Jess Thristan - The Old Me

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘The Old Me’ - Jess Thristan

We close out the decade with a wonderful new track from Halifax based UK Country music rising star Jess Thristan. It’s taken from her three-track ‘Live Sessions’ EP. which was released at the end of October.

Jess blends her sound from influences including Maren Morris, Carrie Underwood and Carole King. After releasing her debut album 'This Is Home' in September 2017, Jess has been working with writers and producers up and down the country she is getting ready for her second album. She is becoming a regular on the live music scene in London, further establishing herself as 'one to watch' in the British Country Music scene.

Photo credit: Pops365

https://www.jessthristan.co.uk/

Stables - Disagree

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Disagree’ - Stables

We love this track from London based indie-folk duo the Stables. They did a live version this year from Bob Harris’ UTAT sessions, which we will include below for you. The song is the second single from their album 'Reverie'.

The Indie-Folk duo have been playing together from their days at school; after forming the successful folk-pop band Keston Cobblers Club, with Daniel moving on to study architecture (whilst still involved in music) and Matthew continuing to write and perform with The Cobblers and composing for film. The two have finally decided to pair up and embark on a new musical journey.

'Beyond Brushes' (their debut album) was released to critical acclaim just nine months after, in August 2016, and was championed by the likes of BBC's Steve Lamacq, and BBC6 Recommends (amongst others), soon establishing them firmly on the circuit, with a growing fan base.

Just a month after the release Matthew and Daniel embarked on their first UK headline tour, followed by a small French headline. Stables put emphasis on 'energy' when playing live; switching instruments and producing the sound of a full band, with big harmonies and varied styles. Matthew says; 'I always wanted to create a simple sound that could then be taken further when needed, from a small folk club, to a large festival stage'. Stables have gone on to tour the UK further, performing at major festivals including Glastonbury Festival, and have now completed a very successful first European Tour in the Autumn of 2017.

Stables' second album, 'Reverie', was released at the end of February 2018, surpassing their debut. 'We're incredibly proud of this record and can't wait for people to hear it'. Matthew calls it an 'almost break up album' that he wrote whilst in a 'period of relationship unrest, which resolved during the process'. 'This is the album we always wanted to release when we first imagined Stables. We love our debut, but this feels like the sound we always set out to produce'.

https://www.stablesmusic.com/

MacKenzie Porter - These Days

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘These Days’ - MacKenzie Porter

No stranger to the country music scene, Alberta born MacKenzie Porter is a 3-time CCMA nominee for Female Artist of the Year, CCMA Rising Star of the Year nominee (2013), and a JUNO nominee for Country Album of the Year (2015). The very catchy ‘These Days’ is MacKenzie’s new single.

Since releasing her debut album in 2013, MacKenzie has opened for the likes of Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts and Blake Shelton, Chris Lane and Jake Owen. Since making the move to Nashville in 2014, she has signed with Big Loud Records, and has continued to develop her chops as a songwriter with a variety of A-list talents (Nicolle Galyon, Craig Wiseman, Natalie Hemby, Tommy English and others). In 2018, Porter released her first new music in four years, with "About You" receiving 5 Million streams to date and, in May 2019, becoming her first #1 Billboard Canadian country single.

The Willows - Coda

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Coda’ - The Willows

Taken from their wonderful latest album ‘Through the Wild’, Coda is the new single from Cambridge band and LCM favourites The Willows. The video was filmed by Cliff Ward and stars the band, a seagull and a blustery beach at Broadstairs Folk Week.

The Willows are a folk-roots band from Cambridge, UK. The band shot to prominence when their debut album Beneath Our Humble Soil was championed by legendary BBC DJs Mike Harding and Bob Harris, who subsequently invited them in for a BBC Radio 2 live session. Considerable national acclaim followed including 4.5 stars in Maverick and a Spiral Earth Award nomination for Best Debut. Their follow up 'Amidst Fiery Skies' (produced by Sean Lakeman) received a 5-Star review in the Telegraph and a spot in their albums of the year.

