Album News: Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners

On May 25th, Grassroots will be releasing a tribute album to Graham Nash's 1971 debut album. Nash was a member of the Hollies, and more famously Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, but his solo material is definitely worth checking out if you haven't heard it before. The album will be called Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners, and features a whole host of splendid artists covering Nash's originals.

Bonny Prince Billy, Robin Pecknold (of Fleet Foxes) and Brendan Benson's takes on Nash should all be interesting. Here's the full tracklist.

Tracklist:
01 Port O'Brien/Papercuts: "Military Madness"
02 Brendan Benson: "Better Days"
03 Nile Nash: "Wounded Bird"
04 Vetiver: "Used to Be a King"
05 Robin Pecknold: "Be Yourself"
06 Bonnie "Prince" Billy: "Simple Man (Hombre Sencillo)"
07 Moore Brothers: "Man in the Mirror"
08 Alela Diane: "There's Only One"
09 Mariee Sioux with Greg Weeks: "Sleep Song"
10 Sleepy Sun: "Chicago"
11 Various artists and Nile Nash: "We Can Change the World (Reprise)"

Bonus 7":
01 Tyson Vogel: "Hey You (Looking at the Moon)"
02 Johnathan Rice: "On the Line"
03 Jonathan Wilson and special guests: "And So It Goes (Music Gets You High)"
04 Bart Davenport: "Better Days"
05 Citay: "Military Madness"

Watch the original 'Sleepsong':

Live: Fleet Foxes at Vicar Street

You better be getting up early this Thursday. You'll have to be in line or online at 9 on Thursday morning to get tickets for Fleet Foxes. They'll be playing Vicar Street in Dublin on September 7th. Tickets are priced at €24 and support comes from the excellent Blitzen Trapper.

Watch 'White Winter Hymnal':

Live: Fleet Foxes play Whelan's

November 7th sees the return of US folkies Fleet Foxes to our nation's capital. Fleet Foxes already played Dublin this year, and the show was a sell-out success. They return to Vicar Street on November 7th, and tickets are on sale tomorrow (Tuesday 22nd), priced €21. Bargain.

After looking at On The Record, it seems we have similar content for this event. Well, that's just because the music is so good, it speaks for itself!

Watch the video for 'White Winter Hymnal' here, and tease yourself for the next four months!

Stream: Fleet Foxes - NPR All Things Considered

Fleet Foxes may well be this year's biggest hype band. No doubt you've already read loads about them, got the Sun Giant EP, downloaded Ragged Wood only to find out that it's not called that anymore. You might have even grown a beard in appreciation of their mountainy folk.

All things considered, they have released one of the best folk albums of the year - it's no Tallest Man on Earth Shallow Grave, but it's damn good. And 'Blue Ridge Mountain' should be on every mixtape you make this year. The only thing wrong with them is the fact that singer Robin Peckinold does not stand up at his shows! But since this is a mere audio stream, you'll never realise!

Have a listen here:
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