Playlist 21.02.11

Sean Rowe has the most delightful voice - a baritone that has been sweetened in the mouth like a well-worn Werther's. Never as dreamy as Fred Neil, more homely than Scott Walker, he is certain to add texture to the year. After hearing those rich manoeuvres on his debut album 'Magic', you feel like you're in the company of a trusted pal, albeit a bearded guy from Canada with a thing for "naturalisticism". I believe this entails living in a straw hut and eating stuff from the forest floor.

Well, we might all dine out on the mythology, but the record is tops and the sentiments are right. Along with Anna Calvi, we have all the sustenance we need.

BBC Radio Ulster, 92-95 FM

Online: www.bbc.co.uk/radioulster

Mondays, ten - midnight

New Order - Regret (Factory)

Timber Timbre - Black Water (Full Time Hobby)

Ella Mae Morse - Rock Me All Night Long (Signature)

American Aquarium - Nothing To Lose (Floating World)

Sean Rowe - Surprise (Anti)

Radiohead - Lotus Flower (radiohead)

Japan - I Second That Emotion (Virgin)

Anthony David - 4 Evermore (Dome)

Thomas Truax - February What Ya Doin To Me (SL)

Teenage Fan Club - About You (Creation)

PJ Harvey - Let England Shake (Island)

Feldberg - Don't Be A Stranger (Smalltown America)

Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind (Radar)

Anthony David - Keep You Around (Dome)

Sean Rowe - The Long Haul (Anti)

Secret Sisters - Tennessee Me (Decca)

The Head And The Heart - Sounds Like Hallelujah (Heavenly)

Radiohead - Codex (radiohead)

Allie Bradley - Elliott (Love Gum)

Kris Kristofferson - Just The Other Side Of Nowhere (Columbia)

David's Lyre - These Trees (Hideout)

PJ Harvey - The Colour Of The Earth (Island)

American Aquarium - Brother O Brother (Floating World)

Alela Diane - To Begin (Rough Trade)

King Creosote - Bats In The Attic (Domino)

Radiohead - Little By Little (radiohead)