The Lost Brothers – two Irish brothers, each armed with an acoustic guitar and a bright and clear singing voice – play their traditional and delicate folk to remarkably soporific effect. Sending people to sleep is, for once, a testament to their music’s intended dreaminess: unashamedly and soothingly nostalgic, but never quite crossing over into tweeness, with lyrics that reference magicky folk tropes (mystical women etc), while sneaking in a bit of vague social commentary (“all we have is gold and silver”). They conclude by asking the audience to get on their feet – and the surprising effort made by slowly roused punters is enough to confirm the crowd’s affection.
You may remember Fred Abbott as a member of indie-folksters Noah And The Whale, who split up earlier this year. Instead of gnashing his teeth and wailing like an abandoned tot, Fred has instead thrown himself into his debut album Serious Poke, and this — a joyous blast of rollicking rock’n’roll — is a taster. It’s Americana via London (he’s a big Tom Pretty fan, we hear) and we’ve filed it under “very pleasantly surprised, thank you very much.”
The 24th instalment of TMBG’s 52-week Dial-A-Song project in 2015.
in a summer house out on Cape Cod a number of years ago
my cousin Charles heard over the radio on WEEI
the story of an automobile that had driven from its garage
and killed a number of couples kissing down by the oceanside
Charles thought about the ocean’s waves down the road just a mile
and as he turned off the radio he saw with his own eyes
the very same door handle they spoke of hooked to that radio dial
and the summer breeze blew in the window
that hadn’t been open before
so if you hear a radio you had best beware
be sure there’s not a car around
because the legend still remains
there’s a car without a handle
and that car is still at large
there’s a car without a handle
and that car is still at large
So, an unexpected fact about my late Father, Butch Walker, Sr… His favorite song was “The Rose”, a song made popular by the great Bette Midler. My Dad loved it so much, he wrote the words into his eulogy and the words were recited at his funeral service. This song always holds a special place in my heart, because it did in his… My friends The Dove and the Wolf have been singing it with me on tour and we couldn’t wait to record it. We pulled into Appleton, WI on Memorial Day to grill burgers and sing tunes with my fellow brother in song Corey Chisel at his beautiful sanctuary called The Refuge. This is the 2nd of 2 takes we did. Hope you like it.
The Lost Brothers have announced a run of summer tour dates that include the legendary Glastonbury Festival, The Secret Garden Party and a headline festival warm-up show at The Islington, London.
The Lost Brothers have announced a run of summer tour dates that include the legendary Glastonbury Festival, The Secret Garden Party and a headline festival warm-up show at The Islington, London.
The band have also premiered a new video for Can I Stay With You, from their new album New Songs Of Dawn and Dust. The video, created by Casey McBride, features footage shot of the duo on tour with Glen Hansard and Stornoway in 2015.
