Forfarshire - Kirsty Merryn ft Steve Knightley

It's a very special day for our next LCM featured artist Kirsty Merryn, not only is she launching her debut album 'She & I' tonight, Kirsty is doing it at the marvelous Union Chapel in London supporting the always wonderful 'Show Of Hands'. Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is the beautiful 'Forfarshire' Kirsty's first single from her new album which also features Steve Knightley. Will they do the song together at the Chapel tonight?

Kirsty Merryn is a London-based singer-songwriter whose music is heavily anchored in the folk tradition, with influence from contemporary folk artists like Cara Dillon, Seth Lakeman and Kate Rusby, as well as genre-defying musicians like Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush. Kirsty has become a regular on the UK folk scene, delighting the crowds with her delicately introspective piano based songs and sophisticated musical style, which are balanced beautifully by an intimate and finely observational lyrical content. In 2015 after being discovered by Steve Knightley she received national airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music and in 2016 opened the main stage at Sidmouth Folk Week for headliners Show of Hands. Kirsty is currently working on her debut album, a collection of stories about inspirational women, with funding from the English Folk Dance and Song Society, and produced by award-winning Gerry Diver (Sam Lee, Lisa Knapp, The Speech Project), which will be released later in 2017. In Autumn 2017 Kirsty will be touring the UK over 22 nights, supporting Show of Hands on their Cathedral Tour.

Give It All - Miss Winter

On the day of the CMA awards we head to Sweden for our next LCM featured trio the very talented Linda Pröjtz-Ålund, Anna Edman and Jenny Hillman better know as Miss Winter. Everybody knows that Sweden is a nation of wonderful music exports but how about Country music? Miss Winter combine their common Swedish music heritage with a vivid passion for country music and vocal harmonies. Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is the very catchy 'Give It All', which we think has touches of Wilson Phillips in the harmonies.

In March 2017, Miss Winter played the C2C festival at the O2-arena in London. ”Country to Country", was amazing, what a wonderful atmosphere and what a lovely feeling to finally meet our fans and audience outside of Sweden”, says Jenny.

2017 started with Miss Winter receiving a price in the “World Wide Music Contest” a competition for independent artists, where they won the category “Best song” with “Keys in your pocket”, from their debut EP ”Making Stories”, released in October 2016. The album is a sweet mix of pop and country with a tasty Scandinavian touch.

Anna, Linda and Jenny have been working as musicians and singers separately for more than two decades, but two years ago they finally found each other and started creating their own brand of Country music! The first song Miss Winter released was ”The Road”. A straightforward Country song which quickly found its way to national public radio. -”The response was amazing. It felt like we quickly got a receipt of the fact that this was something that the audience wanted to hear more of, which of course gave us an incredible energy boost”, Jenny says.

Last year they combined hard work in the studio with playing and traveling around Sweden. Some stages they had played before, but this time they brought their own songs and their own stories before the audience. The response was overwhelming!

”Making stories of common people, struggling with everyday life situations is a deep well of inspiration that we love to dig from. It’s important to us that the lyrics have a true meaning and tell something interesting and maybe a little bit exciting to the audience”, Linda says.

”In the writing process all three of us are involved, and the joy in the outcome of what one songwriting session can bring, is so amazing”, Jenny says.

The group is currently working on new songs in the studio and filling up their calendar with tour dates….keep your eyes open and please go and say hello….

Every Little Thing - Carly Pearce

Born in the bluegrass state of Kentucky our next LCM featured artist Carly Pearce was destined for country music stardom. She fronted a touring bluegrass band at the tender age of 11, later leaving her high school and moving to Pigeon Forge to perform at "Dollywood" at the age of 16. Since moving to Nashville in 2009, Carly has shared the stage with artists such as Hunter Hayes, Florida Georgia Line and Gary Alan, toured with "Pretty Little Liars" star Lucy Hale as her backup singer, been a regular artist at the legendary "Bluebird Cafe" and made her Grand Ole Opry debut May 30th. Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is her big hit 'Every Little Thing' is the title from Carly's debut album released on the 12th October on Big Machine Records.

Her first single, "Blame the Whiskey," has been a listener favorite on Sirius XM's The Highway over the last year, she signed an endorsement deal with international makeup line "Essence" cosmetics, was named one of Rolling Stones' "10 Artists to Watch This Summer", became one of CMT's "Next Women of Country" for 2016, signed with CAA Nashville for booking and currently opening for artists such as Kelsea Ballerini and the Josh Abbott Band, who she recorded a duet ("Wasn't That Drunk") with that will hit radio in January 2016.

Carly recently signed a publishing deal with BMG Nashville and is currently working on new music with hit producer, Busbee.

Wait For You - Emily Watts

Influenced by female singer/songwriters such as Kate Bush, Bat for Lashes and Joni Mitchell, our next LCM featured artist Emily Watts uses piano and vocals to perform her haunting self-penned songs. Please check out her wonderful 'From The Blue' EP if you can. Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is Emily's latest single, the beautiful 'Wait For You'

Following her debut EP, From the Blue, Emily released her first single, Where Are You Now, receiving radio play on BBC Radio 2 and support from BBC Introducing. Her next single, Wait for You, will be released on 3rd November and takes Emily’s sound in a new direction adding synths on this upbeat track. Wait for You was produced by Daniel Moyler who also produced Where Are You Now and has worked on releases by JP Cooper, Rae Morris and Jake Isaac. The track was recorded at The Neighbourhood studio in London – the home of multi-platinum selling band Athlete and mastered at Metropolis Studios by Andy ‘Hippy’ Baldwin. Emily has also ventured into writing for other artists, co-writing Signs for Alex Maxwell with Alex and Gregor Philp (Deacon Blue), released on Hollywood Records / Polydor. Emily’s next EP will be released in early 2018....we can't wait.

Hey Whiskey - SmithField

We head to Nashville to meet our next LCM featured duo Trey Smith & Jennifer Fiedler better known as SmithField. The duo was founded in 2011 with a dream as big as their home state of Texas. They took the stage by storm with their memorable music and stunning harmonies. Having grown up together, their on-stage chemistry is undeniably genuine and natural. Country duos are a unique breed in the music industry. Two voices have to blend perfectly together, and that combination is often hard to find, even in two great singers. Against all odds, the duo has continued to persevere with their music and develop their sound and found that with a lot hard work and passion that anything can be accomplished. Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is the wonderful 'Hey Whiskey' which has just passed 1.2M views on YouTube, a great feat for these independent artists. The song is taken from their self title album released the end of 2015.

