Hiawatha Telephone Company Brighton, UK
A singer-songwriter sort-of-thing, named after a t-shirt and never intended as a viable commercial proposition HTC was a
vehicle for some excellent songs.
2009 album 'Harry Smith was my Father' is described as "immaculate, the acme of intimacy in music" (Common Folk Meadow). A second album 'Passengers Greatest Hits' followed in 2014.
HTC now records and releases music as 'The Family Grave'.
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Hiawatha Telephone Company recommends:
M. Butterfly II
by M. Butterfly
M Butterfly is Martyn Moss who plays on the albums by Hiawatha Telephone Company and The Family Grave and has produced an excellent album of his own
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Everybody is Flawed
by The Family Grave
The songwriter formerly known as Hiawatha Telephone Company became The Family Grave. This is their first album under that name and it's a doozy.
go to albumIf you like Hiawatha Telephone Company, you may also like:
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Emotive acoustic balladry from this UK musician with heart on sleeve and hushed arrangements.
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The new EP from Scottish songwriter Alec Bowman_Clarke goes deep, setting vulnerable lyrics to gentle melodies & stripped-back arrangements.
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I Used To Be Sad & Then I Forgot
by Mr. Alec Bowman_Clarke
Alec Bowman perfectly captures the dark soil under the pastoral world of British folk with this collection of melancholy originals.
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Hushed and riveting, the new LP from Ana Silvera centers her expressive voice against quietly glowing guitars.
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