Song of the Day: Frightened Rabbit - Default Blues

Glasgow based indie band with a folk heart Frightened Rabbit are growing in profile month by month. Having outgrown the small homely venues and moved up several rungs which took in the likes of the John Peel Stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival they are now set to ascend still further through 2013 with an extensive tour throughout the US and Canada. Our Song of the Day is Default Blues which is taken from The Woodpile EP due out 1st September 2013.

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Martin Simpson – Some Kind of Jubilee

Martin Simpson’s “Some Kind of Jubilee” is a seventeen-song double album, made in the US and the UK to mark half a century since his debut. Veterans and newcomers play alongside him. The music is rich without ever being overplayed, and the vocals are warm and engaging. The album is a real achievement and a career highlight after fifty years. Take a bow.

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Song of the Day: Frightened Rabbit – Default Blues

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