After only one year in Nashville, SmithField had already landed opening gigs for established artists including Eric Paslay, Scotty McCreery, Jana Kramer, Dustin Lynch, Brothers Osborne and Craig Campbell. Mixing the heavily rock influenced background of Trey and the classical country tendency of Jennifer, SmithField creates a contemporary country sound that's different and compelling. 

Proving to be the hottest emerging duo in country music, Smithfield’s current single “When You’re Gone” is in regular rotation on SiriusXM The Highway and Rolling Stone has touted it  ‘Smithfield’s sexiest song yet.’

Drive - Troubadour 77

Our next LCM featured band Troubadour 77 have just moved from Nashville to Salt Lake City in Utah. If you like a modern twist on 1970's classic rock, this could be the band for you. All of us here at LCM HQ are big fans. With touches of Fleetwood Mac our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is a live version of 'Drive' taken from the recent 'Blues Brews & BBQ Festival' recorded at the Snowbasin Resort in September. The band are due to release their great new album 'Selma Avenue' next month. We already have a digital copy and it is excellent. You might remember we featured another one of their tracks the wonderful 'Open Home' back in June.

To quote a Troubadour 77 song, “I guess we’ll never know how the story could’ve read, cause we can’t go back again, to 1977.”  Or can we?  Forty years later there is one band boldly leading the charge and taking fans back to the Rock n’ Roll, California Country and Singer-Songwriter roots of the 1970s.  T77, has listened to the generation raised on great melodies, lyrics and records, and agree with them that there is an under-served population of music lovers who are ripe to hear some new original music that can live beside the nostalgic tunes spinning in an endless loop on their favorite classic rock satellite radio stations or streaming playlists. The time has come to deliver songs that address the life circumstances, social issues and perspectives of an older and wiser generation of music lovers. 

The band is the brainchild of Grammy award-winning singer-songwriters, Anna Wilson (Piano/Lead Vocals) and Monty Powell (Electric Guitar/Vocals).  Wilson and Powell have been married for 16 years, making music together as artists, songwriters and producers in Nashville.  Collectively they have written a dozen #1 songs and countless album cuts that appear on over 70 million records sold and have co-produced unique special projects that pay tribute to The Eagles, Billy Joel and the Countrypolitan era of music.  Additionally, Powell was a key creative force in establishing the mega success story of Keith Urban.  He was his early producer and one of Urban’s top collaborators for many years, earning Golden Globe nominations and countless industry awards for the songs they composed. Ultimately, Wilson and Powell spent 25 years in Music City together, but it wasn’t until after breaking away and retreating to their second home in the Utah mountains that they found a new muse that came calling so strong, they had to answer. 

The songs of Troubadour 77 are written by Wilson and Powell and recorded in their world-class studio in Utah.  It all started when Wilson began revisiting the records of Jackson Browne, The Eagles, Firefall, Linda Ronstadt and many others, and realized how much she missed someone just singing her a great song. Wilson states, “Those artists made music that was authentic and addressed the issues of the times, and yet all those songs still hold up 40 years later because they are honest and real.  It’s the type of music I’ve always wanted to write and record as an artist but the industry would not allow.  Today, of course, we can take our music directly to the fans. I used to think I was just born 20 years too late because I wasn’t in Los Angeles in 1975.  I was just 5 years old singing in my room in Pennsylvania into my hairbrush.  But now I think perhaps it’s not too late, and it's worth it to attempt to carry the torch of that great era of music, so that's what I am going to do.” 

Powell chimes in, “With all the new ways to discover music, you can go find your true believers.  We figured if we love that classic sound but don’t just want to hear Stairway to Heaven for the ten-thousandth time, there’s probably a whole lot of other folks out there who would love to hear some fresh tunes not dominated by kid singers, hip-hop based rhythms and soundscapes with cultural themes that just don’t match who they are.  Troubadour 77 is here to say it can be done." 

Joined by their band mates, Austin Weyand (Guitar/Vocals), Kassie Weyand (Bass/Vocals) and Nathan Chappell (Drums), the band hails from Salt Lake City.  In an interesting twist, Austin and Kassie have also been married for 15 years and making music together.  Austin, originally from western Pennsylvania, is a premiere finger style guitar player who has recorded two solo albums and is the 2014 champion of the Wyoming finger style guitar competition, and also holds the same title in Utah from 2012.  His wife Kassie, from Honeyville, Utah, began playing the piano at a young age (5), and was very involved in theater and dance during her teenage and young adult years.  After getting married she picked up the bass and began to perform with Austin and they forged a duo.  Powell says, “When we met Austin we knew he was something special.  Then he told us his wife played bass and Anna and I said, bring her over and lets jam.” Needless to say, Wilson & Powell were thrilled to have them join the band.  Powell often jokes, “Yes, we are two married couples in a band together, like Fleetwood Mac, without the drugs and affairs.”

On drums is Nathan Chappell, a Native American from the Hopi tribe who grew up in Brigham City, Utah.  He started playing drums at thirteen (1977) and later joined the Marine Corps at seventeen.  He served for four years, and afterwards decided to take the leap and pursue his first love...music...as a full time musician.  In addition to his role in T77, he is a drum instructor for two private music schools, facilitates drum workshops for various after school and library arts programs and is a world-class cajone player, which is a skill all in itself. 

Music, and making music, is not just for the young, although you would be hard pressed to know that by what is regularly turned out by the music giants.  In fact, instead of an explicit language sticker, T77 says with tongue firmly in cheek, that they label their music as “not suitable for anyone under the age of 35”. Wilson says, “It’s high time artists start making new music for adults as well as kids.  Yes, dare I say songs you can understand the words to and make you reflect and celebrate your place in life, without relying entirely on the nostalgia of a bygone era.  We just want to carry on the great music made in the 70s.  Back then artists weren't afraid to write and sing protest songs, and neither are we.  We've got some songs that reflect the current issues and the times we're in now and we hope they can affect change in our world in a positive way.  We’ve also got songs about getting older, as well as looking back. I think artists should make music that addresses those parts of the journey too.”

