World United Music: Some Velvet Morning

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Sunday, November 17, 2019

The Minstral Show – (Episode 078)

Welcome to the Minstral Show, the podcast that spotlights the very best music from around the world, made exclusively in the 21^st century.

An awesome music line up today as we begin closing in on the end of another decade. November 2019 has seen a flurry of great new music released by signed unsigned and independent artists, and so today we’re going to play some of those songs, all of which rank in the very best rock, progressive rock, alternative and Psychedelic streams in this continuing music evolution.

New songs featured today are by; “In Continuum, Charles Rumback and Ryley Walker, Agnes Obel, The Hanging Stars, Randy McStine, Dustin Prinz, Superdrone, and Skeleton Goode”. Also featured in today’s program are awesome tunes by Calexico, Some Velvet Morning, Lo-Fi Resistance and Sarah Jaffe.

Be sure to support the artists by going to their official websites, buying their music and joining their email platforms. Details are below.

The evolution of rock never sounded so good, and you heard it here first, on the Minstral Show.

The Minstral Show Episode 78

Link to Episode 78 on Breaker

SONGS

SET 01

In Continuum – All that Is (New)

Calexico – Curse of the Ride

Charles Rumback & Ryley Walker – Worn and Held (New)

Agnes Obel – Island of Doom (New)

SET 02

The Hanging Stars – I’ve seen the Summer in Her Eyes (New)

Randy McStine – Prayer (New)

Dustin Prinz – Dusting for Prints (New)

Some Velvet Morning – Resistance

SET 03

LO-FI Resistance – Chalk Lines

Superdrone – Be There (New)

Sarah Jaffe – Black Hoax Lie

Skeleton Goode – When the Dragon Flies Low (New)

ALSO:

Be sure to support the artists by going to their official websites, buying their music and joining their email platforms. (See Artist Links below.)

ARTIST LINKS:

In Continuum

Calexico

Charles Rumback

Ryley Walker

Agnes Obel

The Hanging Stars

Randy McStine

Dustin Prinz

Some Velvet Morning

LO-FI Resistance

Superdrone

SarahJaffe

Skeleton Goode

Special thanks to: Southbound Snake Charmers & John Palmer for their music contribution to this program.

Program Intro Song:

Southbound Snake Charmers - Cut My Time

3rd set Intro

John Palmer - Nyx

The World United Music Podcast was carried on 11 different platforms including Anchor FM, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, Castbox, Breaker, Google Podcasts, Overcast, PodBean and of course on our World United Music Blog. You can still find the show on Breaker & PodBean linked below. Hey, “Catch the Wave!”

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PodBean

…and of course, here, on the World United Music Blog. 😊

Catch the Wave!

Monday, June 3, 2019

The Minstral Show – (Episode 073)

Welcome to the Minstral Show, the podcast that spotlights the very best music from around the world, made exclusively in the 21^st century.

On today’s spotlight we have 11 great tunes in a variety of genres, from retro pop to progressive rock and everything in between.

A showcase that is very much like a time machine that takes your spirit back to the sounds of the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s by songs that were made today, including new music by Alan Parsons, Ian Alexander, Where We Sleep, JC Roy, Calexico, Farfisa, P.P. Arnold, and Marty Willson Piper…also included are dynomite songs by Some Velvet Morning, Broken Anchor and JD McPherson.

A variety of great music by eleven excellent and creative artists of the 21^st century, a wave and echo of time not to miss, on the Minstral Show.

The Minstral Show Episode 73

Link to Episode 73 on Breaker

SONGS:

SET 01

Some Velvet Morning – Let the Good Times Come My Way

Broken Anchor – Never Leave Me Alone

Where We Sleep – Into the Light

Calexico – Another Space

SET 02

Ian Alexander – The Planet Fountain / Birdsong

J.C. Roy - Le Pâle Écho De La Création Des Mondes

Farfisa – Seven Suns

SET 03

P.P. Arnold – Baby Blue

JD McPherson – Hunting for Sugar

Marty Wilson Piper – Sanctuary

Alan Parsons – As Lights Fall

ALSO:

Be sure to support the artists by going to their official websites, buying their music and joining their email platforms. (See Artist Links below.)