With numerous festival appearances from Cambridge to Glastonbury they grew a reputation as one of the UK's most exciting live acts and were nominated for Best Band in the 2014 FATEA awards. Their new line-up is bursting with vocal and instrumental talent from across the UK roots scene. Stylistically the band continue to take in influences from Folk, Americana and rock traditions and meld them through their own engaging songwriting. Although it has to be said this line-up and album has more of the power and edge of their live shows than either predecessor. Lyrical songwriting is once again at the heart of the record... Initially direct and personal, the angst-ridden Americana opener Coda is offset by the beautifully optimistic Better Days. Perfect Crime drives home a tale of identity fraud during the Great War; Pearl Hart of a notorious 19th century highwaywoman; and the heartbreaking ballad Out of Our Hands laments the horrors of the battle of Solferino. Fronted by the distinctively tender vocals of Jade Rhiannon the band adds Katriona Gilmore (Gilmore & Roberts, The Albion Band) on fiddle to their line-up along with Ben Savage (Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage) on guitar/dobro, Evan Carson (Sam Kelly, Seth Lakeman) on drums/bodhran and Cliff Ward on banjo/guitar.

Jade Rhiannon – Vocals

Ben Savage – Guitar, Dobro, Vocals

Cliff Ward – Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Vocals

Evan Carson – Bodhran, Percussion

Katriona Gilmore – Violin, Mandolin, Vocals

The Willows release their 3rd studio album Through The Wild on 30th November 2018 on Elk Records.

https://www.thewillowsband.co.uk/

Runaway June - Trouble With This Town

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Trouble With This Town’ - Runaway June

Runaway June are one of the US Country music breakout acts of 2019. We love this track from their debut album ‘Blue Roses’ released at the end of June.

If you would like to see these very talented ladies live they will be performing at this year’s C2C at the O2 in London.

It’s that sound. You know it - the unmistakable sound of three voices in harmony, a harmony that rings back to the early days of Country music, of singing on a porch on a summer’s day, of singing just for the joy of it. That’s the sound of Naomi Cooke, Hannah Mulholland, and Jennifer Wayne – a.k.a. critically-acclaimed Country trio, Runaway June.

Four years ago, the three women were solo singer-songwriters, connected via the small-town network of Nashville’s Music Row. “Labels were not signing solo female artists at the time, and it was really daunting and discouraging,” remembers Naomi. Fate soon found the trio in a writing room together, and the songs just flowed. When BBR Music Group heard their music, they were quickly added to its newest imprint, Wheelhouse Records, and Runaway June was born.

Their persistence paid off, and change was on the horizon. “Buy My Own Drinks,” from their 2018 self-titled EP, cracked the Top 20 – a monumental accomplishment on multiple levels breaking a 14-year drought in that space for female groups– and they received back to back ACM nomination for 2018 and 2019 New Vocal Duo or Group of the Year as well as a CMT Award nomination. Most importantly, says Jennifer, they never forgot where the dream started.

https://www.runawayjune.com/

Anderson East - Girlfriend

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Girlfriend’ - Anderson East

We love this powerhouse live version of Anderson East’s ‘Girlfriend’ taken from his ‘Encore’ album.

Anderson will be on tour in the US with Foy Vance in February and March.

Michael Cameron Anderson known professionally as Anderson East is an American R&B musician from Athens, Alabama, who currently is based in Nashville, Tennessee. His song "Satisfy Me" was released in March 2015 and received consistent radio airplay. His major-label record debut, Delilah, was released on the Low Country Sound, an imprint Elektra in July 2015. It was produced by Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton).

On August 15, 2017, East released the first single from his latest album ‘Encore’.

Photo credit: Josh Weichmann

https://www.andersoneast.com/

Isak Danielson ft Ana Brun - Run To You

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Run To You’ - Isak Danielson ft Ane Brun

We head to Stockholm today is meet our next featured artist Isak Danielson, who is joined on this wonderful track by fellow Swede and singer-songwriter Ane Brun.