Troubadour 77 is just getting started.  Their debut was an appearance with Brandi Carlile at the 2017 Sundance Film Fest, and now they will be kicking off their summer tour at this year’s star studded BottleRock Festival in Napa as well as performing additional concerts with Los Lobos and Robert Randolph and The Family Band later in the season.  T77 is giving listeners a chance to rediscover that sense of wonder and connection, when you heard someone singing TO you, FOR you, ABOUT you and in some mystical way, WITH you.  Make room on your playlist for Troubadour 77…new music with a classic sound!

Diane - Cam

Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is a live acoustic version of Cam's new single 'Diane' recorded on a recent Bobby Bones show. It is an answer song to Dolly Parton's very famous and classic 'Jolene'. It is co-written by Cam with her "Burning House" collaborators, Grammy-winning producer of the Year Jeff Bhasker (Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars) and Grammy nominee Tyler Johnson. 

Cam notes the song is, "[My] response to Dolly Parton's 'Jolene.' It's the apology so many spouses deserve, but never get. The other woman is coming forward to break the news to the wife about an affair, respecting her enough to have that hard conversation, once she realized he was married. Because everyone should be able to decide their own path in life, based on the truth. Women especially should do this for each other, since our self-worth can still be so wrapped up in our partners. And in true country fashion, I've set the whole raw story to upbeat music, so you can dance while you process it all."

No Victory - Edgelarks

Our LCM featured artists today are the excellent multi-award winning Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin, one of the best live Folk duos in the UK. They have recently re-named their duo as 'Edgelarks' and will be launching their latest album 'Edgelarks' at the Sound Lounge in Tooting later today. Special guest on the night is another one of our favourites, the amazing John Elliott aka The Little Unsaid. A few tickets left for this one, if you would like to come down, either via Ticketweb or (slightly more expensive) on the door.  Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is a live version of 'No Victory' taken from the new album and recorded at the Carnglaze Caverns, Cornwall in May.

Edgelarks fly in on the tailwind of BBC award winning duo Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin. The pair's new project takes the roots of their previous work, from the traditional musics of the British Isles to Indian classical slide guitar to the stomping roots party of Phil's beatbox harmonica; adds a strong stem of original writing; and runs wilder with each repeat play.

The pair began their musical journey together living in a small caravan in the hills near Exmouth, Devon. Phil had just returned, Chaturangui in tow, from studying slide guitar in India with the master musician Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya. Phil and Hannah then met playing in alt-roots outfit The Roots Union, travelling from festival to festival, tent to tent, wandering the highways, byways, and old forgotten pathways of these islands. They followed in the footsteps of the ancient troubadour tradition, picking up tunes, songs and stories along the way. Spotted busking on the seafront at Sidmouth Folk Festival by champion of independent music Steve Knightley, they soon found themselves touring nationally, supporting the likes of Show of Hands and Seth Lakeman, and eventually winning the prestigious Best Duo award at the 2014 BBC Folk Awards.

Extensive international touring followed, from Japan to South Africa, Canada to Australia. Collaborations saw them team up with Peter Knight (ex Steeleye Span) to form the Gigspanner Big Band; and join Show of Hands as part of their Wake the Union band for a very special show at the Royal Albert Hall on Easter Sunday 2017.

From recording their first album, Singing the Bones, at home in their living room in the dead of night, they have gone on to produce three more records, each time refining the process and honing their production skills - Mynd, Live in Calstock, and Watershed (which garnered them a second nomination for Best Duo at the BBC Folk Awards in 2016).

Edgelarks, which is both their new band name and their fourth studio album, is their most innovative work to date. John Elliott (The Little Unsaid) joins Phil on production duties, bringing a palette of new textures - from the stillness of a muted piano contemplation to a grizzled Moog beat. Recorded in May 2017 at Cube Studios in Cornwall, songs burnished by tradition fly off down contemporary paths. Edgelarks - to sing about the margins - is an album about transitional spaces. Liminal places, people and times, the straddling of boundaries and thresholds; crossroads and borderlands; travellers and refugees; dusk and dawn. The pause between an old way and a new. The idea that, despite often being places of marginalisation, these are also places of change - and therefore places of hope. That, when social norms break down, when you are between two established worlds, there is a chance for new perspectives. That in the end, we have far more in common than things that divide us, because we are all liminal - we are all standing on the threshold of tomorrow. We are all just passing through.

The Bonnie Earl O'Moray - Said The Maiden

From Said the Maiden's forthcoming album 'Here's a Health' 01/11/17

Our next LCM featured artists the multi-award winning folk trio Said The Maiden are launching their new album 'Here's A Health' at the Water Rats in London tonight. They are a few tickets left, so please come along if you are free. Special guests include Supermoon and Chris Cleverly. As a taster our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is the wonderful 'The Bonnie Earl O'Moray'.

Said The Maiden are Jess Distill, Hannah Elizabeth and Kathy Pilkinton, three friends who discovered a mutual love of folk music when they reunited several years after spending their school years together in Hertfordshire.  After tentatively performing a few songs at their local Redbourn Folk Club, the group soon gained a great deal of interest on the local and national folk circuit, securing major support and headline slots at folk clubs and festivals around the country.

The trio has also opened for many great artists including The Full English, The Fisherman's Friends, Jim Moray, Megson, Martin Carthy, Clannad, Cara Dillon, False Lights and Fairport Convention.  They were also honoured to join legendary fiddler the late Dave Swarbrick on a successful UK solo tour in the spring of 2014, and released their debut album 'A Curious Tale' in June of the same year.  The group went on to release their EP, ‘Of Maids And Mariners’ in 2016 which was met with critical acclaim across the folk community.

Said The Maiden was awarded Bristol Folk Festival’s prestigious Isambard Folk Award in 2015 and were also voted ‘Best Act’ by the public at the 2015 Great British Folk Festival’s Introducing Stage, consequently returning in 2016 for an appearance on the festival’s main stage.  2017 has seen further recognition for Said The Maiden including winning the 2017 Folking Awards ‘Rising Star’ prize, and an NMG Award nomination for best Acoustic, Country & Folk act.

2017 has been an exciting and prosperous year for Said The Maiden thus far.  This summer they made their first international appearance at the Jazz and Joy Festival in Worms, Germany, and will also be appearing at Costa del Folk in Portugal later this year.  In the meantime they are gearing up to release their eagerly anticipated second studio album, ‘Here’s A Health’ in November 2017, to coincide with a national headline tour, with dates throughout October and November spanning the length and breadth of the country.

