This might bring back memories for a few of you longtime fans. It’s Ryan’s 1999 version of “The Little Drummer Boy,” featuring Gabriel D. Vine on Rhodes piano. Totally unreleased except via the Internet as a free holiday download. Enjoy!
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Lovespirals are special guests on The Pod 5 podcast
This week’s The Pod 5 show includes Ryan and Anji of Lovespirals as special guests, along with Matthew Ebel and Anji’s fellow ShowGirl, Share Ross, for a discussion of the future of the recording industry. Topics include CDs vs Mp3s, major vs indie labels vs self-released, Radiohead scaring the music industry, and much more fun and madness!
Music Critics Weigh in on Lovespirals' Long Way From Home
Reviews are starting to come in for Lovespirals new album, Long Way From Home, and the critics have been kind.
All Music Guide‘s Ned Raggett writes,
For their third album as Lovespirals, Anji Bee and Ryan Lum again create a lush series of songs that synthesizes disparate influences into a warm, enveloping listen.
Matthew Johnson of Re:Gen Magazine writes,
It’s not an understatement to call Long Way from Home the duo’s most accomplished work up to date; as enjoyable as their previous explorations of laidback electronica and jazz fusion have been, this album captures Lum and Bee’s warm musical chemistry in a way that previous releases only hinted at.
Matt Rowe of MusicTap.net writes,
From the band’s early years as Love Spirals Downwards — with a vocalist all but forgotten for Anji Bee’s lovely, dreamy, and expansive vocal pleasantries — to their current album, Lovespirals have always been a band of change. Their latest, the wonderfully titled Long Way From Home, is one of superior work and can easily rank as the band’s best work in either incarnation.
cadencerevolution.com podcast blogs:
It’s very rare these days to come across an entire CD which you will listen to over and over from beginning to end non-stop, and even rarer to find one which makes you want to grab everyone you know and tell them “you must listen to this.” However such is the case with the third release, Long Way Home, from the California based duo Lovespirals.
Come hear what all the fuss is about at lovespirals.com/longway!
"This Truth (Live)" #1 on Podsafe Music Network Chart
Lovespirals’ live acoustic version of “This Truth” from their recent Second Life concert ranks as the #1 most played song of the month on the Podsafe Music Network Acoustic Top 10. Historically, Lovespirals have ruled the PMN Downtempo Top 10, where “Love Survives” from Lovespirals’ 2005 CD, Free and Easy, still holds the #1 position for most played song of all-time, followed by “Walk Away (Bitstream Dream Remix)” in the #2 position, and “Ecstatic (Podsafe Edit)” the #7 spot. Anji Bee’s 2004 collaboration with Bitstream Dream, “Phantasma,” holds the #3 position. Podcasters can find these and other podsafe Lovespirals songs at lovespirals.com/podsafe and lovespirals.com/podsaferemix. Please be sure to report your podcast plays to the Podsafe Music Network to help Lovespirals rise in the charts!
Lovespirals & Love Spirals Downwards Dominate Projekt Top 10
The Projekt.com Top 10 currently lists the newly released Love Spirals Downwards – Idylls [Remastered Reissue] at the #1 spot, followed closely by Love Spirals Downwards – Ardor [Remastered Reissue] at #3. Trailing slightly behind is the new Lovespirals – Long Way From Home (which was actually released by Chillcuts, not Projekt) at the #8 position and Lovespirals – Windblown Kiss — which Projekt released back in 2002 — at #9. With the #5, #6, and #10 albums being comps that include tracks by Lovespirals and/or Love Spirals Downwards, I guess you could say that we’re dominating the Projekt Top 10 charts!
Lovespirals Featured on Bite Sized Bonus
Lovespirals are the featured Artist of the Day for Bite Sized Bonus #507. GD interviews Anji about the new album, Long Way From Home, performing in Second Life, and more in this “members only” podcast. It is free to subscribe as a member.