ARTIST LINKS:

Some Velvet Morning

Broken Anchor

Where We Sleep

Calexico

Ian Alexander

J.C. Roy

Farfisa

P.P. Arnold

JD McPherson

Marty Willson-Piper

Alan Parsons

Special thanks to: Southbound Snake Charmers & John Palmer for their music contribution to this program.

Program Intro Song:

Southbound Snake Charmers - Cut My Time

3^rd set Intro

John Palmer - Nyx

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PodBean

...and of course here on the World United Music Blog. :)

Catch the Wave!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Some Velvet Morning

About: Some Velvet Morning

Some Velvet Morning, named after Nancy Sinatra's famous song with Lee Hazelwood, was formed by the Lambert brothers from North London, who are influenced as much by 80s synth-pop as the guitar melodies and counter-melodies of U2’s The Edge. “A lot of bands start out the art school way,” says Des, “with a certain purpose. We’re completely the opposite. We just started doing gigs, I could play guitar a bit, and that’s how we went on.” The arrival of Rob, a dexterous and versatile sticks man proved to be a decisive moment for SVM. “I’m influenced by the classic drummers,” explains the Flanagan from Lincoln. “Ringo Starr, Nick Mason and Mick Fleetwood... the great unsung heroes, so often underrated, but the parts they played on those records are unbelievably good.” According to Des, Rob learned to play drums from The Beatles’ Abbey Road and tom-tom laden tracks such as “Come Together” - “that album’s in his DNA.”

Success followed with their 2007 debut album, 'Silence Will Kill You', which comprised of some punchy, potent pop-rock, produced by Grammy Award winning Rik Simpson (who notably worked on Coldplay’s Viva La Vida album with Brian Eno) and Mike Pelanconi (Lily Allen, Graham Coxon). This album was nominated for XFM Album of the Year 2007, while a follow-up single, “How To Start A Revolution”, was featured in the international trailer to the Hollywood movie “Kick-Ass”, Matthew Vaughn’s blockbuster starring Nicolas Cage.

“The first album... was us finding our feet,” explains Des. “We didn’t totally know what we were doing, but one thing we always had were the songs. The question was how to dress them up - the production, the arrangement, the aesthetic of the band.” In 2010 they released a self-titled EP that featured an even more honed and streamlined version of their shimmering, soaring rock sound.

“We consolidated our sound on that EP,” agrees Des. “It was more concise.” Des also notes other influences on the band’s current material such as the “pre - Love Cats” version of The Cure, when Robert Smith et al were mired in the moody, dark rock of “Seventeen Seconds, Faith and Pornography”.

“We were inspired by their rhythmic and aesthetic shadow,” he says, adding that, instead of “chasing quantized perfection” in the studio, they tend to go for a sound that, while not technically immaculate, “really rocks”.

Adept in the studio, exciting live, now all SVM had to crack was how to sell their records. They’re approaching this in a novel way, with My Major Company, who operate via crowd funding, a new type of record label system, already successful in France, whereby fans are encouraged to invest in new artists, giving them a say in the future direction of the bands or singers. SVM needed £100,000 to make it work, and they amassed that sum in an astonishing two months.

Of course, none of this would work if their songs weren’t strong, and luckily Some Velvet Morning have those in spades. “Don’t Think,” from their new album “Allies,” is plangent and heartfelt, with echoes of Peter Hook’s trebly bass and U2’s ringing guitars. “Control” is all about control - controlled performances and controlled dynamics, as the players reach peak after peak. On “Resistance,” the guitar riff is instantly recognisable, one of those songs designed to rouse audiences at festivals, with Des’ declamatory tones never being swamped by clatter. Meanwhile, “The River” is the sort of quietly brooding, slow-building affair that gives rock ballads a good name.

You can imagine "Allies" lead single, “How To Start A Revolution,” filling the biggest of rock venues, with the band given plenty of space to roam. Here as elsewhere, the move from intro to verse to chorus is subtly explosive. The track featured in Irvine Welsh's 'Filth' in 2013 and will appear, with other SVM tracks, in 'The Smoke', starring Matt Di Angelo from BBC's 'Hustle', released on 20th Oct 2014. Meanwhile, SVM are in the studio working on a new album

CONTACT: http://www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk/contact.php