Perfect Crime / Ernest Durham's - The Willows

Very exciting times ahead for our next LCM featured band The Willows, as they are currently working on their third album with a new expanded line-up including John Parker and Kat Gilmore. We are please to tell you that they will be headlining at the Water Rats in Kings X on Sunday 5th November.  Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is one of the first singles from the new album called 'Perfect Crime / Ernest Durham's' The song is a tale of deception, double lives, attempted murder and ultimately suicide, which finally unravelled after a cleaner exposed a lie. But why did English World War One soldier Percy Bush Cox want to live as Australian Ernest Durham?

Percy Cox was born in Wimblington, Cambridgeshire and was a farm worker until World War One, when he enlisted in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment. By 1916, he was sending postcards to a friend after being pitched into battle on the Western Front. At some point during the conflict, the private hatched a plan with three other British soldiers to swap identities with Australians. He appears to have been motivated by money, because Australian soldiers took home eight times as much as the British Tommies' wage of one shilling a week. When he crawled past the body of Ernest Durham in 1918, he saw his opportunity, according to an historian.

Amanda Carlin, chairwoman of March and District Museum, has studied Percy's life.
She said: "He and the three British soldiers crawled across No Man's Land to four dead Australians and changed their uniforms, took their dog tags." Percy's earning potential had rocketed, because "while Australians earned 8 shillings a week, we know that Ernest Durham was earning 11 shillings a week", she added. It was not, though, an attempt to desert.

After spending time in a field hospital with what is thought to have been an arm injury, Percy went on to see action in the Australian army. According to Mrs Carlin, he would not have stood out because of Australia's "Anglo-only immigration policy", which meant many of the Australians had British accents. He and his comrades were also fortunate enough to be sent to a different platoon. Meanwhile, the Cox family were told Percy was missing in action and in 1919 informed he was presumed dead. It was not long before Percy Cox's name was added to Wimblington's war memorial. It seemed Percy had got away with the deception, but leaving the army following the war was the first step towards his life starting to unravel.

On being demobbed Percy emigrated to Australia, but in 1925 he returned to the UK, still calling himself Ernest Durham, and set up home in Sawston in south Cambridgeshire.
It would be another 15 years before he decided to reveal to his family that he was actually still alive. The move led to a photograph being published in a newspaper in the 1940s, where Percy can be seen standing beside his brother Fred and pointing to his name on the Wimblington war memorial.

Despite this, he continued to live as Ernest Durham in Sawston until 1952 when he employed a cleaner, Dorothy Piper. Mrs Carlin said: "Mrs Piper found the newspaper cutting where Percy was pointing out his name and she realised he was living out this double life, so she and her husband began to blackmail him." After he died, a letter written by Percy was found in which he said: "I can take no more of this blackmailing by the Pipers.

On 30 December 1952, when Mrs Piper turned up for work, he took up a gun and chased her out of the house, shooting at her. Mrs Carlin said: "She ran outside and he ran after her... she was screaming and screaming. "He shot her again and then turned the gun on himself."

Dorothy survived and while she was never convicted of blackmail, Mrs Carlin said she believes the Pipers received about £2,000 from Percy.

Glitter - Laura Oakes

Our LCM featured artist today is another fast rising star of the UK Country and Americana, the very talented and multi-award winning Laura Oakes. Laura is orginally from Liverpool but is now based in Leeds. She will be hosting and headlining in London at the Green Note on the 12th December with wonderful special guests Kerri Watt and Twinnie, who we have both featured in the LCM Group. Laura's latest single and our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is a very catchy live acoustic version of 'Glitter'. The video is from a recent 'Under The Apple Tree' session at the home of Bob Harris.

When it’s normal for mealtime conversations to be conducted in three-part harmony, it was only natural for Laura Oakes to go through life singing. Her love for Dolly Parton, David Gates and the Dixie Chicks may seem an unusual music taste for a teenager from Liverpool, North West England but in her teenage years Laura really started to embrace her influences performing anywhere and everywhere.

A visit to Grand Ole Opry in Nashville at the age of 18 proved to be an overwhelming and life-defining experience, driving her to realise her dream of writing and singing country music.

She recorded and self-released her first single ‘Don’t Let It Hit Ya’ in September 2013 which featured in the top 20 iTunes Country Chart. Her second single ‘Snakes and Ladders’ followed in 2014 with similar success.

Laura released her debut Self-Titled EP to iTunes in the summer of 2015 receiving great support from BBC radio across the UK, and similarly from Digital Radio (Chris Country and Amazing Radio). Bob Harris included it in his Best of 2015 retrospective on BBC Radio 2. As the year came to an end, Laura was also awarded the prize of The British Country Music Association’s Female Vocalist of the Year and followed up again in 2016 winning the prize for a second year running. Laura currently stands with three nominations for the upcoming BCMAs in October with two songs (Dreamin’ and Better In Blue Jeans) up for ‘Best Song of the Year’ as well as a nomination for ‘Best Female Vocalist’.

The UK country scene is one that is growing at a rapid pace and Laura has been at the forefront of it. Laura has enjoyed live dates at some of the UK’s most prestigious festivals and stages including C2C Country 2 Country at the 02 Arena – London, Cornbury Music Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Camp Bestival and Time Out Presents: Rising Stars of Country at The Jazz Café. As well as support slots for some of the most notable talent coming out of the UK and US, including Andrew Combs, The Shires, Colm Mac Com Iomaire (The Frames), Jess and The Bandits and Ward Thomas.

Laura is making friends and music aplenty as she establishes herself in the UK Country Music scene. Expect a fresh single “Nashville Stole Your Girl” ready for release 15th September and “Nashville Stole Your Girl – The Acoustic EP” to follow in November 2017.

It's A Shame - First Aid Kit

We have been very big fans of our next LCM featured artists Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit for a while now. After their excellent 2014 release 'Stay Gold' sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg have announced their new 10 track album 'Ruins', out January 19, 2018 via Columbia. It was produced by Tucker Martine and recorded at Flora Studios in Portland. As a taster they have release their first single from the album and our LCM #TrackOfTheDay 'It's A Shame', it is inspired by the film 'Sliding Doors'. Their next London date at The Shoreditch Town Hall on 1st November, is unfortunately now sold out.

