Black Fen
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Black Fen
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Ruminations from darkest East Anglia.
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#TheTwen2ie5 Day 23
#MusicChallenge

Yasmin Williams - Urban Driftwood ft. Amadou Kouyate (2021)
USA
youtu.be/oKeb4W71yrA

Gorgeous fingerstyle guitar & kora, with a very pandemic era video.
Urban Driftwood ft. Amadou Kouyate (Official Music Video) l Yasmin Williams
YouTube video by Yasmin Williams
youtu.be
Honourable Mentions start in just a few days... 😉
Ouch, that's gotta sting!
This may also be of interest, though more from a sound designer rather than musician point of view.
youtu.be/2Baxj5hffrw
Prismatic Wall - Finally, a NEW type of effect pedal
YouTube video by Harp Lady
youtu.be
The whole EP is fantastic, but the cover versions of Fade Into You & Into My Arms are also highlights.
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 19
#MusicChallenge

Valerie June - Look At Miss Ohio (2022)
USA
youtu.be/GgXmsNknteU

From the Under Cover EP. I love this version even more than the Gillian Welch original.
Look At Miss Ohio
YouTube video by Valerie June
youtu.be
The highest scoring drams at tonight's Cambs whisky club blind challenge were...
1st: Tomatin Cask Strength
2nd: Finest Editions IB Royal Brackla 14yo
3rd: Cadenhead's IB Glenallachie 10yo
4th: Craigellachie 17yo
A more likely scenario is the media circle jerk intensifies as Mail & Telegraph reviews get replaced with a "what other news channels are saying" segment featuring prominent slots for Talk TV & GB News.
#LookAndSee (Day 226)
#MusicChallenge

We're In This Together - Nine Inch Nails
youtu.be/6naYkchULZ4

"Even after everything
You're the queen and I'm the king"
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 17
#MusicChallenge

Fortíð - Uppskera (2023)
Iceland {NK2}
youtu.be/QweVQfyQ-ks

Atmospheric metal from Iceland, complete with black basalt sand & white snow in the promo video. It's all good!
Fortíð - Uppskera [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Prophecy Productions
youtu.be
This is a country that voted for a man who hid in a fridge.
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#TheTwen2ie5 Day 16 

"Shum" Go_A (2021) (Ukraine) (11 pts)
NKC/ISC: ✅️

My husband's Bulgarian coworkers commandeering the DJ booth at a party c. 2003 was my 1st exposure to this type of E. European folk/techno. I was charmed but didn't explore further. Thank you Go_A for putting it back on my radar
Шум
YouTube video by Go_A - Topic
youtu.be
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 16
#MusicChallenge

Peat & Diesel - My Island (2020)
Scotland {NK1}
youtu.be/EoLBnk05ris

I made this list of tracks weeks ago & included this due to great memories of a road trip to the Isle of Lewis with a friend of mine. It's suddenly more poignant because he died last weekend.😥
My Island - Peat & Diesel
YouTube video by Peat & Diesel
youtu.be
#TheTwen2ie5 Day 15
#MusicChallenge
*** 11 Points [2/4] ***

Vee Mampeezy - Your Time (2023)
Botswana
youtu.be/rvaUDTzQVSA

Sometimes I wonder if this is really the best track to introduce people to Vee Mampeezy. And then the bass line kicks in.

🎧 Best enjoyed with headphones.
VEE MAMPEEZY - "YOUR TIME" (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by VEE MAMPEEZY
youtu.be
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The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.
This loose screw travelled approx 4cm across the motherboard, from holding down one end of the SSD drive to shorting out the 12V power rail, at a cost of almost £100 per centimetre!😱
This song was released April 2024.

Sorry for missing that info from my post. My laptop with all my pre-prepared posts for this challenge died a few days ago, so I'm having to recreate them from a back-up list of titles & artists while it's away getting repaired.