NEW RELEASE: Blooming Roses by Doug Hoekstra (f0029) - Release date - 6 October 2008
Listen to some sample tracks from Doug Hoekstra’s new album Blooming Roses:
“A lot of people write songs, Hoekstra writes five-minute worlds”
- Wired Magazine
“Music runs like a liquid vein through these 80-proof experiences. Hoekstra pours it out with a Dylan-esque fervor, giving us a sputtering catalog of beauties and terrors…”
- Paste Magazine
“A peerless set of gems…psychedelic folk-flecked Americana.”
- Brighton Magazine
“Doug Hoekstra has continued to deepen the emotional presence of his evocative songs”
- Harp Magazine
“Hoekstra is fiercely quiet; you don’t have to shout when you’re actually saying something. And his beautiful music thrives at any volume.”
- Frank Goodman
“‘Acquired Taste’ is the perfect description and summation of Hoekstra: a trembling dreamlike score, a toy piano completing the atmosphere, half-whispered sing-speak vocals, and a chorus that seems off hand and makes perfect sense. It won’t appeal to everyone, but if you do acquire the taste then it will open up whole new vistas for you.”
- Americana UK
SAMUEL KIRK back from the USA
Folkwit rising star Samuel Kirk has just returned from 2 months touring the States, playing a bunch of gigs and generally having a good time. Here he’s pictured in the middle of a jam session with Blue Grass players in Nashville, TN.
Sam also hooked up with Audrey Ryan and the pair played several dates together representing Folkwit over the pond. One appearance prompting a nice little write-up in the Boston Pheonix:
“Samuel Kirk is in from Nottingham this week, patiently awaiting his chance to bust out his little banjo uke and blow local minds. At times as maudlin as the Midlands but alive with a sort of miniature exuberance, Kirk is worth seeing soon.”
-Michael Brodeur, The Boston Pheonix, September 2, 2008
FREE STUFF: Hillbilly Man by Keith Mouland
Listen to and download this free version of Hillybilly Man a song featured on the album Freezer Full of Love:
Right click & ’save as..’ to download:
Hillbilly Man (MP3)
SOY UN VINYL: Available now!
Grab a copy of this excellent album on vinyl from our friends at Matamore.
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