On the Balustrade Stereo

This week, Balustrade have mostly been listening to...

Black Swan by Bert Jansch
Guest starring Beth Orton on several tracks, it means this album is a lot more than just a mediocre folk album with lots of good guitar work. Because of the prescence of Ms Orton it means it's basically a Beth Orton album that isn't and definitely a lot better than the sum of it's parts. If you're looking for something nice and relaxed and also quite interesting, then this is the album for you.

The Letting Go - Bonnie Price Billy.
Will Oldham is as ugly as he is talented, however he has a tendancy to put out more albums that is really neccessary (not to mention doing it under 3 different names). As such, his back catalogue is something of a minefield when wanting to get into his work. That being said, his new album is probably his most accessible since the 'Greatest Hits of Palace Music' - which was a covers album of his own earlier work. Therefore, if you're looking to get into the wonderful world of big bearded alt.country wierdos then this is definitely well worth checking out.