#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 🔟 / 🔟 🎵 I’m Not Talking 🎤 AC Newman 💿 Shut Down The Streets (2013) A great green album cover, not least for the retro placing of the track listing on the front 😊 youtu.be/lthdELuP2ho

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 9️⃣ / 🔟 🎵 Chance 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Big Country 💿 The Crossing (1983) … and the good thing is, I have the red and blue covers too, so if & when #RedAlbumTracks or #BlueAlbumTracks comes around, I’m well set! 😃 youtu.be/Wa1emQ1ZyU0

I really like this album @music4myears.bsky.social 😊 Thanks for sharing! Fans of The Antlers will find plenty to enjoy here…

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 8️⃣ / 🔟 🎵 Drift 🎹 Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres 💿 Lucid Distance (2025) Somewhere in between ambient electronica and modern classical, A H-A’s music is beautiful, blissful and otherworldly ☺️ Just released on special edition #vinyl youtu.be/8EF-bBqoA40

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 7️⃣ / 🔟 🎵 Fan Favourite 🎤 Bess Atwell 💿 Light Sleeper (2024) This fan’s favourite album of 2024. Two years later, Bess has a new record in the pipeline, very much eagerly awaited here 😊 youtu.be/-Ypi06bGjUA

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 6️⃣/🔟 🎵 Afire Love 🎤 Ed Sheeran 💿 x, 2014 I chose the track for the lyrics, which reference Alzheimer’s and remind the listener that our grandparents too were once young, carefree and in love ❤️ 🎶 It’s not his fault he doesn’t know your face 🎶 youtu.be/29QfzY0IrC0

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 5️⃣ / 🔟 🎵 Curlew 🎤 Eliza Skelton 💿 The Lookerer (2023) Folk as dark as the skies on the album cover. This midtempo song features the sound of the titular wading birds and one extraordinary long note held by the singer. Spellbinding! 🤩 youtu.be/s4qNtmDROQ8

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 4️⃣ / 🔟 🎵 Hymn 🎤 Ultravox 💿 Quartet (Steven Wilson Stereo Mix) #RSD23 youtu.be/X8jyROLDwuE

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 3️⃣/🔟 🎵 There’s A River 🎤 Nerina Pallot 🟩 I Don’t Know What I’m Doing (2022) One of my fav singer-songwriters of the last 20 yrs, Nerina releases a best-of LP May 29th featuring this track. Two days later she plays London’s Royal Albert Hall 😊 youtu.be/PoCqiwndn0c

Tom Smith (right) held his audience at Birmingham’s Town Hall in the palm of his hand last night. A mixture of songs from his solo record and Editors, the poignant Northern Line was one particular highlight. His is one of my favourite singing voices in the world today. youtu.be/r-MwbQMfnjk

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 2️⃣ / 🔟 🎵 Quiet Life 🇮🇸 Ásgeir 🟩 Julia (2026) I discovered Ásgeir Trausti’s music several years ago, whilst drinking coffee in Reykjavík’s 12 Tónar record shop 🎧 This is a song from his latest LP, mostly midtempo folk-pop ☺️ youtu.be/6n_lPCG-_3g

#NewMusicFriday #MusicSky 💿 Brontës 🗓️ 21.04.26 Self-titled debut. These infectious power pop hooks and glorious harmonies can only take this Glasgow quartet to even greater (or Wuthering!) heights. Fab cover too 😊 🎵 Wouldn’t Be Me, Jigsaw songport.link/t/the-bronts...

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of Yorkshire folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer 😊 Day 1️⃣5️⃣ 🎵 Carry It All 💿 What Love Is (2025) youtu.be/SQqvvGOyueg Thanks for following - and of course to both of our hosts 🙏🏻 My full fifteen favourite @katiespencermusic.bsky.social songs👇🏻

#NewMusicFriday 💿 New Road Movie 🎤 @autoleisureland.bsky.social 🗓️ 15.05 2/3 of The Kane Gang and the electro-soulfulness is there from the get-go. Sit back and let these songs take up residence between your ears ☺️ @lnfg.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎵 Chemical Beach, All The World Over youtu.be/DxbW6wbQx-E?...

#GreenAlbumTracks #MusicChallenge 1️⃣ / 🔟 🎵 Everybody’s Changing 🎤 Keane 🟩 Hopes And Fears (2004) youtu.be/RSNmgE6L8AU

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 1️⃣4️⃣ 🎵 Cold Stone 💿 What Love Is (2025) When I first heard this song I was in awe of the ambient sounds from Katie’s guitar. I then saw her play it live and I was just as enthralled ☺️ youtu.be/_-NI8Qv0uq4

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of Yorkshire folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 1️⃣3️⃣ 🎵 It Was Then That I Knew Love 💿 What Love Is (2025) A very touching song, the highlight of Katie’s most recent album. Her lyrics here are deeply personal. youtu.be/iJElIVsrfas

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge 🎤🎸Singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 1️⃣2️⃣ 🎵 Back To The Brightness Above 💿 What Love Is (2025) Katie shares her guitar tablature & alternate tunings (this instrumental is in CGCGBD 🤓). I’m studying for Grade 1 - I have a long, long way to go! youtu.be/g7bW8GX5MFQ

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of contemporary folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 1️⃣1️⃣ 🎵 Forget Me Not 💿 What Love Is Katie’s latest LP was released in October and it was one of my #5Albums25 😊 This is the first of five choices from that record. youtu.be/iMNMxy9Qne4

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge 🎤 Katie Spencer Day 🔟 🎵 You Say (2023) Katie’s contribution to a collection of covers celebrating the work of fellow northern folk singer-songwriter, the late Michael Chapman, an album curated by Henry Parker 😊 tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/album/imagin...

