#2025FavSingles
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1️⃣1️⃣
🎵 I don’t know what to save
💿 I still want to share
🎤 Sophie Jamieson
Contemporary folk at once vulnerable and glorious 🥹 The highlight of her Jan release on the Bella Union label.
youtu.be/WWrQRQW5o5c
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣1️⃣
🎵 I don’t know what to save
💿 I still want to share
🎤 Sophie Jamieson
Contemporary folk at once vulnerable and glorious 🥹 The highlight of her Jan release on the Bella Union label.
youtu.be/WWrQRQW5o5c
1️⃣9️⃣
The sophomore LP by Rebecca Shelley aka boci remains a unique (uniXia!) delight 😊 One to watch, I’m convinced that her best music is yet to come.
🎵 moonbathing, CYFYC
scenes from uniXia, self-released today by boci, alt-folk singer-songwriter & violinist from Bristol 🇬🇧 An amazing talent, bold & imaginative. Bat For Lashes is perhaps one comparison.
Great music by independent artists is always out there! 🥳
linktr.ee/bocimusic?ut...
1️⃣9️⃣
The sophomore LP by Rebecca Shelley aka boci remains a unique (uniXia!) delight 😊 One to watch, I’m convinced that her best music is yet to come.
🎵 moonbathing, CYFYC
#MusicChallenge
Day 🎄🎄
🎵 Losing My Sledge 🛷 (Michael Jackson vs Andrews Sisters & Bing Crosby vs LCD Soundsystem vs Lipps Inc - 2012) by TBC Poundsystem
💿 Xmash - Christmas Mashups and Covers
Brilliant kitchen sink mash-up 💃🎅🏻🕺🏻
fingertrouble.bandcamp.com/track/losing...
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Day 🎄🎄
🎵 Losing My Sledge 🛷 (Michael Jackson vs Andrews Sisters & Bing Crosby vs LCD Soundsystem vs Lipps Inc - 2012) by TBC Poundsystem
💿 Xmash - Christmas Mashups and Covers
Brilliant kitchen sink mash-up 💃🎅🏻🕺🏻
fingertrouble.bandcamp.com/track/losing...
2️⃣0️⃣
Rose Cousins is a singer-songwriter based in Halifax, NS 🍁
For fans of Nerina Pallot at her most reflective. Rose tours the UK in January.
🎵 I Believe In Love (And It's Very Hard)
💿 Conditions of Love, Vol. 1
Rose Cousins’ previous album, Bravado, kept me company during lockdown, and it featured in my #5albums20
Her new record, mostly intimate and often soulful piano ballads, was worth the five-year wait 😊
rosecousins.ffm.to/conditionsof...
2️⃣0️⃣
Rose Cousins is a singer-songwriter based in Halifax, NS 🍁
For fans of Nerina Pallot at her most reflective. Rose tours the UK in January.
🎵 I Believe In Love (And It's Very Hard)
Also #ArtistFaveXmas 🎄 day 1️⃣
#MusicChallenge
🎵 Christmas Day
Will Graefe can produce extraordinary ambient sounds with a guitar.
Taken from his Compositions For A Guitar Vol. 1 album, the track does though sound more like Boxing Day 3am ☺️
youtu.be/VZHZhlIchR4
Also #ArtistFaveXmas 🎄 day 1️⃣
#MusicChallenge
🎵 Christmas Day
Will Graefe can produce extraordinary ambient sounds with a guitar.
Taken from his Compositions For A Guitar Vol. 1 album, the track does though sound more like Boxing Day 3am ☺️
youtu.be/VZHZhlIchR4
#MusicSky
2️⃣1️⃣
💿 The World Under Unsun
🇵🇱 Lunatic Soul
🗓️ Oct
🎵 The Prophecy
🎵 Mind Obscured, Heart Eclipsed
Mammoth prog album, hugely rewarding. Shout out to @mellotronmary.bsky.social without whom this LP would’ve passed me by 🙏🏻
lunaticsoulmusic.lnk.to/theworldunde...