Dirty Money - CC Smugglers

Our next LCM featured artists the CC Smugglers, started off as a young rag-tag British six-piece busker band and are now becoming one of the most entertaining high energy live acts in the country. After wowing crowds at the recent Cambridge Folk Festival and dates around the UK the CC Smugglers will be in London on Saturday at the wonderful Union Chapel, supporting the rather excellent Keston Cobblers Club, so don't miss that one. They are also working on a new album via Pledge Music with loads of goodies on offer. Based in Bedfordshire the band are Richie Prynne (Lead vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica & Banjo), Ryan Thomas (Vocals, Lead Guitar, Dobro & Banjo), Sam Barret (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar & Fiddle), Dan Edwards (Vocals, Double Bass), Iain McFarlane (Vocals, Drums, Percussion) and Tom Seals (Vocals, Piano, Accordion). Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is the very catchy 'Dirty Money'. Enjoy :) 

“There are buskers that will make you cry, they’re so good”, according to cult Americana artist Andrew Bird. “And then there are buskers that will take you to a place where sound and energy merge to create a kind of spiritual ecstasy, a joyful affirmation of life itself.” CC Smugglers, who have made the transition from the street to the stage with consummate ease and considerable acclaim, exemplify the latter, and then some.

The band from Beds started out as “guerrilla buskers”, hijacking queues waiting to see other artists, or commandeering underground trains and escalators. They got their big break by playing outside every UK tour date of the two-time Grammy Award-winning Old Crow Medicine Show. Not even a severed artery on his finger could stop frontman Richie Prynne – he delayed surgery to lead the six-piece on the audacious escapade. So impressed were the Old Crow Medicine Show they invited them to share their platform on the remaining dates.

It was Richie who formed the band after busking alone for some years as a teenager. He enlisted the help of Dan Edwards (double bass) Ryan Thomas (lead guitar) and Sam Barrett (rhythm guitar and fiddle) who formed the Bedfordshire contingent of the band for several years. They were joined 18 months ago Joel Barford (drums) and more recently by Tom Seals (keys) both accomplished young jazz players “their influences have really allowed us to explore more contemporary challenging arrangements” said Richie.

Fast forward to now and CC Smugglers are selling out venues in their own right, and stealing the headlines at the Cambridge, Cornbury and Glastonbury Festivals.

They’ve also been playing further afield at some of Europe’s biggest festivals including sharing the bill with Bruce Springsteen at the prestigious Werchter Festival in Belgium followed by dates in The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic and more..

A rapid rise that has elicited critical plaudits from the Sunday Times culture Section, bluesman Seasick Steve, roots guru Bob Harris (“just brilliant”) and BBC 6 Music’s Cerys Matthews, who describes them as “the best live band on the scene at the moment”

Holding Hands - The Magic Lantern

Our next LCM #TrackOfTheDay 'Holding Hands' is the wonderful new single from Australian born but London based singer-songwriter Jamie Doe (aka The Magic Lantern). The video stars the incredible Kiwi mime artist Thom Monckton. The lyrics here are very poignant, a triumph of hope over doubt. ‘Holding Hands’ will be released on the 30th October 2017 through Hectic Eclectic Records with his third album 'To The Islands' due for release in the spring of 2018. Jamie's new album was written during this tumultuous journey to Australia after nearly 10 years away and explores memory and hope in a world of near constant uncertainty.

Holding Hands was written during a moment of desperation, Jamie having traveled half way across the world only to run out of road.  Strung out and alone, he found himself writing this song for the true love he hoped to meet, as much an act of faith in their existence as a beacon to guide himself home.  Originally written for voice and guitar, it was after hearing Bjork’s ‘Anchor Song’ late one night that Jamie decided to arrange the song for saxophone trio. The timbre of the brass, the groove of the band, The Bad Plus style piano solo – it is an arrangement that brings together some of Jamie’s key influences which he describes as “the lyrical directness of folk, the harmonic openness and improvisational freedom of jazz and the craft of great songwriting. It’s a good example of how much more confident I have become as an arranger”. 

The Magic Lantern is the musical moniker of Jamie Doe. Born in Australia before moving to the UK at 12, it was while studying philosophy in Bristol that Jamie began performing as The Magic Lantern alongside friends and long-term collaborators in the DIY Bristol music scene including This Is The Kit, Rozi Plain and Rachael Dadd.

Moving to London in 2007, Jamie expanded The Magic Lantern into a quintet of friends and together they evolved a transporting sound inspired by the immediacy of Jamie’s lyrics and lilting melodies and a shared love of improvised music.

The Magic Lantern’s debut album ‘A World In A Grain Of Sand’ was mixed by Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Paul Simon) and released in June 2011 and has been critically acclaimed by Late Junction’s Verity Sharp, Bob Harris and Tom Robinson (BBC Radio 3, 2 and 6 respectively) among others.

Keen to focus on the intensity that comes with stripping everything away, Jamie dissolved the quintet line up in 2012 to return to playing and writing on his own. His intimate second album ‘Love of Too Much Living’ is the product of two years spent crafting this new musical approach, playing hundreds of gigs around the UK to an ever-increasing audience of enthusiasts.

Following its release in October 2014, Jamie toured across the UK and Europe and compiled an album of other musicians versions of his songs, ‘Love of Too Much Living – Remakes’ featuring This Is The Kit, Sam Brookes, Emilia Martensson, Wallis Bird, Rozi Plain and Low Chimes among others. It was released in December 2015 with all proceeds going to the male suicide prevention charity the ‘Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)’.

A rising star of London’s diverse music scene, 2016 saw The Magic Lantern as at home touring alongside Mancunian poet and saxophonist Alabaster Deplume, as performing with Jamie Cullum at the BBC Proms and singing on Sam Lee’s ‘Lovely Molly’ winning ‘Best Traditional Track’ at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Jamie also decided to return to Australia for the first time in nearly a decade to explore his roots and chase the flickering embers of doomed romance.

Musically ‘To The Islands’ mirrors this exploration, working with a new band of old and new friends from London’s thriving jazz scene, it draws on a wide range of sounds and textures, from afro-beat grooves, to solo piano, string quintet lyricism to narcotic late night saxophone jams, all united by Jamie’s instantly recognisable voice and inimitable song-writing style. ‘To This Islands’ promises to be his most ambitious musical statement to date.

Made To Love You - Dan Owen

Our next LCM featured artist Shrewsbury based Dan Owen is headlining at The Omeara, London Bridge on the 25th October. As a taster our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is the wonderful 'Made To Love You', taken from his 'Open Hands & Enemies' EP. Watch out too for his latest single 'Hideaway'.

