The Blind Boys of Alabama to receive Lifetime Achievement Award from Americana Music Association
The cermony takes place on 18 September at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Wed, 03 July 24
Junkyard Hearts
Released 29 July 2012
- The Coldest Sea
- This Heart Will Swallow Us
- Jumping In With You
- Take Me Back Home
- Hold On Dear
- Marmalade Eyes
- Queen Of Brooklyn
- Glue Sniffer
- Dear Lord
- Bill Wilson
- Tiny Echoes
- Space Needle
- Be My Friend
- The Termite Song
- Favorite Girl
- Crackerjack Box
- Voices Will Fight
- Still The Same
- In The Middle Of The Night
Liner notes
Two years on from Come To Where I’m From —and proving that he’s ever his own man— Joseph released a quartet of EPs (under the collective name of Junkyard Hearts) that were only available on his UK tour of 2002. A decade on, these scarce-as-hen’s-teeth recordings are being reissued in two-CD set, allowing those unable to attend that tour the chance to give some love to these half-forgotten gems. They very much demand your attention —19 confirmations of a man at the peak of his substantial powers.
'An oddball songsmith who eaves words, guitars and a whole heap of discordant sounds into songs that hang around your head long after they finish' Uncut Magazine (UK)
Further Listening
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Released 09 June 2002
Joseph Arthur’s third album is a consistently inspired, occasionally frazzled, and often startlingly beautiful album. It's the kind of record with which you can build a slow, sustainable love affair. Its rich textures, vulnerability, and acute, poetic lyrics are guaranteed to slacken jaws and raise goose bumps. -
Released 05 April 2000
Come To Where I'm From is Joseph Arthur’s second album for Real World. Co-produced by the mighty T-Bone Burnett, it's a dense, attractively claustrophobic record, full of delightful contradictions: unnerving and reassuring, raw and yet meticulously compiled.
Further reading
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Discovered in the label's archives, the album captures the singer at the height of his vocal powers.
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Fri, 08 March 24
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