Bjorklund's "Summer Romance" video exclusive available
Thursday, April 28, 2011 – Danish singer/pedal steel guitarist Maggie Bjorklund's debut solo album "Coming Home" resulted in five videos being released by Bloodshot Records for the disc.
Country Standard Time is hosting the exclusive premiere of Bjorklund's Summer Romance.
Maggie Bjorklund with Rachel Flotard - Summer Romance.
In 2009, Bjorklund recorded her solo debut, Coming Home (Bloodshot), with the likes of Mark Lanegan, Calexico's Joey Burns and John Convertino, Jon Auer (Posies), Rachel Flotard (Visqueen) and Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees).
To view the videos and have a chance to win Bjorklund's CD, go to Bloodshot as part of Bloodshot's "Maggie Bjorklund Video-Roll Contest Week." Any reader who "likes," comments on or re-posts the video is eligible to win a copy of the CD.
Already featured were the songs Anchor Song, Vildsport and Insekt.
On Friday is Coming Home, hosted by Blurt Magazine. My Old Kentucky Blog is hosting Intertwined today.
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Coming Home
When a session player steps out front for their solo debut, you expect to discover who they really are as an artist. With steel guitarist Maggie Bjorklund, that sense of "this is who I am, and here's how I write, play and sing" never quite comes through. As a collection, the album is fine, but no song among the 11 quite defines her artistic individuality. Perhaps it's the dreamy, ethereal nature of the songs. Since the album never really kicks into a higher gear, one song blends into the next. »»» |
Editorial: Walking the talk –
When names like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Waylon and the Hag are invoked, you're talking hard core country. These are the touchstones of country , the guys who made country music what it was and still is (or maybe can be). When these folks would sing about being down-and-out and the rough-and-tumble, they knew of what they were singing about. Fast forward a few years to the country singers of today. »»»
Concert Review: Music City goes (Boston) Pop(s) –
On the face of it, the idea of top shelf country songwriters coming up from Nashville to play with the Boston Pops may seem incongruous. The idea of the venerable Boston institution and fixture on the July 4 scene, playing patriotic songs doesn't have all that much to do with country.
The idea isn't without precedent, of course.... »»»
Concert Review: O'Donovan goes home –
Aiofe O'Donovan had plenty of reason to be filled with good cheer. This was a hometown gig, after all, and only three days before the release of her first full-length solo debut, "Fossils."
Joking that the audience was filled with people she knew from high school and her parents' friends, O'Donovan made it clear that Boston... »»»
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