21/07/2010
Marc has Albuquerque band The Handsome Family in session.
From over the pond we've been waiting a while for this - The Handsome Family in session. Their current album (their 8th) - Honey Moon was released on the couple's 20th Wedding Anniversary. The band are Brett Sparks (music) and Rennie Sparks (lyrics)
The twosome's seventh CD, "Last Days of Wonder" (June 2006), was one of Mojo's Top Ten American Albums for 2006 and was called "an unqualified triumph" by Uncut.
Their songs have been covered by many artists, most notably: Andrew Bird, Christy Moore, The Sadies, Sally Timms and Cerys Matthews. They have appeared in the movie, I'm Your Man (2005), a tribute to Leonard Cohen as well as Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2004).
The Handsome Family record all their songs in a converted garage studio at the back of their Albuquerque house.
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The Handsome Family live in session
Marc introduces a live music session from The Handsome Family - their first track is Darling, My Darling.
Duration: 06:08
More with The Handsome Family live in session
More live music, The Handsome Family's next tracks are The Loneliness of Magnets and Down In The Ground.
Duration: 14:00
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Slaughter and the Dogs
Where Have All The Bootboys Gone
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Jaill
Everyone's Hip
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David Holmes
I Heard Wonders
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Looking Glass
Wings
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The Handsome Family
Darling, My Darling
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The Monochrome Set
BID Spells Bid
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Wavves
King of the Beach
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Cocteau Twins
Iceblink Luck
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Everything Everything
My Kz Ur Bf
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The Mekons
Ghosts Of American Astronauts
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The Handsome Family
The Loneliness of Magnets
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The Handsome Family
Down In The Ground
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Focus - House of The King
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Embryo
What's Happening
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Raylene & The Blue Angels
Shakin All Over
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Sleepy Sun
Marina
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Teenage Fanclub
When I Still Have Thee
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Richie Havens
The Dolphin Song
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Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Down From Dover
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Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan - Time Of The Season
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Seeland
Local Park
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Spitfire
Bare Doll
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Pizzicato Five
Go Go Dancer
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