Triggered by reading a review of a Lauren Mayberry solo gig this morning, had to go and play some CHVRCHES. This is one of the finest by some of Glasgow's finest
At least here you can hear guitars playing.
All homemade stuff.
For the record I was the bass player of the band.
I think we deserved better luck in musical terms.
The woman at 5:32 is (was) my wife, who passed away seven years ago.
Mauro's final solo is something spectacular. In my humble opinion.
PS: Not all Sardinian women are as beautiful as those in the video, but there are still some... Enjoy.
I decided to watch the hunger games movies last week in anticipation of the new movies coming out and in Mockingjay pt1 Katniss sings a song called 'The Hanging Tree' that I am currently obsessed with. This is a performance of it by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra featuring Andrea Lykke . It's a dark themed orchestral folk song.
I've just discovered The Dead South. I'm not going to listen to anything else for a month, they are MAGNIFICENT
Just check out a YouTube wormhole of them. I'm a sucker for acoustic strings. The bloke on the banjo is something else, as is the guy on the double bass.