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 9️⃣ 🎵 Stirling Ash (2023) Side A of a ltd ed 7” (how I’d love a copy!). 7 mins of Katie on guitar accompanied by piano, a love song to the city of Hull and its shipbuilding industry. youtu.be/YgfyXkIqQEA

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of Yorkshire folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Release date order. Day 8️⃣ 🎵 Sweet And Gentle My third and final selection from Katie’s 2022 The Edge Of The Land LP draws the listener in with a late night jazz feel ☺️ youtu.be/gsBLUqY1ED8

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of Yorkshire singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Release date order. Day 7️⃣ 🎵 Go Your Way 💿 The Edge Of The Land (2022) Katie’s tour begins today in Groningen 🇳🇱 We have tickets for a show next month. See her too if you can 😊 youtu.be/i68fWS8HSxM

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 6️⃣ 🎵 The Edge Of The Land Title track of Katie’s second album, released on this day in 2022. The very beautiful, peaceful break of day video was filmed on the Yorkshire coast ☺️ youtu.be/0aVHfB9jtOM

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of Yorkshire folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer 🎸 In release date order… Day 5️⃣ 🎵 Hurt In Your Heart The title track of Katie’s 2021 EP, a gentle and profoundly beautiful reimagining of a trio of songs by John Martyn. youtu.be/R3l0s7xDOQ4

#5DebutAlbums9599 #MusicChallenge 💿 Playing My Game (1999) 🎤 Lene Marlin This collection of folk-pop songs by a Norwegian 🇳🇴 singer-songwriter is in the running for top spot in my list 😊 🎵 Sitting Down Here | Unforgivable Sinner | Where I’m Headed album.link/gb/i/697242588

#5DebutAlbums9599 #MusicChallenge 💿 Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite (1996) Maxwell was at the forefront of the 90s neo-soul evolution, and this record sounds every bit as fresh today. Top one or two in my list 😊 🎵 Ascension (Don’t Ever Wonder) | Whenever Wherever Whatever album.link/gb/i/308873887

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 4️⃣ 🎵 The Best Thing About Leaving 💿 Weather Beaten (2019) An ambitious folk-jazz song, largely instrumental, and a sound like a Spanish guitar 😊 Live at FortyFive Vinyl Café, York 👇🏻 youtu.be/abOzUv3luuM

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of Yorkshire folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. Day 3️⃣ 🎵 Too High Alone 💿 Weather Beaten (2019) Featuring more elegant and restrained woodwind to accompany voice/guitar, my favourite song on Katie’s debut long player 😊 youtu.be/tQ51wiV8vqs

Name your top 15 TV shows ever, gut instincts only. The Affair Better Call Saul Boardwalk Empire Breaking Bad Bron/Broen (The Bridge) Cheers Detectorists Deutschland 83 Forbrydelsen (The Killing) Life On Mars Pachinko Phoenix Nights The Pitt Six Feet Under Succession

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge Celebrating the music of Yorkshire folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer 🎸 Day 2️⃣ 🎵 Weather Beaten Title track of Katie’s first full LP, released in 2019. Other instruments are used sparingly but to wonderful effect, such as the clarinet here ☺️ youtu.be/SBHF_ZdNw7Y

#NewMusicFriday 💿 songs with james (EP) 🎤 Pippa Blundell 🗓️ 24.04.2026 #BandcampFriday recommendation 🔔 A classically trained mezzo-soprano and alt-folk singer-songwriter from Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎵 braemar, waning/waxing pippablundell.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge 🎤 Katie Spencer Day 1️⃣ 🎵 Children (Don’t You Know) From Katie’s 2017 mini-album, Good Morning Sky. Unhurried and gentle, somewhere in between folk and jazz, the warmth and layers of her voice blend beautifully with the music 😊 youtu.be/raCRvvIxa5k

#ArtistFave15 On the eve of her spring / summer European tour, I’ll be celebrating the music of Yorkshire’s folk singer-songwriter, Katie Spencer. My favourite 15 songs, in release date order, ending with a selection from What Love Is, one of my top albums of 2025 😊 @katiespencermusic.bsky.social

On the one hand, it’s the story of how a jazz musician became a global scat-singing 90s pop phenomenon. More significantly though, Scatman John is a rewarding tale of a man who stutters and his journey to self-acceptance, beautifully told by @ginawag.bsky.social ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #BookSky 📚💙 #MusicSky

Pleasingly eclectic 3LP Now Yearbook mop up of 1980-84 and including Flash and the Pan, Scritti, New Order, Jeffrey Osbourne’s Stay With Me Tonight and McCartney and the Frog Chorus. 🐸 Flash sale: £12.99! nowmusic.com/products/now...

