What a treat!...I've just discovered this album by Offa Rex that was released at the end of last year. It's a collaboration between Portland Indie Folk Rock band The Decemberists and English Folk Singer Olivia Chaney and is a kind of tribute to 70's Folk Revival bands like Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and Pentangle and is a collection of old Folk songs in a Folk Rock style. It's called The Queen Of Hearts...
Wow! Thanks for those SA! What a stunning voice Olivia Chaney has, a worthy successor to the likes of Sandy Denny and Maddy Prior. I loved all those, particularly Queen of Hearts, which I seem to remember was on Martin Carthy’s first solo album after leaving Steeleye. Wonderful.
Yeah, wonderful indeed, it's the first i'd heard of her, i've got all of The Decemberist's albums since they started in the early noughties.
Yes, I’ve always liked their stuff, but they seem to have hit on a fantastic addition to their sound with Olivia. Love her playing of the harmonium and harpsichord too!
V.A.R. (What Is It Good For)? Potential discussion of this classic anti-technology topic for another thread...
If Alan Lomax is getting a mention, feel Shirley Collins needs her dues paid too, as he shoved her to the side a bit. One of our finest... Don't let the cat picture put you off...
Blues, R&B, Soul and Gospel Singer, Etta James was born on this day in Los Angeles in 1938... This was her biggest hit...
Happy 38th Birthday to Singer, Pianist and Songwriter, Alicia Keys who was born Alicia Augello Cook in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York on this day in 1980...
Happy 61st Birthday to Rock Guitarist Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen who was born in Nijmegen, Netherlands on this day in 1957 . His family eventually settles in Pasadena, California....
Violinist Stephane Grappelli, who forms the jazz group Quintette du Hot Club de France along with guitarist Django Reinhardt, was born in Paris in 1908
