What song are you listening to right now? (Page 377 of 392)

Touring next month with the mighty Firekind is Loz Campbell: she rocks like the UK answer to Lizzy Hale, so thought I'd best get brushed up on some of her material...

Bad Girl - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI0U1kqkX_0
What Are You Doing It For - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0RfcT9g0XM

Also enjoying the back Bite The Bullet EP...

Brother's Landreth - Come Morning (2022)

Nothing much has changed in the recipe for the brother's latest album, but this is very much more introspective and personal though has a "thread" of hope running through.

As ever, excelently produced and executed but not an easy listen.

guess who else is still touring after all these years ? He looks really good. I am right at 1 month older than him, so he will turn 68 in August. Still with Graham Maby on the bass. I don't know who that is on guitar and drums. He will play here in town on June 18 but my son doesn't want to take me, rats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxWsolr4EY0

Well, thanks to this report and videos I bought both his albums this afternoon.  Very good stuff and you can hear Petty's influence from beyond the grave.  Interesting mix of music.  I like "Irish Girl" the best so far, but there are many great songs.  Thanks for the shout.

Found out this afternoon a family member came down with Covid.  Hope my antibodies hold up.

Marillion - Distant Lights.   2022

This a 2 live show set, split over 4 discs, taken from their main  night performances at their fan gatherings in 2019 in Port Zelande, Netherlands and Leicester, UK. 

The Port Zelande set is culled from their f.e.a.r.; Sounds That Can't Be Made; Happiness Is The Road and Somewhere Else albums while the Leicester set comes from the earlier Season's End, Holidays In Eden; Brave and Afraid of Sunlight albums. So, for a 2019 recording, that's their most recent 4 albums and their first 4 with Steve Hogarth on vocals. Even though he's been their vocalist/writer for [gone] 30 years, there are still those who argue for Fish, but I tell you what; listening to the Leicester performance, he can still carry to notes and soar songs he performed 25 to 30 years ago - not many vocalists can do that... And then you got the sublime guitar work of Steve Rothery, an under-recognised legend. And believe or not, this set, including postage - $20.....

Ozzy Osbourne - Patient Number 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkiniZBRt3s

Two top notch bands from our resident guru.  I got the EP and look forward to the upcoming album.
This band has an incredible guitarist and a pretty gifted singer as well.  I am very impressed with Smoke, but Cardinal Black is a notch more polished.
Here's a standout studio recording off the EP.

https://youtu.be/8HmFVpiWBvM

Couple of new listens to report....

For All Our Days That Tear The Heart - Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler (2022)
Can't really pigeon-hole this into a genre, but if I had to, then it would lean toward Folk. Bernard Butler, for me is the best guitar to come from "Brit-pop", being the sonic architect behind the band Suede, and then the powerful Soul collaborations with singer David McAlmont. This time, he's hitched his trailer to a different style with singer/actress Jessie Buckley who is possessed of a voice somewhere between kd lang and Sandy Denny. Combined with Butler's masterfully subdued playing & arrangements, the result is nuanced and sophisticated.

Porcupine Tree - Closure/Continuation (2022)
I never really got into Porcupine Tree while they were current, my head was in a totally different space, however I was turned on to Steven Wilson's solo work, which I really enjoy. That said, his last solo effort was a bit disappointing, so I was a little dubious on getting this. As it turns out, it's a gem of an album, Wilson is back on form and working well with former compatriots. The sound is powerful and quirky; intelligent songwriting with musical depth that only the best bands of the highest calibre can achieve.