Erik Bergman

Ah - Max from Late Junction has introduced me and Matt to Erik Bergman and his primitivism. Love Songs for Male Voice Choir I am listening now on Spotify

You are Wolf

... and I was very pleased to hear Kerry (Andrew) again with her duo You are Wolf on Late Junction! I think I'm becoming Kerry's audio stalker.

New song

I've begun a nice new song on the uke, a waltz. Really like it, it's very pretty. I wanted to write a song about angels as Frazey Ford did one on Late Junction, so I'm having a go. Bit more work to do and then I will post the lyrics. I practised it on the platform on the way home. Handy having your uke on you when you're going about.

The pic is of Frazey Ford from the Canadian folk trio the Be Good Tanyas doing some recording.

Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep (2010)

Listening to NM's new album ... not sure what I think of it yet. It's a long one. Twenty-six tracks, I'm only four in. A celebration of writers and writing. I liked the track 'Vain and Careless' which Fiona Talkington played on Late Junction. It's a setting of a Robert Graves piece. I'm a big fan of Graves however unsettling he may be at times ...

Blind Willie Johnson

Just listening to some BWJ after hearing him on Late Junction earlier this week. I love the way he goes to town on his humming and his ahhhhhs. I adore humming ahhhing in the middle of a song, especially as in interlude in a verse or a chorus where you don't expect. 'Bebe Requin' sung by France Gall has a great example of this as well.