With more than 8 million Spotify streams to his name for his single 'Made To Love You', Dan Owen's songs speak of love, loss and a vast spectrum of universal emotions in between. Delivered with his husky wounded roar of a vocal, one could imagine these compositions emerging from an old soul with a wealth of experience behind him. In person, however, Dan Owen is a fresh-faced 24 year old with a cheeky glint in his eye. Described by the Independent as “an electrifying live act, he recently supported Birdy and will tour the UK and Europe in October before releasing his debut album early 2018.

Submarine Boy - Judie Tzuke

We thought we would share something special with you. Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay 'Submarine Boy' is quite simply a perfect Sunday song. It's also one of our favourites from Judie Tzuke's 2010 album 'Moon On A Mirrorball'. 

Judie Myers was born in London of an English Mother and a Polish extract Father. Her father's family had come to Britain from Poland in the 1920's and had originally settled in Yorkshire. They had changed their name from their original Polish name "Tzuke" to Myers because it was one of the more common names in Yorkshire at that time and they wanted to blend into the community where they had come to live.

Her father Sefton Myers, was a successful Park Lane based property developer, who also managed artists and singers. He co-managed and supported Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they wrote Jesus Christ Superstar but unfortunately he died a few weeks before the musical opened. He had also been Chief Barker of The Variety Club of Great Britain and was a very popular impresario.

Her mother Jean Silverside was an actress in films and popular TV series' such as The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin, The Marty Feldman show, The Goodies and various other TV plays. 

After an education in the arts, music and drama, by the age of 15 Judie spent most of her time writing poems which she turned into songs and playing folk clubs, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. In 1975 she met Mike Paxman and together they started to write the songs that were to become her first releases. After making some demo tapes, they managed to get a record deal with David Bowie and T.Rex producer Tony Visconti's label Good Earth. 

Judie decided to change her name back to her original family's surname "Tzuke". A single was released: "These are The Laws" which was recorded and produced by Tony Visconti and came out under the name of "Tzuke and Paxo". Whilst at Good Earth, Judie and Mike met Bob Noble and Paul Muggleton who were also on the label with their band "Omaha Sheriff". 

In 1977 Judie went to see managing director David Croker at Elton John's label 'Rocket Records' as their motto was "a label for artists". She played them a few songs, one of which was "Stay With Me 'Till Dawn" and was immediately signed to the new label. Judie and Mike spent the next six months or so recording her first album 'Welcome To The Cruise' at Air Studios in London, with producer John Punter. 

The first single was released in the summer of 1978, entitled 'For You' and was greeted with great critical acclaim and substantial air-play. 

Judie's first album 'Welcome To The Cruise' album was released in 1979 along with the single 'Stay With Me 'Till Dawn'. The song stayed in the UK charts for 16 weeks, and she made three live appearances on Top of the Pops. The song became a firm favourite and is still played regularly on Radio in the U.K. It has appeared on dozens of compilation albums and regularly appears in lists of all time most popular songs. 

As part of the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II's fifty year reign in June 2002, BBC Radio Two conducted a poll to determine the top fifty British songs of the past fifty years. "Stay With Me Till Dawn" was at No. 39. 

With the success of 'Welcome To The Cruise', Judie and Mike put together the first Judie Tzuke band. Joining them were their friends from 'Omaha Sherif': Paul Muggleton on guitar and backing vocals and Bob Noble on keyboards, along with bass player John Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich.
Judie and her band toured for the next 18 months and made her second album 'Sportscar' at Virgin's Manor studios, in Oxfordshire.

In 1980, Judie and her band toured America for three months as support to Elton John. The tour was well received, but during the tour Elton John decided to change the US distribution for his Rocket label from MCA to the new Geffin label. MCA consequently decided to stop all tour support and promotion for the acts on the Rocket label, which meant that Judie was playing to huge audiences, including 450,000 people in New York's Central Park, but no-one knew who she was and her records were not available in the shops. 

She received rave reviews for the tour and Elton himself said that he had never had a support act that went down so well, but the experience of such a long tour without any record company support was a very frustrating one. One LA newspaper reported after four nights at the LA Forum:
"Judie and her band played such a strong and confident set that the audience almost forget that they had come to see Elton John, her future success in the States is assured" 

Back in the UK, Judie recorded her third album 'I Am The Phoenix' which, besides songs by Judie and Mike also included songs from Paul Muggleton and Bob Noble. Another lengthy UK tour culminated in appearances headlining the Glastonbury Festival in 1981 and some summer festivals in Europe. She then made the decision to leave Rocket and to sign with Chrysalis Records. 

Judie was by this time selling out halls all over the UK and in parts of Europe. Her next album "Shoot The Moon" was recorded mainly at Rockfield studios in Wales and was released in 1982. During the spring tour two sell out shows at the Hammersmith Odeon (now The Carling Apollo) were recorded and later that year the acclaimed live album 'Roadnoise' was released. 

Judie, Mike and Paul wrote new songs and went to Mayfair studios in London to record her fifth album, augmenting her stage band with a number of other musicians. 

The following year saw the release of the 'Ritmo' album. Again she toured extensively but realising that she was not a priority act for Chrysalis and that they were not going to release the album in the States, she left Chrysalis for pastures new. 

With the Chrysalis record deal behind her and wanting to have more control over her output and direction, Judie decided to release her next album with a new independent company called Legacy. Judie Tzuke

The album The Cat is Out' released in 1985 was recorded mainly at her home studio, and for the first time Judie and her producers Paul and Mike were able to record and mix the album without record company interference. 
As the making of the album progressed, designs were drawn up for a purpose built studio (to be called 'Big Ocean Studios') which was to become the place where most of her records would be recorded in the future. 

Another very successful sell out tour of the UK followed, including the release of a live video (and later DVD) from the show at the Fairfield Hall in Croydon in September 1985. 

Having enjoyed the freedom of working with an independent label but finding that they did not have the resources to promote her music, Judie decided to have a break from live work and to look for a major record company once again. In June of 1987 Judie and her partner Paul Muggleton had their first daughter Bailey, and in that year the building of Big Ocean studios was completed and Judie, Mike, Paul and Bob Noble set about writing songs and customising the studio in preparation for the next album. 

In 1987 Judie signed a deal with Polydor records for her seventh studio album 'Turning Stones', which featured guest appearances from violin supremo Nigel Kennedy and up-coming jazz sax star Andy Sheppard. 

