Piers Faccini

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Washington Phillips
over 4 years ago

I first heard Washington Phillips some 20 years ago now, and this song was among the first things I heard that made me fall in love with American roots music. Years later when I was recording Tearing Sky with JP Plunier we went for a drive and he put it on, he's the only other person I ever came across who knew of this music.It's hard to put words to something as pure and touching as this, the ...

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Thank You, MOG!
over 4 years ago
Grandma's Hands
over 4 years ago
the secret of O.
over 4 years ago
The Only One
over 4 years ago

Billy Bragg is one of the greatest songwriters to come out of the U.K in the last 20 or so years, this song is taken from the album Workers Playtime produced by Joe Boyd who worked with Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, Fairport Convention, Shirley Collins, Vashti Bunyan, etc.What can I say with lyrics like:"I long to let my heart run freebut here i am a victim of geography"Although he is famed for his mili

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