This isn’t a competition. It’s a collaboration.
“That's my idea of universal goodness for all. I think everyone would be a lot happier if we, in general, made efforts to be more like monkeys, and ate more fruit and hung around in trees more often.”
“Perfect Sunday listening as Southern & Eastern musical breezes join the hazy, psychedelic, ambient thermals of one man band Seabuckthorn's guitar focussed, folk rooted, space enhancing, time slowing, free spirited yet erudite musing for Bookmaker Records.”
Episode 116 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the HI54 end-of-year playlist ‘20X17’ - ft. Angel Olsen, Big Thief, Gold Star, Leif Vollebekk + a bunch more 2017-flavoured headphone goodness.
A Playmoss playlist for all the Bandcamp tracks shuffle up’d on the HI54 blog during November 2019.
“Oh my goodness, what a beautiful album. Gives me goosebumps all over. Great production and arrangements. This will be on rotation for me for a long long time!”
“Can't go wrong with these great artists singing Tom Waits lyrics. A gem of an album, this one.”
Episode 115 of The Mix Tape Radio Show features 8 gems shuffled out of the HI54 end-of-year playlist ‘20X14’ - ft. D’angelo, Sean Rowe, Small Wonder, Hallelujah The Hills + a bunch more 2014-flavoured headphone goodness.
“This album sounds like how it feels to still be wide awake at 5am, even though you went to bed at 11pm.”
Near the end of 2019, I started experimenting with closing my Submithub queue for a full ten days before opening it again for another four… and I’ll be damned if the blog/work/life balance hasn’t felt a whole lot more balanced ever since.
A monthly playlist for the Soundcloud submissions that get approved on Submithub for a HI54 Mix CD feature during the month of November 2019.
“JB continues to explore new sounds and places, quite literally in the lyrics. The way the song evolves is a journey in itself. She continues to amaze me with her song craft.”
