I’d like to recommend an album: ‘Alas I Cannot Swim’, by Laura Marling, a 19-year old songwriter from Reading. This is her debut and it’s a record to cherish. Beautiful, original tunes with folksy harmonies and rhythms. I first got into her stuff after watching the video ‘Ghosts’, (see below) on youtube. When the CD [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Laura Marling
Posted in Listening on February 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
Posted in Watching on February 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Diving Bell & The Butterfly opens with a series of blurred images in white and grey. On the soundtrack, Charles Trenet is singing the irresistibly jaunty ‘La Mer’ with gusto. It’s a dark jest, for we are not used to seeing the shapes on the screen accompanied by music of any kind. They are [...]
