It has taken me a while to get around to listening to Regina Spektor’s indie best-of release here in the UK on Transgressive. Most if not all of the songs are already available on other albums, but having all my favourites on one CD caught my attention.
Us is the final track of the album and gives Regina a break from her usual staccato style of piano and vocals, replacing them with flowing piano and even a string accompaniment, making this one of the more beautiful songs I have heard since Anthony and the Johnstones last year. Regina always puts out a good record, but this one offers something new.
Regina Spektor / MySpace
[Buy]Regina Spektor – Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories
Talking of minimalist music with a singer/songwriter on utilising just one instrument I have recently got into William Elliot Whitmore, where there is just him and his banjo playing folky songs, many in the style of old southern songs with others a little more upbeat like The Praire Yields. There is nothing better at the moment than sitting back in the sunshine listening to this and maybe taking a small turn in my new hottub ;)
William Elliot Whitmore / MySpace
[Buy]William Elliot Whitmore – Ashes to Dust
William Elliot Whitmore – Praire Yields
Enjoy
Tim