The captivating and mature sound of Sweden native Isak Danielson shows an old soul in a young man’s body and a talent reaching beyond his years. His voice has drawn parallels to both Anthony & The Johnsons and Hozier, but it stands out perfectly by itself as a new, measure on its own. His debut album “Yours” follows Isak’s breakthrough with track ’Ending’ being featured in Marvel’s ‘Cloak & Dagger’ which has pushed his Spotify stream count to over 18 million.

His debut album “Yours” was released in October 2018 and has pushed his Spotify stream count to over 18 million. The album includes the singles released 2018: “Broken”, “Always” and “I’ll Be Waiting” and 7 other tracks, putting his soulful, deep voice in focus. Once you’ve heard it, you don’t forget it.

http://isakdanielson.com/

http://anebrun.com/

Demi Marriner - Don't You Worry

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Don’t You Worry’ - Demi Marriner

There is a real classic retro vibe to our next LCM featured track written by the wonderful Demi Marriner. Demi was one of the fast rising stars of our last LCM gig at the Half Moon and this wonderful song adds to her already growing catalogue of great songs.

This new video was filmed by Sam East at Studiowz, Pembrokeshire with the audio recorded by Owain Fleetwood Jenkins. Demi is joined on the song by another fast-rising star Robbie Cavanagh plus Scott Warman and Ben Gonzalez.

If you would like to see Demi live her next London show is at the Paper Dress Vintage in Hackney on January 28th. New music coming in the new year

UK singer-songwriter Demi Marriner landed the Number 1 spot on the iTunes UK Country Albums Chart just 48 hour after the release of debut EP ‘Tracks and Trails’, before going on to reach Number 3 with her debut single on the iTunes Country Singles charts with Learn To Love’ just seven months later followed closely with a Number 2 slot with second EP ‘Dandelion.’ Since, Demi has gone on to record numerous BBC sessions including those with BBC West Midlands, BBC Introducing, BBC Gloucester and a session on Amazing Radio with BBC Radio 2 presenter Baylon Leonard.

Demi has also received television recognition with Sky/Freeview channel ‘Keep It Country’, who continues to play her music videos. Demi has been able to build a great following and had the chance to play some incredible shows, including opening for the sensational Rufus Wainwright at the Symphony Hall in Birmingham, receiving a wonderful response from the 2000 people in attendance.

As well as this, Demi has supported names like Lucy Spraggan, Jon Gomm, Tia McGraff (Canadian country singer and songstress), BJ Barham (lead singer of US band American Aquarium), as well as performing on the Firestone and Amstel stages at Birmingham’s biggest arena’s ahead of shows for Elton John, Miranda Lambert, Nashville Live, and Take That amongst many others.

She has also performed at numerous festivals including a main stage slot at Wychwood Festival, 2000 Trees, Cheltenham Jazz Festival to name a few. On top of this, Demi performs regularly overseas, including shows in Ireland. Canada, Italy and The Netherlands, in which she attracted the attention of the Dutch Country Music Association who continue to support and play her music across radio stations in The Netherlands. Demi has been nominated for a BCMA Award for 'Horizon Act of the Year 2017'

Photo credit: Sam East

https://www.demimarriner.co.uk/

Larkin Poe - Mississippi

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Mississippi’ - Larkin Poe

We love this bluesy track taken from Larkin Poe’s Grammy Nominated album ‘Venom & Faith'. This very talented sister duo will be touring Europe in May with their London date at the O2 SBE, London on May 7th. They are fantastic live, don’t miss them.

Photo credit: Alysse Gafkjen

http://www.larkinpoe.com/

Ashley McBryde - One Night Standards

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘One Night Standards’ Ashley McBryde

Our LCM featured track today is the latest single from one of the fast-rising Country stars of 2019 the wonderful Ashley McByrde. Watch out for new music coming soon.

