4. august 2014 arkiv

Håbets gade

4. august 2014
There’s a young boy in the queue
Not much else for him to do
He’s had a drink, he’s had a few
Down the pub on Hope Street

Dear old lady, you’re looking thin
Got a shopping bag with your life in
Your old man’s going through the bins
So it goes out on Hope Street

Rain on me come pouring down
Clean the dirt off this old town
Tell the sun to come around
Show his face on Hope Street

There’s a fight right down the street
The betting shop has got him beat
He blew his money for the week
On a horse called Hope Street

No old faces out today
Someone took them all away
Cleaning up or so they say
The dirty face of Hope Street

Rain on me come pouring down
Clean the dirt off this old town
Tell the sun to come around
Show his face on Hope Street

Rain on me come pouring down
Clean the dirt off this old town
Tell the sun to come around
Show his face on Hope Street

Everyday I look at you
Dressed up in your ties of blue
Saying there’s not much you can do
Help the kids on Hope Street

They don’t seem to even care
That it was you that put them there
You seem to think they like it there
Hanging out on Hope Street

Rain on me come pouring down
Clean the dirt off this old town
Tell the sun to come around
Show his face on Hope Street

Post-humt: Jesse Winchester – A Reasonable Amount of Trouble

4. august 2014

I april måned døde den amerikanske singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester af kræft, kun 69 år gammel. Men Winchester blev ved med at være aktiv lige til det sidste. Og den kræftsygdom, der til sidst tog livet af ham, blev inspiration til en række livsbekræftende sange, der nu udgives på mandens sidste album A Reasonable Amount of Trouble (Appleseed Records). Der er vist ikke offentliggjort sange fra pladen endnu, så vi griber tilbage til nogle af hans bedste…

Mary Gauthiers sorgarbejde: Trouble & Love

4. august 2014

Sorgarbejde kaldte psykoanalysens fader Sigmund Freud den proces, der kunne føre et menneske gennem sorgen og ud til livet på den anden side.  Og sorgarbejde er den amerikanske troubadour Mary Gauthiers seneste album Trouble & Love, der netop handler om at komme videre oven på en række personlige, smertelige tab. Selv kalder Gauthier sin plade en transformationsplade. Den har været med til at bringe hende på fode igen i det, hun kalder “a new normal”.