With the release of 'Turning Stones' Judie and her band began preparations for a full UK tour, rehearsals were started at Shepperton studios and tickets were put on sale, but a dispute between her management and Polydor records resulted in all tour finance and support being withdrawn and the tour had to be canceled only days before it was due to begin. Polydor insisted that Judie did not give any reasons for the cancellation as it would put promotion of her album at risk. The management at Polydor that had originally signed Judie had all moved on and the working situation with the record company became impossible, "Turning Stones" was deleted after selling out of the initial pressing. 

Disappointment at the collapse of the album and the cancellation of the planned tour was hard to take, but Judie went straight back into the studio and started work on new tracks. The following year she signed a new deal with Sony who had recently acquired the famous CBS and Columbia labels. In 1991 the album 'Left Hand Talking' was released on Columbia, which included an atmospheric version of the Beach Boys song 'God Only Knows' and a re-recording of her classic hit 'Stay With Me Till Dawn'. Judie put together a new band and played two nights at the Shaw Theatre and shows at Ronnie Scott's jazz club in London. 

Her next album 'Wonderland' was recorded at Big Ocean Studios with guest appearances from Brian May of Queen and violinist Nigel Kennedy. On the release of the album, Billboard editor Timothy White did an editorial and interview with Judie as part of his series 'Music to My Ears'.

The album was received with critical acclaim here and abroad and the single 'Wonderland' became a nationwide turntable hit. Judie realised that working with smaller labels gave her more control, but once again the record company was unable to sufficiently promote the album. Though not deleted this album was not available for most of 1996, and was re-released in 1997. 

In 1992 Judie toured with the songs from 'Wonderland' and for the first time played smaller halls with a more intimate atmosphere, being more suitable for the new jazzier and lighter approach to her music. 

In 1994 Judie and Paul's second daughter Tallula was born and Judie spent time working on new songs and developing her interest in photography. She took some publicity shots for her friend Virginia Astley and musically she worked on some of the projects Mike and Paul were doing at Big Ocean, singing on albums by Paul Norton in Australia, Nick Kamen (backing vocals on his hit 'I Promise Myself') vocals on an ambient production by Art of Noise member JJ Jeczalik and some backing vocals on tracks with Rush, Nick Green and Gary Moore. 

She decided that in order to be more in charge of her future she would start her own label 'Big Moon Records' and her first album on the label 'Under The Angels' was recorded between the autumn of 1995 and the summer of 1996. 

Produced as usual by Paul and Mike, the album featured the drumming of Andy Newmark and a series of new players with the intention of making a more performance orientated album, with a more 'natural' sound and without studio tricks or filtering. 

In February and June 1997, Judie toured with the songs from the new album and a fantastic new band. A live album of these tours titled "Over The Moon" was released later in that year.  Judie Tzuke

Judie's next studio album "Secret Agent" was released in December 1998 and she toured again in the UK in January and February 1999.

In December 1999, Elton John offered to return the copyrights to Judie for her first three albums (originally released on Elton's Rocket label), and re-mastered versions of "Welcome To the Cruise", "Sportscar", and "I Am The Phoenix" were re-released on Big Moon in February 2000.

The "Phoenix 2000" UK tour took place in April/May 2000, and the "Other Half" tour in October 2000, during which Judie and her band previewed tracks from her next studio album "Queen Secret Keeper", which was released in late 2001. 

A live album of the October 2000 tour titled "Six Days Before The Flood" was released around Christmas 2000, and features four previously unrecorded songs, plus a version of Colin Bluntstone's hit "I Don't Believe In Miracles". 

The studio album "Queen Secret Keeper" was released in 2001, and received stunning reviews, Judie again toured in the UK, releasing another album of the tour: "Drive Live" in 2002. 

In 2003 Judie realised a long-standing ambition - to record a "covers" album featuring songs that she has grown up with by artistes who have had an influence on her musically. The album "The Beauty Of Hindsight" featured songs by John Martyn, Elton John, Steve Miller, Crowded House and many others, including her own take on the Beatles' "Hey Judie" a song close to her heart! Her 2003 The Beauty Of Hindsight tour took in 12 shows in the UK ending with two sell out shows at London's Bush Hall. 

In 2004 Judie released "The End Of The Beginning", a collection of 11 stunning new songs, including the beautiful "Like The Sun" which was covered by the duo Ryan Dan and became a radio favourite in the UK. A UK tour followed the release of the album. 

Realising she had a large collection of unreleased material, in 2007 Judie released the first of the "Songs" series. Songs#1 featured songs written with Ben Mark, Gareth Gates, David P. Goodes, David Saw, Jamie Norton and Graham Kearns. Judie went on the road with the first of her "review" tours, also featuring some of the artists she had been working with, including a set by her daughter Bailey. In the summer, she joined Morcheeba at their appearance at the Guilfest Festival to sing "Enjoy The Ride", which Judie wrote for their 2008 album 'Dive Deep'. This was followed in 2008 with the release of Songs#2, her second collection of demos and collaborations. 

2009 saw the 30th anniversary of the album "Welcome to The Cruise", and a celebration concert at London's Globe Theatre where a number of artists performed versions of songs from the Tzuke catalogue. Judie closed the show with "Stay With Me 'Till Dawn". 

The retrospective compilation "Moon on a Mirrorball" was released on Wrasse Records in 2010 and Judie toured the UK in September and October with a band that included both her daughters Bailey and Tallula on backing vocals. The tour climaxed with a stunning show featuring a wide selection of her old and new songs at the Union Chapel in Islington. 

Judie's most recent album, "One Tree Less" was released on Big Moon in 2012, the album contains some of Judie's best songs, including the beautiful 'Joy' and 'Humankind'. Judie and her band once again took to the road in March and April. 

When not working on her own recordings Judie has continued to explore her unique ability to write beautiful songs, working with a large number of artists including Lucie Silvas, Morcheeba, Tom Baxter, David Saw, Kirsty Hawkshaw, Gareth Gates, Alex Parks, Ryan Dan, Hybrid, Fragma, Alesha and many others. Her songs have been covered and recorded by a wide range of artists including Mylo, Mint Royale, Elaine Page, Peter Cox and The Swingle Singers. 

