JosieJo's Great Big Pair
of Tips
The JosieJo Show 9
Greetings. This is The
JosieJo Show and this is the deal. I play you two tracks from two
different artists. I don't promise you'll like every track I play,
but I like them I really want to share them. I don't spend my time
on the internet servicing my need for kawaii by watching kitten
videos, or even reading newspapers and informative articles to
further my world knowledge. I honestly don't even do stuff that I
requires my browsing history to be deleted. Not that I mind any of
that. I just don't get chance. I'm too busy tracking down music old
and new for stuff that is a little surprising or inspirational and
often just good fun. I do this totally for my own pleasure, but The
JosieJo Show allows me the chance to share it with you and that's
just peachey. Neither of the choices in this show have deep, clever
rhymes or poetic parlances, but they both tell stories with their
sound and stir my soul unexpectedly.
My first choice is Moxie,
MOXIE a young, beautiful five piece from Sligo in Ireland. The
banjos, guitars, percussion and button accordions make for a joyful
Irish sound, but woven into that are strains of blue grass, a little
jazz and modern beats. Playing mostly in Ireland you might expect
cheery folky types with beards, but these guys aren't. They are
serious chaps with music that has life and soul. They clearly love
life and they love music. They are currently in the throes of a
pledging campaign through a fundit page which will hopefully fund
their next album. It has just over another month to run and you can
get involved at whatever level you like. The pledges are all in
Euros and each one gives you special benefits. If you want to
propose and can get to Sligo they even have level a that let's you
pledge 750 Euros to have MOXIE play next to the Glencar waterfall as
you pop the question. Pledge even more and the benefits get even
more personal. Any donations are welcome and you'll be warm and fuzzy
knowing that you've helped get the album made. Check out the fundit
page for details and you can find links for that on their Facebook
page or my page for The JosieJo Show.
Let's give you a taste of
what they're trying to create. I was going to play “What Lies
Behind the Wall” because it has this hypnotic, mesmeric beat that
draws you in whilst intriguing you with it's side story. That was the
track I asked for, but MOXIE sent me two tracks and I really fell for
the second track “Elixir's Waltz”. This is an instrumental track
– no lyrics or rhymes to analyse or gush over, and yet the track
seems to me to tell a story. It's like the narrative of a
relationship. It starts hesitantly like trying to pluck up the
courage for that first date and the arrested development of getting
to know each other. Then it picks up with speed and passion
developing into the feeling of throwing your hands out to the sides,
your head back and spinning round as you look at the sky. Towards
the end there is the rhythm of the familiar, but a side tone of
passion. It reminds you that whilst things can always get routine,
they can still surprise you. Give in to the inevitable tap of the
feet as you listen to MOXIE and “Elixir's Waltz”
It's great that such young
guys are honouring the traditional, but at the same time they're
bringing their own freshness to it. If you liked that then check out
Celtic Music Radio and the show Due North which is where
I found MOXIE and is a show co-hosted by the great Robin Ap Clericus.
Remember you have just over a month to help with their Fundit
campaign.
The second track for this
show is from Message To Bears the moniker of composer and multi-
instrumentalist Jerome Alexander. Message to Bears' work is hushed
vocals, soundscapes, piano, guitars almost used as voices, sampling
and electronica. He has a real freedom to his music. I get the
sense that he uses music to embody the fully formed thoughts of his
mind and sensibility.
This track “Moonlight”
is from his third album “Maps” and the album is a flow of emotion
and landscape. It's sort of soaring mountains, big skies, rolling
hills and the dramatic irony of weather mirroring emotion.
“Moonlight” reminds me of a journey and it's a journey
unresolved. It is like watching the landscape change and evolve as
you sit on a train and watch it pass silently by the only true sounds
the thoughts in your head. The track has the rhythm of movement. It
is intense and soothing like the rocking of carriage or the lull of a
night journey. Free your spirit Message to Bears and his beautifully
chilling track “Moonlight”
That track “Moonlight”
is from the new album “Maps” which is out on CD right now, but
be warned that Message to Bears always has a very limited run on his
physical copies. Hopefully early 2014 will see the release of that
album on limited edition vinyl so if vinyl is your thing you can wait
for that.
You can find links to the
bands on my webpage www.josiejoshow.com
and my Facebook page has lots of extra content. If you would like to
contribute to the show in any way contact me josiejo@josiejoshow.com
I'm particularly after outros for the show. So if you'd like to be a
special part of the show record it into your voice memo app on your
phone, tablet or computer and just pop it over to me as an email.
I'll let you know what show it will appear on and I will be very
happy. This week big thanks to the Mighty Bod for this week's payoff
and big thanks to you for listening.
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