Ashley has been recently nominated for two awards in the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. She is up for Best Country Solo Performance for "Girl Goin' Nowhere" as well as Best Country Song for "Girl Goin' Nowhere."

“‘Girl Goin’ Nowhere’ is the song that keeps on giving,” Ashley reflects. “I was blown away by our first Grammy nomination for Country Album of the Year last year. And now ‘Girl Goin’ Nowhere’ gets two nominations?! Can’t keep her down. That’s the message Jeremy Bussey and I let off the leash. She’s a fighter. I’m so honored and proud to see this song stay alive.”

She also took home a CMA Award winning the coveted New Artist of the Year award.

https://www.ashleymcbryde.com/

Lawrence - It's Not All About You

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘It’s Not All About You’ - Lawrence

Our LCM featured track today is the fun new single by New York based Lawrence. The heart of the band are brother and sister Clyde and Gracie Lawrence, who have been writing songs and listening to countless Stevie Wonder, Randy Newman, and Aretha Franklin records since they were little kids. After years of playing together, they officially created Lawrence, an eight-piece soul-pop band comprised of musician friends from childhood and college.

The band has since gained a devoted following for its high-energy, keyboard-driven sound, which features tight, energetic horns, explosive lead vocals, and fully-live arrangements.

In June 2019, Lawrence became the first band to sign with ‘Beautiful Mind Records’, the label of Grammy-winning producer/songwriter/artist Jon Bellion. In the weeks following the signing, they released the Bellion-produced single “Casualty,” and embarked as support on Bellion’s Summer 2019 Glory Sound Prep Tour.

The signing followed the release of Lawrence’s sophomore album, ‘Living Room’. Upon its release in September of 2018, Living Room promptly reached #2 on the iTunes R&B/Soul chart, earned a featured placement on Spotify’s “New Music Friday” playlist, and led the band to its late-night television debut on NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly. The album ranges from R&B/funk feel-good pop songs to soulful and cinematic ballads. ‘Living Room’ chronicles the trials and tribulations of growing up, including break-ups, make-ups, a family loss, and the attempt to find harmony between excitement, anxiety, melancholy, and empowerment. Sonically, the album combines elements of Lawrence’s old and new influences by mixing live with electronic, analog with digital, and meticulousness with spontaneity.

In addition to the band, Clyde and Gracie have also amassed considerable resumes with other artistic pursuits. Clyde has written songs and score for film and television, including Miss Congeniality (2000), Music and Lyrics (2007), The Rewrite (2015), Landline (2017), and the forthcoming Disney film Noelle (2019). Gracie is an accomplished actress, appearing as a series regular alongside John Caroll Lynch, Leslie Odom Jr., and Sturgill Simpson in the CBS All-Access murder mystery One Dollar. Gracie has also appeared on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs (2009), in films such as The Sitter (2011) and Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), and in tv shows including The Good Wife (2012), The Americans (2014), and Younger (2015).

Photo credit: Sam Burriss

http://lawrencetheband.com/

Dougie MacLean - Caledonia

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Caledonia’ - Dougie MacLean

We go back into our archives for this wonderful anthemic live version of ‘Caledonia’ by Dougie Maclean.

Dougie wrote the song in less than 10 minutes on a beach in Brittany, France, feeling homesick for Scotland. He said: “I was in my early 20s and had been busking around with some Irish guys. I was genuinely homesick. I’d always lived in Perthshire. I played it to the guys when I got back to the youth hostel where we were staying and that was the final straw – we all went home the next day." He adds: "It took about 10 minutes but sometimes that’s how songs happen. I'm still amazed at how much it has become part of common culture. There’s not a pub singer, busker or pipe band that doesn’t play it."