Judie continues to be one of the UK's best and most unique singers and songwriters... as she said when interviewed for her 2010 retrospective album "Moon on a Mirrorball": "I have to think it's all possible or I might as well stop, and I don't want to stop now" - "I don't want to be thought of as an artist from any particular era, I feel I am just as much from the 70s as from this decade... I'm just doing what I do". 

Hurricane - Luke Combs

We continue our look at the visiting stars of C2C 2018 with our next LCM featured artist Luke Combs. We think Luke will have the same amazing impact that Drake White did this year. Our LCM #TrackOfThe Day is his huge smash hit 'Hurricane' taken from his debut album 'This One's For You' released in June this year.

With gritty, grizzled vocals, brazen songwriting talent and one hell of a live show, River House Artists/Columbia Nashville’s Luke Combs stormed onto country music landscape as a force to be reckoned with. Named a 2017 Artist To Watch by Amazon Music, Billboard, Bobby Bones, CMT, Huffington Post, Nashville Lifestyles, Pandora & Rolling Stone, the 27 year-old Asheville, North Carolina native released his debut This One’s For You, on June and opened with 43,000 total activity in sales & consumption, making it the largest album debut from a new country artist in 2017. Heralded as a dynamic debut album (Entertainment Weekly) and "one of the most anticipated albums of the year" (Rolling Stone), This One’s For You debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Combs’ debut smash PLATINUM-certified radio single "Hurricane" has quickly become a staple anthem for country fans, amassing over 100 million streams and reaching No. 1 on SiriusXM’s The Highway. 

Combs second single to Country radio, "When It Rains It Pours", is hitting radio airwaves now. After attending Appalachian State, Combs, a true road warrior, built his avid fan base, delivering over 250 rowdy, hold-nothing-back shows per year. By the time Combs followed his calling to Nashville, Tennessee, he had an army of fans behind him, three self-released EPs and a set list full of songs that are true, authentic and platform his signature modern throwback sound. 

Combs joins Brantley Gilbert on his cross-country Devil Don’t Sleep Tour until September 2017 and takes the stage at the nation’s largest summer festivals including Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, Stagecoach and Tortuga.

Champagne - Lindsay Ell

Another excellent singer-songwriter and guitarist heading for C2C next year, is our next LCM featured artist Lindsay Ell. Lindsay is another musician we think you are going to be hearing a lot more about. She played a very impressive set at Bush Hall recently for Country Music Week. Our LCM #TrackOfTheDay is the very catchy 'Champagne' taken from her debut album 'The Project' released back in August. We think it has touches of Amy Winehouse. It was produced by Sugarland's very own Kristian Bush.

It comes on the hot on the heels of Lindsay's 'Worth the Wait' EP. 'This new music is the best I've ever done,' Lindsay comments 'I called the album The Project because that's exactly what this whole process was. I've discovered who I am, what I want to say and how I want to say it. I'm so excited to finally have an album that is me, and I can't wait for fans to hear it.' 

Time Don't Wait - Marty Stuart

Our #TrackOfTheDay is the excellent new single from Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superatives. It's taken from Marty's latest album 'Way Out West', which is well worth checking out if you haven't already.

Marty Stuart arrived in Nashville on Labor Day weekend, 1972. “I came to Nashville from the land of Jimmie Rodgers, looking for a place, a place to belong inside the world of country music. It was a country boy Hollywood, the air castle of the South, a dream factory.” 40 years, a decade worth of hits and a full round of hillbilly stardom later, Stuart has hillbilly rocked himself back to the bosom of traditional country music. 

“When I reconnected with traditional country music I found myself, my calling,” says Stuart. “The kind that is timeless, beautiful, beyond trend, the empowering force, the reflection of a people and a culture. The kind of country music that the working man and scholars alike call home. The job seemed to be to champion it, love it, protect it, care for its people, attempt to write a new chapter for it and to make sure that everybody understands that it’s alive and well in the 21st century.” Stuart has done that with his acclaimed collection of country music memorabilia and treasures which currently tours across the country, and with his Marty Stuart Show on RFD TV which provides a platform for some of Nashville’s classic artists to perform on a nationally syndicated program.

“When I first came to Nashville . . . the most outlaw thing you could possibly do around here was to take country music and blow it up into rock & roll. Mission accomplished! Today, the most outlaw thing you can possibly do in Nashville, Tennessee is play country music.” With Tear The Woodpile Down, the latest chapter in the Marty Stuart story, he’s doing just that.

My Dear, Oh Boy, Oh Man - Gitta de Ridder

"My Dear, Oh Boy, Oh Man" is the first single of Gitta's upcoming second album || For Everything a Season || A subscription based Boxset collection of 4 seasonal ep's for which the first - SPRING - came out in April '17 and the final - WINTER - will come out in January '18 The album in it's entirety will come out late March '18. Website: www.gittaderidder.com/foreverythingaseason Subscribe: goo.gl/i6aeW4 Facebook: www.facebook.com/gittaderidder Twitter: www.twitter.com/gittaderidder Song written and performed by Gitta de Ridder Bass by Kai Liebrand All other instruments by Gitta de Ridder Recorded, Produced & Mixed by Stephen Hodd (Savage Acoustic) Mastered by Eric James at Philosophers Barn Mastering, Norwich, UK Recorded at Penfold Cottage Studios, Suffolk, UK - My Dear, Oh Boy, Oh Man - Oh boy, oh man, it’s here again and I have known I should have let it go This feeling always lingers lets me know there’s something out of my control. My dear, oh boy, oh man I can’t keep hold Oh boy, oh man, it’s here again I should have build some walls around my heart And even though I could have known I let it in and now I fall apart My dear, oh boy, oh man this aching heart Oh my it’s why I’m here again I can’t come out from underneath your foot upon my chest Hey Eros won’t you take this weight away and give me my heart back My dear, oh boy, oh man just let me rest My dear, oh boy, oh man it never lasts Come here, my boy, my man just for the last time be mine I guess it’s time to try to cut these strings I’m like a puppet in a show So I can walk all on my own but it seems these strings are all I’ve ever known. My dear, oh boy, oh man I’ve got to go

We are delighted to tell you that our next LCM #TrackOfTheDay the wonderful 'Mr Dear, Oh Boy, Oh Man' by LCM favourite Gitta de Ridder, is being released this Sunday at the Green Note in London. It's the first official single from Gitta's 'For Everything a Season' project and it will form part of her new Autumn EP. Gitta will be performing with a three piece band, so it will be really special.