#MusicSky
2️⃣1️⃣
💿 The World Under Unsun
🇵🇱 Lunatic Soul
🗓️ Oct
🎵 The Prophecy
🎵 Mind Obscured, Heart Eclipsed
Mammoth prog album, hugely rewarding. Shout out to @mellotronmary.bsky.social without whom this LP would’ve passed me by 🙏🏻
lunaticsoulmusic.lnk.to/theworldunde...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣3️⃣
🎵 The Queen Of Mercy
🇮🇪 Soda Blonde
🗓️ May
People Pleaser EP - the first of two releases this year.
The second, the band’s 2023 Dream Big LP reimagined, Live With The National Symphony Orchestra, is in the post 😊
youtu.be/u-MPfNE23k8
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣3️⃣
🎵 The Queen Of Mercy
🇮🇪 Soda Blonde
🗓️ May
People Pleaser EP - the first of two releases this year.
The second, the band’s 2023 Dream Big LP reimagined, Live With The National Symphony Orchestra, is in the post 😊
youtu.be/u-MPfNE23k8
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣4️⃣
🎵 See Things Through
🎤 Toria Wooff
From her self-titled debut album, released in March. Country-tinged gothic folk, from Chester, NW England 😊
youtu.be/GB7TBvNP8_s
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣4️⃣
🎵 See Things Through
🎤 Toria Wooff
From her self-titled debut album, released in March. Country-tinged gothic folk, from Chester, NW England 😊
youtu.be/GB7TBvNP8_s
At 2️⃣2️⃣ in my list, In Limerence, Jacob Alon’s May debut 🏴
🎤 Jacob Alon
💿 In Limerence
Line of sight from Nick Drake thro Jeff Buckley to contemporaries such as the edginess of David Keenan, the sensitivity of Perfume Genius and Radiohead at their quietest ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎵 Don’t Fall Asleep, Fairy In A Bottle
jacobalon.lnk.to/InLimerence
At 2️⃣2️⃣ in my list, In Limerence, Jacob Alon’s May debut 🏴
2️⃣3️⃣
The latest Cynefin (pronounced kuh-neh-vin) album was released in January. As we approach the end of the year, I remain equally delighted by the music and the physical product 😊
@cynefinmusic.bsky.social 🏴
#MusicChallenge
Day 3️⃣
🎵 Mae'r Nen Yn Ei Glesni
✍🏻 🏴
💿 Shimli
I have @lotty.bsky.social to thank for introducing me to this #NewMusic2025 by Welsh folk artist, Cynefin. The beautifully presented CD contains a booklet with an absorbing commentary in two languages.
cynefin.lnk.to/Shimli
2️⃣3️⃣
The latest Cynefin (pronounced kuh-neh-vin) album was released in January. As we approach the end of the year, I remain equally delighted by the music and the physical product 😊
@cynefinmusic.bsky.social 🏴
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣5️⃣
🎵 My Agincourt
🗓️ May
From Louise Connell’s Clients of Suddenness album, folk/pop on Last Night From Glasgow 🏴
On this track, the singer’s voice recalls the late Scott Hutchison.
youtu.be/W16X6E_OG34
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣5️⃣
🎵 My Agincourt
🗓️ May
From Louise Connell’s Clients of Suddenness album, folk/pop on Last Night From Glasgow 🏴
On this track, the singer’s voice recalls the late Scott Hutchison.
youtu.be/W16X6E_OG34
2️⃣4️⃣
🇸🇮 Širom
💿 In The Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
An alt-folk Swans, the percussion is relentless and intense 🥁
🎵 The Hangman's Shadow Fifteen Years On
🎵 For You, This Eve, The Wolves Will Be Enchantingly Forsaken
idol-io.ffm.to/inthewindofn...
2️⃣4️⃣
🇸🇮 Širom
💿 In The Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
An alt-folk Swans, the percussion is relentless and intense 🥁
🎵 The Hangman's Shadow Fifteen Years On
🎵 For You, This Eve, The Wolves Will Be Enchantingly Forsaken
idol-io.ffm.to/inthewindofn...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣6️⃣
🎵 LOUD!
