Anna Ternheim is a singer/songwriter from Stockholm who has just released the album, Leaving On A Mayday. Her music has a dark touch about it which hints at influences from Nick Cave and PJ Harvey.
El Perro del Mar / L-is for love
I heard the song Dog a couple of years ago and was quite impressed. I love the production, the way it builds up and how the beat intensifies throughout the piece. At the same time, the song shows a great deal of restraint. It’s cold, hard, dark, and very beautiful.
Roaches / Star of Wonder
This song has the most amazing harmonies and immediately takes one’s mind into the sky. Their style definitely inspired me when working on my new album. The song makes me feel like I’ve just come out of a thick forest into a clearing where I can rest.
Devendra Banhart / Lazy Butterfly
This song blurs my mind in comforting ways. It makes me sense things there are no words for, and feel just as light as his voice, like I’m floating instead of walking.
Nick Cave and Shane McGowan / What a Wonderful World
It’s 4am and time is running out. Eyes flicker across the room. You’ve spent your smiles on bad people, and sad people have spent their money on you. So you leave, but that’s when it starts to rain, and you are not wearing the right shoes. You walk home, alone, your feet getting wet. This song erases all of that. You can listen to it and life is perfect again.
Nina Simone / House of the Rising Sun
Nina is one of my favorite artists and her version of this old song, and the emotion she brings to it, continues to inspire me. I wish I could have seen her perform.
Lonely Dear / Under a Silent Sea
Sometimes you stumble upon music you really need, where the words and melodies say exactly how you feel at that particular moment. I got this record from a friend and I have been listing ever since. The melancholy lyrics gets under the skin and seeps into your bones, but at the end, it leaves you in a good place.
Amadou & Mariam / Coulibaly
Amadou and Mariam are such passionate performers that it’s hard not to feel their music in your heart. This song so intense and rhythmic that it’s trance inducing. It makes me want to get out of bed in the morning, start to dance and meet the day head-on.
Simon & Garfunkel / Scarborough Fair
I grew up with their music. I’ve always had a weakness for old folk songs and their stories. This song traces all the way back to the seventeenth century. There is distinct mystery to the narrative which is encased in their beautiful harmonies.
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