Stone Siblings.

So it has been far too long since my last post. I'm sitting in on a Saturday night, it's cold outside, I'm not feeling well (poor me) and I'm very tired, what better frame of mind to write another blog post then eh!

I had a couple of ideas for songs that I was wanting to write about seeing as it's been a while, but last night I was sitting in a bar in Glasgow waiting on a couple friends finishing who were working at the time. I was reading 'The Skinny,' free newspaper based on art/fashion/music in Scotland for those of you who aren't aware of it. In the paper there was a review for Julia Stone's debut solo LP, 'The Memory Machine.' As a huge fan of Angus and Julia Stone, I was ashamed to say that I had no idea she was releasing a solo record!



My love affair with Angus and (particularly) Julia Stone began a few years back when I heard them play on a TV show, and since then I loved them. They are a brother and sister partnership from Australia, after seeing them live they told us how they came to be musicians together. As children their parents would send them to summer camps designed for musically talented children, where they would learn about song writing and playing instruments. They would each write their songs on their own, but would teach each other how to play them, so it's almost as if their songs are backed by their sibling. This relationship comes out really nice on stage, they don't have a set list as such, and they just take turns to sing songs of their own, for example when I seen them earlier this year Julia played 3 songs in a row, so Angus piped up it was his turn to sing!

Their set was fantastic, really one of the best shows I've seen, the highlights being in the encore where they told us it was their last song, I called out for 'The Wedding Song' which is my favourite song of theirs, then someone down the front shouts for 'Paper Aeroplanes' another of their tracks. This turned into a contest as to what song people were shouting for, then Julia takes her guitar off, picks up another one, then says,

'We don't normally play this song live, but people want to hear it, this song we wrote for our friends who got married, this is 'The Wedding Song.'

I won!

Earlier in the show I was convinced Julia was looking at me as we were quite close at this point, so I smiled, she smiled back. I can die happy.

Angus and Julia Stone are playing this coming Tuesday at the Oran Mor in Glasgow, really great band to see live so I can't wait to see them again.

So the song I'm posting here is to help show my love for the beautiful Julia Stone, it comes from her solo record, of which the tracks I've heard are fantastic! This is 'My Baby.' Enjoy.