Monday Morning Brew #159 + Weekly Digest
Monday Morning Brew #159 + Weekly Digest
A new Monday Morning Brew Playlist to kick start your week. Plus: David Hockney, Sam Carter, Off the Shelf with Richard Olson, Pharis & Jason Romero, Elanor Moss and more.
The Monday Morning Brew Playlist
This week’s Monday Morning Brew is free to all. Below you will find the listen links, just select the one for your current streaming service. There are some great tunes from Elanor Moss, Natalie Wildgoose, Magic Tuber Stringband, Shannon Lay, Alela Diane, Camille Camille, Anna McLuckie, Charlie Franklin, Fruit Bats, Diket, Black Duck & Elena Setién, Eva May, Creekbed Carter Hogan, Johnny Bell, Alex Dupree and lots more.
Listen via: Apple Music | Tidal | Qobuz | Spotify | YouTube
In memory of David Hockney (1937-2026).
In 2020, during lockdown, I shared an inspiring video featuring David Hockney. In that article I shared some of his words:
“The world is very, very beautiful if you look at it. But most people don’t look very much. They scan the ground in front of them so they can walk, but they don’t really look at things incredibly well, with intensity. I do, and I’ve always known that.”
Following David’s recent passing, Louisiana Channel have shared a longer version of that interview:
David Hockney: Another View of the World
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Sam Carter – Sam Carter Sings Nic Jones: Live at Celtic Connections
by Glenn Kimpton
Sam Carter Sings Nic Jones: Live at Celtic Connections
Sam Carter has had a strong connection with the great Nic Jones for many years now, first popping up on YouTube with a splendid rendition of the masterful Canadee-i-o back in 2009. Since then, he has played as Nic’s double for a BBC documentary and performed with the man himself at Sidmouth Folk Festival in 2010.
Nic Jones’ seminal Penguin Eggs was released back in 1980, and only two years later, Nic was involved in a near-fatal car accident that left him with life-altering injuries. This horrific collision abruptly stopped Nic’s career, and it was only in 2010 that he made it back on stage, singing alongside his son Joe, himself a musician who often uses his father’s repaired Fylde guitar, which suffered only a broken neck in the accident. So significant were these events that the BBC made a documentary titled The Enigma of Nic Jones: Return of Britain’s Lost Folk Hero (which premiered in 2013), in which Sam also appears as Nic’s guitar double.
So, who better than Sam to faithfully perform the works of one of our finest ever folk musicians? This album is taken from a live performance at Celtic Connections in January, but fear not if you missed that special show, as Sam will be on tour playing Nic’s songs around the country throughout this year, which will be an experience second only to Nic himself.
Off the Shelf with Richard Olson (The Hanging Stars)
The Hanging Stars frontman Richard Olson pulls out all the stops for his Off the Shelf, gathering ten cherished objects — a Swedish utopian poster, his father’s signed Alan Lomax book, a Toronto-bought Martin 12-string, The Byrds on 7″. Revealing, moving and humorous, it ranks among the series’ very best, laying bare an intense passion for music.
Pharis & Jason Romero – These Are The Days That Turn In To Years
by Danny Neill
On their seventh studio album, These Are The Days That Turn Into Years, Pharis & Jason Romero, following 2022’s Tell ‘Em You Were Gold, channel four years of living, touring, parenting, and banjo-building into their most open-hearted set yet. This time around, the music launches with a thick bass spine that is impossible not to tap your foot to.
Shabason & Krgovich – Four Days in June
by Thomas Blake
Nicholas Krgovich and Joseph Shabason’s shared musical journey began in 2020 when they released Philadelphia, one of that year’s best and most highly acclaimed albums. Krgovich sings and writes the lyrics, while Shabason plays synth, piano, sax and flute.
MMM – Lunistice Alignments
by Glenn Kimpton
Lunistice Alignments is a fascinating, deep listening experience. MMM is a new trio consisting of Scottish sound artist Gayle Brogan, Shropshire-based guitarist Elizabeth Still, and guitar wizard and producer Nick Jonah Davis. This record covers a lot of sonic ground, each of the six tracks occupying a very different space and mood.