Rachel from
Black*Eiffel and I have pretty much identical taste in music and I always get so excited when i see her Music Monday post waiting in my reader. A few weeks ago she posted "To Build A Home" by
The Cinematic Orchestra and I loved it immediately. It is perfectly haunting and emotional, and therefore has of course been used on a bunch of TV shows, including the ultimate heart-ripper-outer Grey's Anatomy. But I just couldn't get that voice out of my head, and it turns it belongs to Canadian singer-songwriter
Patrick Watson. His songs are just beautiful - most of them simple piano or guitar and voice, but so broad and expansive, and so expressive. A few of them remind me of Tom Waits, a few of Radiohead, but they are definitely all his own. Here are some of my favourites, including his appearance with The Cinematic Orchestra - let me know what you think.
Photo: http://www.nielsvinck.nl/patrick-watson
I love it Lisa, especially that whisper in his voice. I just checked out his site and thought he would be in Waterloo in a few weeks, but turns out to be Waterloo Quebec. Thanks for the listen, i will have to dload his album.
ReplyDeleteHe's brilliant. I have his CDs', I'll bring them on Saturday night if you want so you can load them on your iPod...
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