Caledonia" was first recorded by Dougie and published in his 1979 joint album also titled ‘Caledonia’ by Alan Roberts and Doug MacLean.

http://www.dougiemaclean.com/

Erin Enderlin - Tonight I Don't Give A Damn

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Tonight I Don’t Give A Damn’ - Erin Enderlin

We head to Nashville today to meet our next LCM featured artist Erin Enderlin. The beautiful ‘Tonight I Don’t Give A Damn’ is taken from her brand new album Faulkner County. We love the pedal steel on the song which gives a wonderfully heartfelt and melancholy vibe.

The last few years have been especially busy for singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin. While she first turned heads as a godsend to those aching for an artist with some golden-era country backbone, Enderlin’s acclaimed 2017 record ‘Whiskeytown Crier’ cemented her as something even more: a literary songwriter and superb vocal stylist with a knack for sharply drawn––and often sad––characters. Named a member of the 2018 CMT Next Women of Country class and recipient of the Arkansas Country Music Awards Songwriter and Album of the Year trophies, she has surged to the forefront of new artists rooted in the genre’s rich history. Enderlin is also a go-to writer for stars looking for heavyweight country with classic panache––Alan Jackson’s “Monday Morning Church,” Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call,” Luke Bryan’s “You Don’t Know Jack” and a host of other songs recorded by Randy Travis, Joey + Rory, Reba McEntire, Terri Clark, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, and more are all Enderlin-penned.

In a twist that stretches the possibilities of storytelling through song, Enderlin released a series of four digital EP in 2019, with each three-track collection based on a central character or theme. Her full-length album ‘Faulkner County’ was released on November 1, 2019.

“I’m obsessed with characters, and the idea of being able to take that to the next level really appeals to me,” she says. “It’s ambitious,” she says with a laugh before adding, “but I do think it’s going to be something really cool.”

https://www.erinenderlin.com/

Kendell Marvel - Let It Go

LCM Song Of The Day - ‘Let It Go’ - Kendell Marvel

We have been a fan of our next LCM featured artist for a while now. Kendell Marvel's reflective track "Let It Go" is taken from the new album ‘Solid Gold Sounds’ released via Easy Eye Sound.

Kendell Marvel wrote and recorded his new album, Solid Gold Sounds, in a matter of days, but it took a lifetime in country music to get there. Marvel and The Black Keys’ Auerbach co-wrote nine of the album’s 10 songs, drawing on the country sounds of the ‘70s as well as Marvel’s own experiences. Their songwriting collaborators include country legend John Anderson on the album’s first track, “Hard Time With the Truth.” A native of Southern Illinois, Marvel moved to Nashville at 28, shifting his goal of being an artist to raising his family while working as a songwriter. Marvel’s writing credits include Gary Allan’s “Right Where I Need to Be” and Chris Stapleton’s Grammy-winning single, “Either Way.” Brothers Osborne, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen, Blake Shelton, George Strait, and Lee Ann Womack have also cut his songs.

http://www.kendellmarvel.com/

Robert Vincent - My Neighbour's Ghost

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘My Neighbour’s Ghost’ - Robert Vincent

We love Rob’s second single release taken from his forthcoming third studio album ‘In This Town You’re Owned’ set for release on Feb 14th. With Travelling Willbury’s and rockabilly vibes this track is sure to be a live favourite. The excellent video was filmed by the multi-talented Katie Nicholas, who many of you know.

Rob will be on his UK Spring tour in March and early April, with his London date at The Lexington on March 23rd

Of the new track, Rob comments, “There is so much we can all learn from life. ‘Life will take you, if you like it or if you don’t, so live it’. Do we sometimes take our lives for granted? Do we always live life to the full? Should we take in what is going on around us more?”

‘In This Town You’re Owned’ is produced by Ethan Johns and the central theme asks the difficult questions about everyday emotions.

“I’m just really interested in the human condition and how people react to things.” adds Rob.

Michaela Anne - By Our Design

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘By Our Design’ - Michaela Anne

With her excellent album ‘Desert Dove’ released in September via Yep Roc, our featured song today is the wonderful ‘By Our Design’ by Nashville based Michaela Anne.

