{"id":1425,"date":"2012-06-20T11:45:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T15:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2012-06-20T18:09:46","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T22:09:46","slug":"never-fake-desire-bethany-weimers-harpischord-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/06\/20\/never-fake-desire-bethany-weimers-harpischord-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Fake Desire: Bethany Weimers, Harpsichord Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/06\/20\/never-fake-desire-bethany-weimers-harpischord-row\/1324732747-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1324732747-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"1324732747-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1324732747-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1324732747-1-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1324732747-1-500x500.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/1324732747-1.jpg 1417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<center><i>Eagle and Girl<\/i> painting \u00c2\u00a9 Annika Olesen <\/center><\/p>\n<p>NTSIBers, please meet <a href=\"http:\/\/bethanyweimers.com\/\">Bethany Weimers<\/a>, of Oxford, England. <i>Harpischord Row<\/i> is her first record; on it, she balances folk and pop in interesting ways, and weaves complex stories through delicate melodies. Every time one of her songs floats up on shuffle I pause for a moment to greet her characters properly, as they are compelling people.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video for the title track:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/29495805?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=ffffff\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And one for <i>30,000 Days<\/i>, wherein the video picture is somewhat unusual &#8211; filmed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/improbableblue\">Improbable Blue<\/a>, the YouTube notes indicate it was originally recorded both in silhouette and in darkness, so what you see here is a &#8220;salvage job&#8221; &#8211; but I like it, as an unintended special effect:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Bethany Weimers - 30000 Days\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_uDw736Q9u0I\"><div id=\"lyte_uDw736Q9u0I\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uDw736Q9u0I\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Bethany Weimers - 30000 Days<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/uDw736Q9u0I\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uDw736Q9u0I\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Bethany Weimers - 30000 Days\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd two more I especially like. First, <i>Silver Moon<\/i>, which I love because the beat is dreamy and soothing, a slow Loreena McKennitt-style stomp and swirl, and the lyrics contain a bright ribbon of stubborn defiance: <i>I will not be pushed around \/ I will not be sacrificed<\/i>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3290267025\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bethanyweimers.bandcamp.com\/track\/silver-moon\">Silver Moon by Bethany Weimers<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd second, <i>To the Land<\/i>, which is a beautiful, spare incantation of determination:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=2068413720\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bethanyweimers.bandcamp.com\/track\/to-the-land\">To The Land by Bethany Weimers<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eagle and Girl painting \u00c2\u00a9 Annika Olesen NTSIBers, please meet Bethany Weimers, of Oxford, England. Harpischord Row is her first record; on it, she balances folk and pop in interesting ways, and weaves complex stories through delicate melodies. Every time one of her songs floats up on shuffle I pause &#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/06\/20\/never-fake-desire-bethany-weimers-harpischord-row\/\"> Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[429,428],"tags":[947,13,1840,1837],"class_list":["post-1425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","category-rock-n-roll-photog-2","tag-bethany-weimers","tag-rock-n-roll-photog","tag-song-embed","tag-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Never Fake Desire: Bethany Weimers, Harpsichord Row -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/06\/20\/never-fake-desire-bethany-weimers-harpischord-row\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Never Fake Desire: Bethany Weimers, Harpsichord Row -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eagle and Girl painting \u00c2\u00a9 Annika Olesen NTSIBers, please meet Bethany Weimers, of Oxford, England. 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