, 2013 by 9 Comments

Laura Mvula (née Douglas), 27, is a British soul singer-songwriter from the U.K. Her debut album Sing to the Moon was released in March 2013. In 2005, Mvula sang with an a cappella group set up by her aunt. In 2008, she formed a jazz/neo-soul group called Judyshouse, singing lead vocals and wrote material for the band. She is also Director of a Community Gospel Choir, founded by Black Voices. While she was working as a supply teacher in a Birmingham secondary school, she started writing songs on her laptop. She was working as a receptionist when she sent out two demos to several people in the music industry. The Guardian described her music as “gospeldelia”, calling it a new musical genre.  In December 2012, Mvula was shortlisted for the Critics’ Choice award at the 2013 BRIT Awards. In December 2012, she was nominated for the BBC’s Sound of 2013 poll, and finished in fourth position.  (Source: Wiki)

 

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Will you meet me, in the summertime, in England…

August 12, 2012 by 10 Comments

Another classic by Van Morrison…Just so very good.

Can you meet me in the country?  In the summertime in England. Will you meet me? We’ll go riding up to Kendal in the country.  In the summertime in England…They were smokin’ up in Kendal. By the lakeside.  Can you meet me in the country in the long grass. In the summertime in England. Will you meet me.  With your red robe dangling all around your body.  With your red robe dangling all around your body…Take a walk with me down by Avalon. And I will show you. It ain’t why, why, why. It just is. Would you meet me in the country. Can you meet me in the long grass. In the country in the summertime. Can you meet me in the long grass.  Wait a minute. With your red robe…Danglin’ all around your body.It ain’t why…It just is . . .That’s all. That’s all there is about it. It just is. Can you feel the light? I want to go to church and say. In your soul . . .Ain’t it high? Oh, my storytime one. Oh, my high in the art of sufferin’ one. Put your head on my shoulder . . .And you listen to the silence.

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