Bright Sunny South, Sam Amidon’s debut for Nonesuch Records, begins with a fateful wave. The first narrator, a civil war soldier, trudges through the fields and the reeds, as his parents and sister watch on,…
Track of the Day
Track of the Day 22nd May 2013 (Best of the Great Escape Festival): London Grammar – Wasting My Young Years
Track of the Day 21st May 2013 (Best of the Great Escape Festival): Nick Mulvey – Juramidam
Track of the Day 20th May 2013 (Best of the Great Escape Festival): Moddi & Farao – Run To The Water
Track of the Day May 19th 2013: The Mispers – Lightship95
Track of the Day May 18th 2013: Emily Wells – Passenger
Track of the Day 17th May 2013: Noah and the Whale – 5 Years Time
Track of the Day 16th May 2013: Kodaline – All I Want
Track of The Day 15th May 2013: Kacey Musgraves – Blowin’ Smoke
Track of the Day 14th May 2013: Cocos Lovers – Bow and Arrow
Track of the Day 13th May 2013: Gavin James – Hole in My Heart
Track of the Day 12th May 2013: Field Report – Evergreen
Track of the Day 11th May 2013: Larry And His Flask – Closed Doors
Track of the Day 10th May 2013: Seasick Steve – Down On The Farm
Track of the Day 9th May 2013: Wilsen – Dusk
Track of the Day 8th May 2013: Keston Cobblers’ Club – Beam
Track of The Day 7th May 2013: Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeroes- Home
Track of the Day 6th May 2013: Christopher Paul Stelling – Flawless Executioner
Track of the Day 5th May 2013: KHUSHI – Magpie
Track of the Day 4th May 2013: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell – Love Has Come For You
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