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 Sam Mayfield 27 Oct 2012
I like (no laughing!)

Kate Bush old stuff
David Bowie old stuff
Adele
Amy Madonald
cafe del Mar
celtic stuff

slightly folky
not modern pop

I'm 45

need some new stuff to listen to, not new new just new to me!!!

ta Sam Orange

 mrchewy 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield: King Creosote and Jon Hopkins - Diamond Mine .

My daughter bought me a few CDS I hadn't heard of for my birthday, the above may be worth a listen I reckons. I'm 47, love old Bowie and have lost the plot in Ibiza more than a few times.
 PontiusPirate 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Try any (or indeed all) of Bat For Lashes albums as 'your starter for ten'

JR.
 Blue Straggler 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

I think you need a Laura odyssey on Spotify:

Laura Cantrell
Laura Veirs
Laura Marling
Blue Roses (essentially Laura Groves and whoever is on hand for a recording or a gig)
I'd like to say Laura Nyro but I'm not familiar enough with her works.
 Blue Straggler 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Stephanie Dosen
Neil Diamond's "12 Songs" and "Home After Dark" albums
In reply to Sam Mayfield: In the Celtic/folkish vein, try The Book of Invasions by Horslips. Unfashionably good stuff. In the female artist vein, try Thea Gilmore; very prolific so quality not always consistent but excellent at her best. Start with Avalanche, Recorded Delivery or Murphy's Heart. For some 'wtf?' tunes, look up Caravan Palace. For top class modern acoustic music try Spiro's Kaleidophonica. And for excellent Scottish acoustic music, look up A Whisky Kiss by Shooglenifty.

That'll keep you busy for a while!

T.
Douglas Griffin 27 Oct 2012
 Blue Straggler 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Treat The Unthanks and Show of Hands with extreme caution (or disdain )

I think The Decemberists' album "Picaresque" might be enjoyable to you.
Removed User 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Sam

Try this guy:

http://www.last.fm/music/Gregory+Alan+Isakov

You can sample his music on the site.
 TM_Horton 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:
just getting into Jake Bug atm

worth a listen
johnny1 27 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

bat for lashes
warpaint
 Jackwd 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Bon Iver, Portugal. The Man, Fleet Foxes, First Aid Kit
 JuneBob 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:
Jessie Ware is quite good.
 Tom Last 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Bellowhead?
 rustaldo 28 Oct 2012
check out:
black sheep boy
by okkervil river
 ams558 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield: Try The Lumineers, very chilled.
 toad 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield: Oysterband/ June Tabor Ragged Kingdom is really very good indeed. It's won awards 'n' everything. Probably won't have the Blue Straggler Hipster seal of approval, though.

Ignor BS re Show of Hands - I reckon they'll be right up your street. And of course them and Seth Lakeman ARE from up your street, or Devon at least.

You might also like Chris Wood - try Handmade Life, though Trespasser is also good

If you haven't already, get some Nick Drake

 Tom Hutton 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Rumer, Ben Howard, Fleet Foxes, Michael Kiwanuka.

Anybody but Mumford & Sons...

Tom
 jubolo 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:
Of Monsters & Men. Or if you prefer (the original), Edward Sharp & The Magnetic Zeros
 Toby S 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Seconding some suggestions already made.

Bat for Lashes - All three of her albums are sublime. Saw her live in Inverness a couple of weeks ago, might be just a little bit besotted with her! I reviewed her too http://invernessgigs.co.uk/2012/10/19/bat-for-lashes-takes-control/

Julie Fowlis, can't really go wrong with any of her albums.

Newton Faulkner.

Lord Huron - Lonesome Dreams. youtube.com/watch?v=5_e8RRTT0r8& (Americana type stuff)

First Aid Kit - The Lion's Roar youtube.com/watch?v=gekHV9DIjHc& (They sound like they're from the US but are actually Scandinavian)

Speyside Sessions - project by yon bloke from Grays Anatomy, proceeds go to Save the Children youtube.com/watch?v=D1JiSONS9k8&
 Nathan Adam 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield: Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska is well worth a listen.
OP Sam Mayfield 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Wow guys, thanks for taking the time to give me suggestions! I am sat in a cheap hotel in Bournemouth tonight so will do some you tube searching!
X x
 Blue Straggler 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

I'll add to the votes for First Aid Kit. A lot better than some of this painfully faux-earnest energetic Brit-folk like Bellowhead
 Gazlynn 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Try

Alt - J An Awesome Wave

Not everybody's cup of tea but I loves it

cheers

Gaz
 Dauphin 28 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Alt J, The Walkmen and just about anything from the Greenman Festival line up.

D
 Ross McGibbon 29 Oct 2012
In reply to Dauphin:
Rebekka Karijord - We Become Ourselves. If you like old Kate Bush, you should like this.
http://www.vanguard-online.co.uk/1211ARK.htm
 RyanC 29 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield: Tallest Man on Earth;
youtube.com/watch?v=ltV7dNxuYeY&

RC

 Tom Valentine 29 Oct 2012
In reply to Blue Straggler:

You are an elitist. My impression is that Sam doesn't suffer from the same complaint.
In reply to Sam Mayfield:
Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart.
 Blue Straggler 30 Oct 2012
In reply to Tom Valentine:
> (In reply to Blue Straggler)
>
> You are an elitist. My impression is that Sam doesn't suffer from the same complaint.

I recommended two Neil Diamond albums and have been enjoying listening to The Mavericks in the car for well over a week. How is that elitist?!
pasbury 30 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Joanna Newsom might be right up your street.
 Tom Valentine 30 Oct 2012
In reply to Blue Straggler:

Always happy to admit to being wrong.
FiendishMcButton 31 Oct 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Afro celt sound system should be right up your street.

If you want something different and new but old have a listen to Hong Kong Ping Pong on soundcloud.com

oh and these made me smile recently

youtube.com/watch?v=WTZWBoqHS00&
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj8o0SPl9Jc&feature=related
rockchomper 01 Nov 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:
...hey y'ole dude, rock out to 'band of gold' freda payne, 'xanadu' (the album), 'turn on, tune in, cop out' freak power, most stuff by Santana, or a bit of sweet 'n' soul with your slippers - most stuff by Eva Cassidy....
 sbc_10 01 Nov 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Get some of this....The Jim Jones Review.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfOO9dvqzYU&feature=related

Its fierce, the musical equivalent of the hairdryer treatment.
I wash the dishes to it. Neighbours have moved out.
 Flinticus 01 Nov 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield: #
You got to try some Sufjan Stevens, also Davendra Banhart.

Celtic trad stuff: The Furey Brothers
 JLS 01 Nov 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

Best thing I've heard recently is...

The Magnetic North - Bay of Skaills

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tb2Ebf0gYI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
 Dauphin 01 Nov 2012
In reply to JLS:
Really good arn't they.

D
RHirst 02 Nov 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield: Eels
rockchomper 03 Nov 2012
In reply to sbc_10:
hey cool, i do housework with 'the boss' (bruce springsteen to you )....
Removed User 03 Nov 2012
In reply to Sam Mayfield:

OK Sam, it's now time to tell us what you did listen to and what you liked.
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