If you are in London you can see Michaela live as she plays at OSLO, Hackney on Jan 29th as part of the AMA UK showcases

Full of lush, sweeping arrangements and honest, deeply vulnerable self-examination, ‘Desert Dove’ marks a bold new chapter for Michaela Anne, both artistically and professionally. While the songwriting is still very much rooted in the classic country she’s come to be known for, the record (her first for Yep Roc) represents something of a sonic shift, incorporating more modern production elements than ever before in pursuit of a sound that owes as much influence to indie rock as honky-tonk. Despite the bolder, more adventurous arrangements, Michaela’s crystalline voice remains front and center on the album, a pure, airy beam of light shining bravely into the dark corners of loneliness, pain, and desire that we all so often to try to hide.

Produced jointly by Sam Outlaw and Delta Spirit’s Kelly Winrich and recorded with an all-star band that included guitarist Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakam, Jim Lauderdale), fiddler Kristin Weber (Kacey Musgraves, Margo Price), and drummers Mark Stepro (Ben Kweller, Butch Walker) and Daniel Bailey (Everest, Father John Misty), ‘Desert Dove’ is an achingly beautiful collection, with songs that frequently find themselves balancing optimism and fatalism in the very same breath. There’s an undercurrent of yearning in Michaela’s music (the melancholy “Be Easy,” for instance, chases a peace of mind that never comes, while the breezy “Child Of The Wind” longs for connection and permanence in the face of perpetual itinerancy), as well as a fiercely feminine perspective that’s assured in its power and unapologetic in its candor. The prostitute of the title track challenges the traditional perception of women as a source of comfort and service for men (“You love them all the way they want and they need / But tell me who does your heart wish to please?” she asks) and the spirited “If I Wanted Your Opinion” offers up an all-purpose response to gendered condescension.

Michaela first began garnering national attention with the 2014 release of ‘Ease My Mind,’ an old-school collection hailed by The New York Times for its “plain-spoken songs of romantic regret and small-town longing” and named one of the year’s best country albums by The Village Voice. After a move from Brooklyn to Nashville, Michaela followed it up in 2016 with the similarly lauded ‘Bright Lights and the Fame,’ which featured guest appearances by Rodney Crowell and Punch Brother Noam Pikelny. NPR said Michaela “works through weepers and hits the honky-tonks as every great country singer should,” while Rolling Stone compared her to Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, and Vice Noisey praised her as the antidote to commercial pop country, calling her “our saving grace, our angel, the person who will help usher us into a new age.” Songs from the record landed on high profile Spotify playlists as well as the HBO series ‘Divorce,’ and the album earned Michaela slots at Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Merlefest, and both the US and UK iterations of AmericanaFest, along with a seemingly endless series of dates across the States and Europe with the likes of Mandolin Orange, Courtney Marie Andrews, Joe Pug, Ron Pope, and Sam Outlaw.

https://www.michaelaanne.com/

Penny Riviera - Runaway

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Runaway’ - Penny Riviera

Our LCM featured track today is the brand new single from New Zealand born but London based Penny. It’s taken from Penny’s independently released debut EP, 'Whats going on'. Music & words by Penny Riviera and Dane Hartsell with music production by Simon Ellam. It was filmed on location at The Ned, London by Max Benoist.

The new single is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music and all good online music stores.

Discovered as a teen by the son of the late great American Country Music Producer, Paul Cohen (MCA Nashville); Penny spent formative years in Nashville, London, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto training under the mentorship of a host of classic rock and country stars. Mid-way through her development she suffered from acute anxiety issues which forced her to come home and seek treatment. At the time she says it felt like the whole world had fallen in around her, but now she uses her experiences (and the tools that she learned to help her deal with these ups and downs) to help others; most recently fronting a concert for mental health organisation Retune.org, advocating the importance of talk therapies for those suffering with anxiety and depression. She was also invited to speak and perform at a concert to promote mental wellbeing and available care with Elton Johns original manager and an official Brit Awards charity partner.