🗓️ February
💿 Living Arrows
A song by the one and only Chesney Hawkes 😊
Adult contemporary pop FFO One Republic or Savage Garden. From the first time I heard it on the radio, I was hooked!
youtu.be/PXHpolBWZkM?...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣6️⃣
🎵 LOUD!
🗓️ February
💿 Living Arrows
A song by the one and only Chesney Hawkes 😊
Adult contemporary pop FFO One Republic or Savage Garden. From the first time I heard it on the radio, I was hooked!
youtu.be/PXHpolBWZkM?...
My longer list is predominantly singer-songwriters. Dorothy Bird starts things off at 2️⃣5️⃣ 🇩🇪🇬🇧
💿 Whispering Paper
🎤 Dorothy Bird
Singer-songwriter Berlin-born, Liverpool-based & never far from my turntable right now.
Fans of The Weather Station & Cassandra Jenkins may find much to enjoy here 😊
🎵 Around The Corner, It Only Takes One
dorothybird.bandcamp.com/album/whispe...
My longer list is predominantly singer-songwriters. Dorothy Bird starts things off at 2️⃣5️⃣ 🇩🇪🇬🇧
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣7️⃣
🎵 Sewing
🎤 The Weather Station
💿 Humanhood
🗓️ January
Delicate final song on Tamara Lindeman’s most recent album, so quiet you could hear a pin drop ☺️
youtu.be/lYPdvzVh1pk?...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣7️⃣
🎵 Sewing
🎤 The Weather Station
💿 Humanhood
🗓️ January
Delicate final song on Tamara Lindeman’s most recent album, so quiet you could hear a pin drop ☺️
youtu.be/lYPdvzVh1pk?...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣8️⃣
🎵 Shadow Quarter
🎹 @talktopeters.bsky.social
🗓️ May
⏱️ 2:13
A short track from Mark Peters’ mellow instrumental electronica EP of the same name. Spellbinding 😵💫
mark-peters.bandcamp.com/track/shadow...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣8️⃣
🎵 Shadow Quarter
🎹 @talktopeters.bsky.social
🗓️ May
⏱️ 2:13
A short track from Mark Peters’ mellow instrumental electronica EP of the same name. Spellbinding 😵💫
mark-peters.bandcamp.com/track/shadow...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣9️⃣
🎵 Liminalù
🎤 Livija Gemma
💿 Dangus jau rausta
Alt/ambient pop from Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹 Ace percussion, especially in the second half of the song. Bat For Lashes fans I’m sure will enjoy the album 😊
youtu.be/Di89QNUk_c0
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
1️⃣9️⃣
🎵 Liminalù
🎤 Livija Gemma
💿 Dangus jau rausta
Alt/ambient pop from Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹 Ace percussion, especially in the second half of the song. Bat For Lashes fans I’m sure will enjoy the album 😊
youtu.be/Di89QNUk_c0
#MusicChallenge
Hi @richards7370.bsky.social
🥇 Hang On In There Baby, Johnny Bristol (1974)
2. Pieces Of A Man, Gil Scott-Heron (1971)
3. Whole Oats, Daryl Hall & John Oates (1972)
4. Everything Is Everything, Donny Hathaway (1970)
5. Singer Songwriter, Clifford T. Ward (1972)
🙏🏻
#MusicChallenge
💿 Hang On In There Baby
Johnny Bristol was a remarkably talented singer/songwriter. His 1974 debut features the original Love Me For A Reason (a hit for the Osmonds), Memories Don’t Leave Like People Do and of course the ace title track… 💃🕺🏻
youtu.be/ZVdzN1axrW8
#MusicChallenge
Hi @richards7370.bsky.social
🥇 Hang On In There Baby, Johnny Bristol (1974)
2. Pieces Of A Man, Gil Scott-Heron (1971)
3. Whole Oats, Daryl Hall & John Oates (1972)
4. Everything Is Everything, Donny Hathaway (1970)
5. Singer Songwriter, Clifford T. Ward (1972)
🙏🏻
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣0️⃣
🎵 memory 2: grow something
🎤 Nico Paulo
💿 Interval_o
From a folkie five-track March release, often dreamy and ethereal ☺️
