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The Handsome Family

Songworks #4: Passenger Pigeons by the Handsome Family

March 26, 2020 by Norman Lamont

This a beautifully observed, concise jewel of a song with a disturbing twist. This description would be true of many, if not most, of the Handsome Family’s songs, but I find this one especially moving. I’ve considered singing it during a solo set, but was afraid I would choke up – it still gets to … Read more

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The Handsome Family – Twilight

August 22, 2018July 10, 2018 by Norman Lamont
Brett and Rennie Sparks - The Handsome Family

In which the blogger raves about one of his favourite albums, Twilight by The Handsome Family, in the hope that he’ll encourage more people to hear it.  Snow White Diner I like Janice Forsyth on BBC Radio Scotland. Not only has she given my songs airplay, but one evening in 2001, I was stopped in … Read more

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I’m Norman Lamont, a singer-songwriter who came of age in the early 70s. If you like any of the artists I’ve written about, you might like my albums too.

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