#NewMusicFriday 💿 Still Here 🇨🇦 @jodygthatsme.bsky.social A welcome reminder from a Vancouver singer-songwriter whose EP recalls late 80s Fleetwood Mac, The Corrs or The Bangles. Released today, 24.04 and I’m hooked already 😊 🎵 Love Deficiency Syndrome, China Shop, Good Fruit youtu.be/a8S4-edM1wk

#NewMusicFriday Supporting L.Y.R. was Natalie Wildgoose, whose EP Rural Hours was released on 15.04.2026. A gentle, austere and evocative collection of alt-folk songs, the imagery in her videos is in perfect time with the music. 🎵 Wind Callers, In The North youtu.be/bCmvVSKBWCc

#5DebutAlbums7579 #MusicChallenge Released in 1977, the self-titled Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly is joyous and timeless blues & soul. At 40+ minutes and just seven songs, the band plays with time on its side 😊 Top five certainty! 🎵 Happy Feelin’s, Look At California youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I missed Just Tell Me That You Want Me: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac in 2012. Released for the first time on #vinyl for #RSD26 with two new covers. 🎵 Oh Well (Billy Gibbons & Co.) 🎵 Straight Back (Washed Out) 🎵 The Green Manalishi (The Entrance Band) From Slow Century Records 🙏🏻 youtu.be/XU6QfgEXFrQ

L.Y.R. at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire last night. Spoken word & music feat. Patrick Pearson and Richard Walters, whose blissful singing voice is, in the words of Poet Laureate and band member Simon Armitage, “like space dust in a vacuum” ☺️ 🎵 Sirius Alpha, Sirius Beta | Great Coat #MusicSky

#NewMusicFriday 💿 Indigo Park 🗓️ 03.04.2026 I rediscovered Bruce Hornsby’s music with 2020’s Non-Secure Connection, and he’s still pushing boundaries. I enjoy his big 80s hit even more now too, and that’s just The Way It Is 😊 🎵 Indigo Park | Take A Light Strain 30tgrs.ffm.to/indigopark-a...

The Uffculme Centre is a two-minute walk from Kings Heath’s brand new railway station, so if you live in & around Birmingham then hop on the train and head for the venue’s “Book Extravaganza” where you can meet Karen and grab a signed copy of her wonderfully entertaining debut novel! #BookSky 📚💙

#5DebutAlbums7579 #MusicChallenge 💿 Welcome To The Cruise (1979) 🎤 Judie Tzuke Stay With Me Till Dawn was the hit while Bring The Rain and Ladies Night too introduced an enchanting voice and accomplished songwriter. Top 5 certainty 😊 🎶 Is this a game you're playing 🎶 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#NewMusicFriday 💿 I Love You, Brae 🎤 Bjéar 🗓️ 08.04.2026 Singer-songwriter from Adelaide, South Australia 🇦🇺 Fans of Sufjan Stevens and last year’s Constant Follower album will find plenty to enjoy here too, I’m sure 😊 🎵 What About Me Isn't Right? | Foxglove bjear.bandcamp.com/album/i-love...

Top 10 Albums of the Year (a few days after Easter Version 😊) Unranked: 1. Ásgeir 2. Beverly Glenn-Copeland 3. Bjéar 4. Eliza Marshall 5. Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore 6. Lucy Kitchen 7. L.Y.R. 8. Man At Sea 9. OUTER 10. The Cross Sea

#NowPlaying 💿 Weather Beaten 🎤 Katie Spencer If there’s a May edition of #ArtistFave15 then Yorkshire folk singer-songwriter Katie will be my choice. For now, her 2019 LP is a probable for my #5DebutAlbums1519 😊 🎵 Too High Alone, The Best Thing About Leaving www.katiespencer.net/weather-beaten

#NewMusicFriday 💿 Glowing Mountains In The Sky 🇧🇪 OUTER #Ghent is one of my fav cities - the waterways, buildings, the food and now the music 😊 Modern classical, released in Feb, added to my Bandcamp just this week. AOTY so far? 🤔 Thanks again @music4myears.bsky.social ! ffm.to/glowingmount...

#NewMusicFriday 💿 Dark Sky Reservation 🎤 L.Y.R. 🗓️ 03.04.2026 Spoken word & music featuring Poet Laureate Simon Armitage. I look forward to hearing these songs performed live in a week or two 😊 🎵 French Cursive | Guernica Jigsaw | Sirius Alpha, Sirius Beta lyrband.bandcamp.com/album/dark-s...

#5DebutAlbums1519 💿 THE GIRL WHO CRIED FOR THE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Laurie Cameron, 2015 A Frightened Rabbit connection is secured in the singer-songwriter’s gentle synth folk sound and amongst the players. Probable top 5. 🎵 Leave Us, Leave Us | Thomson lauriecameron.bandcamp.com/album/the-gi...