The Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt

Sweden, 2010

The Tallest Man On Earth is the artistic moniker of Dalarna-native Kristian Mattson, a talented songwriter with a soulful yet edgy voice, tour companion of Bon Iver and such. And The Wild Hunt is soulful alike, filled with beauty and meaning.
Sing along, and you'll know for sure what I mean; it'll resound.


Playlist:

1. The Wild Hunt
2. Burden Of Tomorrow
3. Troubles Will Be Gone
4. You're Going Back
5. The Drying Of The Lawns
6. King Of Spain
7. Love Is All
8. Thousand Ways
9. A Lion's Heart
10. Kids On The Run

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Marissa Nadler, Ballads of Living and Dying

US, 2004.

Marissa Nadler is an American folk musician. Nadler studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she began her performing career after writing songs for many years. Nadler writes strange, yet classic, melancholy songs. Her voice is often bathed in a wash of reverb and space echo and creates a ghostly, atmospheric feeling to the music.

Playlist:

1. Fifty Five Falls
2. Hay Tantos Muertos
3. Stallions
4. Undertaker
5. Box of Cedar
6. Bird Song
7. Mayflower May
8. Days of Rum
9. Virginia
10. Annabelle Lee

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Bill Callahan, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle

U.S., 2009

Bill Callahan's album is a gripping record of melancholic, soulful and well-crafted songs.


Playlist:

1. Jim Cain
2. Eid Ma Clack Shaw
3. The Wind and the Dove
4. Rococo Zephyr
5. Too Many Birds
6. My Friend
7. All Thoughts Are Prey to Some Beast
8. Invocation of Ratiocination
9. Faith/Void

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Fabrizio de André, Tutti morimmo a stento

1968, Italy

This album is a late sixties classic. If you dig Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Jacques Brel, you should give Tutti Morimmo a Stento a listen. It is an authentic European/Italian folk masterpiece, believe me.


Playlist:

1 Cantico dei Drogati 7:06
2 Primo Intermezzo 1:57
3 Leggenda di Natale 3:14
4 Secondo Intermezzo 1:56
5 Ballata degli Impiccati 4:22
6 Inverno 4:10
7 Girotondo 3:06
8 Terzo Intermezzo 2:12
9 Recitativo 2:35
10 Corale (Leggenda del Re Infelice) 5:02

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