Eager to make up for lost time, Penny Riviera has been on a ride of momentum for the past 18 months! She has released two singles in the past 18 months to acclaim by the UK country and performance scene and has been featured on London Live TV, Chris Country Radio and more. She has been performing across London to crowded venues including the Hard Rock Café, Mahiki, The Bedford and The Islington and was recently invited to open for multi-award winning, triple-platinum selling Irish band KEYWEST when they played in London.

Penny recently performed at The Ned in London and is set to perform at Indieweek music festival in Toronto this November.

Photo credit: Dylan Weller

https://rhizamusic.com/artists/penny-riviera.html

Saskia Griffiths-Moore - For You

Song Of The Day: ‘For You’ - Saskia Griffiths-Moore

Recorded in the famous Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studio our LCM featured track today is the beautiful ‘For You’ by London based singer-songwriter Saskia and her backing choir of loyal fans and supporters. The track was released in partnership with London charity Music For Mental Wealth.

The session was filmed by Fieldgate Studios.

Lyrics:

If you have a home to go to, a door that's always open for you

Family and friends who know your name

Living in an ever after, spending all your time together

Knowing things will always be the same

And if you find that you've nowhere to go

All that you need is right here for you

For you, for you, for you, for you

If your past is out to get you, you're struggling to find a way through

Losing strength while fighting your way back

Take a minute to imagine, words are nothing without actions

Step away coz' opposites attract

And if you find that you've nowhere to go

All that you need is right here for you

For you, for you, for you, for you

Don't worry, you'll find it

For you, for you, for you, for you.

http://www.saskiagm.com/

Daniel Rodriguez - Colorado

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Colorado’ - Daniel Rodriguez

Featuring the guest vocals of Carolyn Hunter and a special appearance by Tyrone the Dog, our featured track today is a song of homecoming. Colorado singer-songwriter, Daniel Rod­­riguez, turns to his acoustic guitar for memorable, melodic hooks to accompany his poetic and contemplative folk songs.

Daniel comments “I’ve traveled so many places in this world, from the mundane to the miraculously beautiful, but at all times I have looked forward to returning back home to Colorado. That’s what this song is about, and Jesse Borrell directed and captured this sentiment masterfully on camera for the official video for my song, ‘Colorado.’ We chased the sunlight to get both morning and evening golden hours, and took over a motel on the eastern plains to get these beautiful shots. I released the song recently as a single, though it will be part of a larger collection of songs under the album title ‘Sojourn of a Burning Sun’ coming sometime next year.”

Boulder Weekly refers to Rodriguez’s voice as “a timeless folk voice, deep and hearty, weathered but comforting.” With over a decade under his belt as one of the founding members and lead songwriters of the transcendental folk band, Elephant Revival, Rodriguez is well-versed in the Americana tour circuit. Before going on hiatus, after their third headlining Red Rocks show in May 2018, Elephant Revival had released six albums and performed countless shows and festivals across the nation as well as overseas.

Needing to fill the musical void that might have become following Elephant Revival’s hiatus announcement, Rodriguez immediately headed out on tour as a solo artist. He’s been chosen as main support for bands such as Fruition, Mandolin Orange, Josh Ritter, Birds of Chicago, and John Craigie in addition to being added to numerous festivals like Northwest String Summit, Jam Cruise, and WinterWonderGrass.

Daniel Rodriguez released his debut collection of songs as an EP titled Your Heart The Stars The Milky Way on February 15, 2019.

https://www.drodriguezmusic.com/

Hattie Briggs - Lost and Found

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Lost and Found’ - Hattie Briggs

Perfect for a Sunday our next featured track is the beautiful new single from London based singer-songwriter Hattie Briggs. The artwork and video was hand-painted in Virtual Reality by Kayleigh Eliza Art.. It was co-written and recorded with Angus Parkin, Patch Boshell and Conan Mac with wonderful strings by Jasmine Scott Neale.

Photo credit: Ian Wallman