A little diversion from the 30 Days Of Music project to flag up a couple of things you really ought to hear. One narcissistic, one not. :)
Firstly, released in the last couple of days, is the brand new album from Zöe Keating. I've enjoyed Zöe's music for a long time, but she's really outdone herself with the new album. It's incredible, and beautifully recorded - listen to it in full here, then go buy it if you dig it:
http://music.zoekeating.com/album/into-the-trees">Forest by Zoe Keating
And Secondly, a record you may already have heard about - mine and Lobelia's new live album. It was recorded on the first week of our tour, mixed during the second week and released straight away. We are now able to do pristine multitrack recordings of everything we do, and on these gigs we had some amazing collaborators - Todd Reynolds on violin and Neil Alexander on keyboards. The album contains one solo track from me, two duets between Lobelia and todd, a trio of Lo and I with Todd and a duet between Neil and I and a duet between Todd and I. It's pretty diverse, not the kind of thing it'd be easy to get a label to back, but fortunately, our audience have broader minds than the industry that seeks to tell us what we should listen to ;)
Here it is, listen in full then pay whatever you think it's worth to you:
http://music.stevelawson.net/album/live-so-far">I'm Lost (Featuring Todd Reynolds) by Steve Lawson
So far, the live album sales have been a big help to us in paying for petrol and food on the trip. Thank you to everyone who's bought it for making touring more sustainable for us.