Songs of Love

1. Cherbourg, Shine On.

I’m a sucker for a well-played violin

2. Fanfarlo, I’m a Pilot

… More violins :D

3. The Divine Comedy, Don’t Look Down

… did I mention that I like The Divine Comedy?

4. Laura Marling, Devil’s Spoke

Embedding is disabled for some reason so you’ll have to click over to youtube to listen. Worth it though- a good song and if you watch carefully you’ll spot Marcus Mumford (lead singer of the truly awesome Mumford & Sons)

And finally, perhaps this doesn’t *quite* fit the brief of this blog, but I think it’s pretty cool so you’re just going to have to put up with it. At a show I went to on Friday night we created some randomly generated music. This involved using borth months, genders & first letters of names to come up with chords, melody & lyrics and the result was… interesting! See what you think…