You know when you get a tune stuck in your head? It seems to stay there all day, no matter what else you listen to, the same tune resurfaces and drives you to the point of insanity. Well I am well past the point of having any sanity left so I need not fear, but yesterday I had not one but two songs buzzing around my vacuous cranium. So much so that to try and exercise them out of my head I open today’s show with them. May they invade your every waking hum for the rest of the day.
A very special album of the week, as not only do I get to play the tracks but I have a lovely conversation with half of Lovespirals, Anji Bee. Listen in as we talk about their new album, the duos past, and performing in Second Life. And just what is it that I say that makes Anji giggle? You will have to listen to find out.
Anji Bee of Lovespirals interviewed on Bite Size Bonus podcast
Lovespirals vocalist/lyricist, Anji Bee, was interviewed by GD about the band’s new album, performing in Second Life, and more on Bite Size Episode #509. To hear this podcast, you must sign up for a free subscription to the BsB Members Only Podcast. BTW, GD holds the honor of being the UK’s first podcaster, and he has long been a supporter of Lovespirals podsafe music.
Chillin’ with Lovespirals #45
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Download Chillin’ with Lovespirals #45 MP3
The band talk about recent Long Way From Home news items including last week’s live performance podcast, Lovespirals’ Re:Gen Magazine feature, Lovespirals’ Shameless Plugcast feature, airplay on terrestrial radio, recent reviews from the All Music Guide and Cadence Revolution, fan reviews on Amazon, iTunes, plus announce next week’s special feature and close the show out with Brian Noe‘s awesome Long Way From Home promo.
Podcasters — please play our promo for next week’s special feature:
Download the Long Way From Home Special Feature Promo (60 sec) mp3
Lovespirals on "Indie Revolution" WMIR 100.9 FM, New York
Lovespirals will be featured tonight (Sunday night) at 10pm EST on “The Indie Revolution”, on WMIR 100.9 FM Long Island, NY. The show is also streamed live via www.indierevolution.fm and archived in podcast format on indierevolution.mypodcast.com.
ReGen Magazine features Lovespirals interview
ReGen Magazine is currently featuring Lovespirals front page with a great new interview by Matthew Johnson. Ryan and Anji discuss their musical influences, recording techniques, and how their music has evolved from Windblown Kiss to Long Way From Home. The band also talks about Love Spirals Downwards, the podsafe music movement, Second Life, the digital music revolution, Radiohead’s new album, and more.
Chillin' with Lovespirals: Live in Second Life
In this special episode, we present our Second Life acoustic performance from Oct. 27th. This was recorded directly from the mixer so there’s no ambient sounds like the water — or the laughing fish that resides near the stage we played. If you have no idea what I’m taking about, check out the video capture of “Walk Away” on YouTube. This is the first live set in support of Long Way From Home, and the first Lovespirals Second Life performance. By the way, the folks from PodShow Island said we had 760 listeners on their audio streams in addition to the full house watching in-game, pretty crazy! We hope you enjoy this stripped down set.
UPDATE: In addition to the live listeners, this episode has now had over 15,000 downloads/streams!
Setlist :
- “Our Nights” from Windblown Kiss (2002)
- “Walk Away” from Free & Easy (2005)
- “Treading the Water” from Long Way From Home (2007)
- “Empty Universe” from Long Way From Home (2007)
- “Abide” from Free & Easy (2005)
- “Lazy Love Days” from Long Way From Home (2007)
- “Caught in the Groove” from Long Way From Home (2007)
- “Once in a Blue Moon” from Long Way From Home (2007)
- “This Truth” from Long Way From Home (2007)
- “Motherless Child” from Long Way From Home (2007)
Links:
- Lovespirals
- PodShow Island
- SoHo Island
- Accident Hash
- Flickr Photo Set of Anji Bee’s Second Life
- Lovespirals on Podsafe Music Network – get “This Truth (Live)”
Buy CDs from lovespirals.com — personally autographed by Ryan & Anji!
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'Long Way From Home' CD Audio Promo
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Download Lovespirals Long Way From Home CD Promo (57 sec)
Check out this cool little promo for Lovespirals new album created by Brian Noe at PodShow. If you’re a podcaster, Internet radio broadcaster, or other broadcaster please feel free to play this on your show!