Category: Song of the Day

A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.

#641 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water

We woke up to a strange world in the UK this morning. Brexit is happening. The markets are crashing. David Cameron is quitting…just not yet. Half the country is happy. Half the country is heartbroken. And no one really knows…

#640 Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal, The Very Best, Beatenberg – Wona

Mumford & Sons sprawling Johannesburg project, a collaboration with Baaba Maal, Beatenburg and the Very Best, has produced some rather final results and helped the band rediscover their creative drive. This latest video from the album was filmed in eight…

#639 Drive-By Truckers – Surrender Under Protest

These are strange times indeed, and that means the Drive-By Truckers have something to say about them. The band have today announced a new album, American Band, and revealed this first cut – highlighting the clear political bent to the…

#638 Jon Boden – All Hang Down

Jon Boden made his name as a founding member of Bellowhead but he also had a highly successful solo career. This September sees the 10th anniversary of his debut solo album Painted Lady, with Navigator Records set to reissue it…

#637 Erin McKeown – The Queer Gospel

At no more than a week’s notice Erin McKeown will release a new EP, According To Us, on Friday. Lead single ‘The Queer Gospel’ is a response to the ongoing trend of ‘religious freedom’ legislation being passed by some US…

#636 Wooden Arms – Burial

Wooden Arms released their new single ‘Burial’ on Friday. Inspired bu Edgar Allen Poe, the track flips between sombre lullabies and trip-hop basslines on its way to a climax of noise. It’s quite a thing. As is this rather dark…

#635 Edges – Walk Away

Berlin is the unlikely source for this slice of Americana, a dreamy song awash with pedal-steel. Sami Simon, aka Edges, ignores the musical stereotypes of his home city to produce music which feels more at home in a rural setting,…

#634 M. Ward – Slow Driving Man

‘Slow Driving Man’ is taken from M. Ward’s eighth solo album More Rain, released earlier this year. Ward said of this new video, “Here’s a miniature movie directed by Carlos Forster for ‘Slow Driving Man’. It’s about a driver in…

#633 John Paul White – The Martyr

After the Civil Wars’ name proved all too apt and the duo went their separate ways in 2014, we’ve heard Joy Williams change direction with her solo album, released last year. Now it’s John Paul White’s turn but this first…

#632 Haley Bonar – Kismet Kill

‘Kismet Kill’ is taken from Haley Bonar’s upcoming album Impossible Dream, due in August. Raw, fuzzy guitars undercut Bonar’s vocals as she sings of love and disappointment, a stirring combination that inspired a striking video from director Nicole Brending. “What…