Repost – Still proud of my 25 best songs from last year.. Great music!
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Gillian Welch gets 2.. because she delivers this years greates new album..
(btw – best “released” album this year is off course “The Rolling Stones – The Brussels Affair”)
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Here is this year’s greatest song:
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Number 11:
Gillian Welch – Tennessee
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit – Codeine
Ryan Adams – Come Home
Wilco – One Sunday Morning
Drive-By Truckers – Go-Go Boots
Hayes Carll – Hide Me
Charles Bradley – The World (Is Going Up In Flames)
CHARLES BRADLEY AND HIS EXTRAORDINAIRES This is our third CB concert this summer… all 3 have been GREAT. I would have preferred Vika @ 21:00.. but he nailed it at the Enga stage in the sunlight as well. His “Soul scream” was in perfect shape… setlist was pretty much built around “No Time For Dreamin” & Neil Young’s “Heart of Gold”. Lot of Love, Heart, Compassion… and wonderful southern soul groove. What a good band he has with him on this tour!Hugs were available after the concert.. and this time we grabbed the opportunity. Best songs: Why is it so Hard, No Time for Dreaming & Golden Rule. The BEST concert at Øyafestivalen 2012.
FIRST AID KIT Klara & Johanna Söderberg sang their wonderful harmonies in the sunshine…. and everyone (at least as far as I could observe) smiled & sang back.. Lovely Americana with some great songs (Emmylou & The Lion’s Roar). I also really liked the Fever Ray cover, When I Grow Up (Hallgeir).
First Aid Kit:
SWEDEN In spite of their name they are from Norway and they are good! Strong songs and their own style, not “just another indie band”. Looking forward to follow them.
Sweden:
THE WAR ON DRUGS Nice concert. TWOD (silly name btw) plays their dreamy, guitar based Americana indie. Adam Granduciel is more of a songwriter & guitar player.. than a great singer in my book (Egil). The Highlight of their concert was Come to the City. They drew a fairly large audience and it was a pleasant early afternoon concert.
ODD NORDSTOGA I really liked his sweet songs and it was a good start of the last day at the Oyafestival.
BEST COAST I like Best Coast but this was not a very good concert for them, not bad, but a bit bland, it looked like the band didn’t care and it rubbed off on the audience. Too bad, I was looking forward to their show. I like them much better on record than live, at least if this show represents what Best Coast can do live.
Can’t complain about the weather even today.. is this really Bergen ??
Abigail Washburn had to play @ a very hot Magic Mirrors tent.. but gave us a lovely set. Shearwater were solid.. and then came 2 fantastic concerts! Patti Smith @ Plenen & Justin Townes Earle @ Magic Mirrors. Both will be in top 3 of our upcoming “Best concerts @ Bergenfest 2012” list. Charles Bradley played yet another awesome concert.. this time @ Logen Theater. JD McPherson delivered a solid set as the closing act..
Great weather even today! more people, and 2 fantastic soul concerts. Charles Bradley moved us deeply, best concert so far @ Bergenfest. A wonderful soul night in Bergen, overall rating is .. again 5/6. Saturday will be hectic as we aim for 7 concerts…!
We had the great honor of talking to Charles Bradley a couple of hours before the concert, and will be posting the interview soon. A photo special will also follow.
