Tom O'Connor - Night Owl - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Singer-songwriter, painter, and essayist Tom Russell describes the songs and sound as InchJack Kerouac meets Johnny Cash... in Bakersfield.Inch There are ten new original Tom Russell songs, including the title song from the Irish film Small Engine Repair, featuring Bill Kirchen on lead electric guitar and Eliza Gilkyson singing backup. The GRAMMY-Award winning Texmaniacs appear on Isadore Gonzalez, a track about a Mexican cowboy who died in England during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. A wonderful ride from stories through time and space from an American treasure. Album Tracks 1. October in the Railroad Earth 2. Small Engine Repair 3. T-Bone Steak and Spanish Wine 4. Isadore Gonzalez 5. Red Oak Texas 6. Back Streets of Love 7. Hand-Raised Wolverines 8. Highway 46 9. When the Road Gets Rough 10. Pass Me the Gun, Billy 11. Wreck of the Old 97

Night Owl is exactly what it sounds like the wee-hour workings of an artist engrossed in a project, pushing against omnipresent forces of fear and judgment to do exactly what she's always wanted to do and be exactly what she's known she is. It's candy-coated and also bittersweet, fully aware and also full-hearted. The album mines the shared spaces between bubblegum, beach pop undercurrents and fuzzed out garage a la B-52s and Dick Dale, lyrically diving headfirst into the frustrations of perfectionism, mental barriers, obsession and modern heartache. Album Tracks 1. Garage Bat 2. Night Owl 3. Shut Your Mouth 4. Brushfire 5. In Two 6. If You Don't Love Me By Now 7. Rhinestone 8. The Hunt 9. Jaan Pehechaan Ho 10. Can You Help Me? 11. Siren Call 12. I Used to Be Lonely 13. Perfume 14. Tsunami Sue

Aboriginal Australian blues, country, and gospel by the great Kankawa Nagarra, Queen of the Bandaral Ngadu Delta. These intimate recordings introduce the world outside Australia to Kankawa Nagarra, a beloved Walmatjarri Elder, teacher, human rights advocate, and environmental activist. Born in the traditional lands of the Gooniyandi and Walmatjarri peoples of North Western Australia, Kankawa grew up with the tribal songs at cultural ceremonies. When she was taken from her family to the mission, she was taught hymns and Gospel songs with the choir. On the pastoral lease where she was sent to work, Country music was everywhere. She first heard rock and roll on the station gramophone. But it wasn't until many years later her musical journey truly began, when she stopped to listen to a busker outside a shop in Derby, Western Australia. It was the first time she'd heard the blues, and it awakened something in her. Through it, she found a medium to express all her thoughts and feelings, and it inspired her to turn these into songs. The empathy of her message extends from those she sees struggling around her to the entire planet being ravaged for profit. These twelve tracks, recorded live near her home of Wangkatjungka, WA, offer a cross-section of Kankawa's entire musical experience - shifting gracefully between musical styles, languages, and moods, backed by the buzz of night bugs and call of daytime birds. In turns humorous, warm, and real about the hardships of life and the pillage of the land she holds dear, the record is the closest thing you can get to spending time with the great Kankawa herself. We are extremely grateful to this record alongside Flippin Yeah Records and in collaboration with Kankawa Nagarra. High-quality vinyl comes with a four-page booklet featuring translations, stories, and track notes by the artist. Album Tracks 1. Kurungal Kurungal 2.