I have been listening to Alexi Murdoch as we transition from spring to summer. Add him to the list of artists I’d like to photograph one day: Joe Purdy, Ray Lamontagne, Chan Marshall, Brandi Carlile, the list goes on…
I was first introduced to The Swell Season in the fall of 2006 after watching Once at the Strand Theater in Rockland, Maine. In many ways Once embodied the foundations of life: love, relationships, family, finding yourself, challenges, and progression.
From Wikipedia, “The Swell Season is a folk rock duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová. “The Swell Season” name is derived from Hansard’s favourite novel by Josef Škvorecký from 1975 bearing the same title.”
Although their third and newest album Strict Joy is wonderful, there is a rawness about The Swell Season’s live performances that radiates authentic emotion, passion, and feeling we can all appreciate.
There’s also a fantastic trailer for the new album here.
jónsi – “go quiet” from Jónsi.
“Go Quiet” is a film of Jónsi performing the “go” album acoustically, shot at home in Reykjavík, Iceland over new year 2010 by Dean Deblois, the acclaimed director of “Heima“.
A great friend lives out in Portland, Oregon. She makes beautiful creations and is always sending me new music. The xx is her latest reccomendation. I’m psyched on this band.
Jónsi Birgisson, the lead singer of Sigur Rós, has released a song from his forthcoming solo album titled “go”. The music of Sigur Rós has always been influential to my photography and thinking. I often listen to it while driving, working at the computer, and sometimes even when I am photographing. It’s intriguing to watch Sigur Rós transition over time and I find myself thinking about the transitions my own photographs. I find time to be fascinating and believe it’s one of the many reasons I am passionate about making photographs.
I photographed my friends Tom and Mark in New York. Together they form the band Centennial. They’re working on interesting music and soon-to-be-released visuals. Give a listen.
Centennial, Brooklyn, New York, 2009
I’m enthralled with Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros.
I photographed my friends Tom and Mark in New York. Together they form the band Centennial. They’re working on interesting music and soon-to-be-released visuals. Give a listen.
Tom and Mark, Brooklyn, New York, 2009
Doesn’t get much better than this. Maybe one day I’ll have the chance to photograph her. Maybe one day I’ll make a book of her, Joe, Ray, Ari, Leonard…
(via The Years In Pictures)