Nico Paulo appeared in my year end list a couple of years ago too ⬇️
youtu.be/plDBKfGDH4g
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣0️⃣
🎵 memory 2: grow something
🎤 Nico Paulo
💿 Interval_o
From a folkie five-track March release, often dreamy and ethereal ☺️
Nico Paulo appeared in my year end list a couple of years ago too ⬇️
youtu.be/plDBKfGDH4g
Katie Spencer (Kings Heath, Oct - pictured)
Nadia Reid (Coventry, Sep)
Conor O’Rourke / JJ Lovegrove (Birmingham, Aug)
Nerina Pallot (Oxford, Oct)
Duke Special (Kings Heath, Apr)
You can’t beat small venues for live music - and you can bet they really value our support 😊
Katie Spencer (Kings Heath, Oct - pictured)
Nadia Reid (Coventry, Sep)
Conor O’Rourke / JJ Lovegrove (Birmingham, Aug)
Nerina Pallot (Oxford, Oct)
Duke Special (Kings Heath, Apr)
You can’t beat small venues for live music - and you can bet they really value our support 😊
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣1️⃣
🎵 Cathexis
🎤 Circuit des Yeux
🗓️ March
Electronica from Haley Fohr’s dark, gothic and often heavy Halo On The Inside album. An extraordinary voice, though masked and distorted on this grand, sweeping highlight.
youtu.be/tCFCrC9lNa8
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣1️⃣
🎵 Cathexis
🎤 Circuit des Yeux
🗓️ March
Electronica from Haley Fohr’s dark, gothic and often heavy Halo On The Inside album. An extraordinary voice, though masked and distorted on this grand, sweeping highlight.
youtu.be/tCFCrC9lNa8
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣2️⃣
🎵 The Children Of War
🗓️ Sep
Discovered only just on John’s latest Compendium radio show, but I wanted to find room. Fiddle, flute & piano combine beautifully on an evocative instrumental ☺️
lauratargett.bandcamp.com/track/the-ch...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣2️⃣
🎵 The Children Of War
🗓️ Sep
Discovered only just on John’s latest Compendium radio show, but I wanted to find room. Fiddle, flute & piano combine beautifully on an evocative instrumental ☺️
lauratargett.bandcamp.com/track/the-ch...
#MusicChallenge
💿 Singer Songwriter (1972)
Clifford T. Ward was from just over the border from me in Worcestershire. He would reach his creative peak on his next 3 albums, but there is plenty to enjoy here too. Top 5 👍🏻
🎵 Sam, Leader, Carrie
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#MusicChallenge
💿 Singer Songwriter (1972)
Clifford T. Ward was from just over the border from me in Worcestershire. He would reach his creative peak on his next 3 albums, but there is plenty to enjoy here too. Top 5 👍🏻
🎵 Sam, Leader, Carrie
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣3️⃣
🎵 Me & Angel
🎤 Perfume Genius
💿 Glory
🗓️ Mar
An elegant and thoughtful piano-led track from Mike Hadreas’ latest album. The video was released last month.
youtu.be/IEmQNS2QgTg
#2025FavSingles
#MusicChallenge
2️⃣3️⃣
🎵 Me & Angel
🎤 Perfume Genius
💿 Glory
🗓️ Mar
An elegant and thoughtful piano-led track from Mike Hadreas’ latest album. The video was released last month.
youtu.be/IEmQNS2QgTg
#MusicChallenge
💿 Hang On In There Baby
Johnny Bristol was a remarkably talented singer/songwriter. His 1974 debut features the original Love Me For A Reason (a hit for the Osmonds), Memories Don’t Leave Like People Do and of course the ace title track… 💃🕺🏻
youtu.be/ZVdzN1axrW8
#MusicChallenge
💿 Hang On In There Baby
Johnny Bristol was a remarkably talented singer/songwriter. His 1974 debut features the original Love Me For A Reason (a hit for the Osmonds), Memories Don’t Leave Like People Do and of course the ace title track… 💃🕺🏻
youtu.be/ZVdzN1axrW8