Hello Our Basement,
A masterful songwriter collects life’s experiences and artfully turns them into songs that capture the imagination of a listener; that contemporary troubadour who utilizes a broad palate of instrumentation to tell intriguing stories through the music they create.
Loosely based on an urban legend about a promiscuous Hank Williams and woven into a story about a childhood friend, “Hank” was written separately from the songwriting phase that produced the 2017 album, Broken Sky, “Hank” has lived as a black sheep of sorts in my live repertoire for a couple of years without garnering an official studio release until now. The song was recorded during the Broken Sky sessions in Montreal back in 2016 and was produced by Jean Massicotte (Patrick Watson, Lhasa, Adam Cohen), and features, among the many outstanding musicians, members of The Barr Brothers, Patrick Watson, and The Luyas.
As the name suggests, “Let It Rain (Reprise)” is a reiteration of the opening track off Broken Sky. This alternate version is lyrically identical, yet musically and conceptually an entirely different piece than the original. On Broken Sky, I explored themes of contrast and counterpoint in both my lyrics and in the record’s production. This recording of “Let It Rain (Reprise)” is the final counterpoint to this collection of songs, offering up a dark and somewhat bruised take.
At home in the rural environs of Whitehorse, Yukon and equally at home in the urban centres of Montreal and Toronto, this broad sense of place comes into play in both of the songs.
Thank you for listening.
Declan O’Donovan
Hello
Good morning!
G’day. It’s Summer in Ottawa, today.
Here too, as the garden hose is out.
That makes you a hoser! (Bob ‘n Doug Mackenzie reminder)
Take off, eh?
(cue the Rush song)
I think the Edit function is off.
Yup, for me anyway.
Hello hello! Summer down here in DC too!
And also, no edit feature for me either.
test
test
still no
shoot, I’ll have to look into that but there was an update for it this morning (that might not have been the best thing to do)
another test
nope
I did a rollback on the plugin
and it is working (for me)
EDIT
Working here.
Hello people.
We can’t lose that edit function now that we have had it. That would be too hard to handle! :p
It’s Awesome Stupendous Marvellous Bar
I see what you managed to do there.
Haha! Yes it is I, the ASM. My Stage Manager may not call me that but I am certainly fine with you calling me Awesome Stupendous Marvelous. 😀
One of these days I will call her by her real name and she wont answer
Let It Rain is exactly the song for the Kootenays today. The ground is parched so it is perfect. I wish I had have gotten bone meal onto the bulbs that have finished blooming as this deluge would have got it into the soil perfectly. Always more tasks.
Also, quite the name dropping by Declan there. Very happy to be listening to his music as I continue to battle the government paperwork.
I like the name Declan. I wish my confused brain had not read it as De-Clan at first.
I am off t try a new RMT.
Maybe I’ll hear from some of you tomorrow.