Live Friday: 10-23-09

A few months back, I posted a live session from Camera Obscura. They did a radio session in Minneapolis and played a couple songs from their latest and excellent album "My Maudlin Career," along with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Tougher Than the Rest". It was a pretty great session on the whole, and apparently a lot of you also thought so, because I got a number of emails about it, some thanking me and some asking me to re-upload the songs after they became no longer available after about a month or so. To be clear about my policies on this here site, I guarantee that mp3s will be available for 7 days after they're posted. Beyond that period of time, I guarantee nothing, and unless there are extra special circumstances, I won't re-up anything (but I may send you the files in an email if you ask nicely and I've got a spare few minutes on my hands). So because the Camera Obscura session was one of the more exceptional sessions of the past year, I've decided to post a different live session the band did back in August for WXPN. They cover most of the same bases from the session a few months back, but throw in the song "James" for good (if not great) measure. The Springsteen cover also makes a return appearance, and Tracyanne Campbell's voice sounds effortlessly sweet as usual. The songs are once again excellent, though I do feel the need to say that the live version of "Honey In the Sun" doesn't quite reach the album version's greatness. Still, the songs are fantastic. Additionally, should you want to listen to the interview, there's talk about both the love and heartbreak that went into writing these songs, as well as a discussion about the pluses and minuses of what Scotland has to offer. If that sort of stuff intrigues you, by all means have a listen below. Have a great weekend!

Camera Obscura, Live on WXPN 8-20-09:
Camera Obscura- Honey In the Sun [alt]
Camera Obscura- James [alt]
Camera Obscura- Tougher Than the Rest (Bruce Springsteen cover) [alt]
Camera Obscura- French Navy [alt]

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Labels: camera obscura, Live