DAKHABRAKHA – DEFIANT, BEAUTIFUL – The Vampire's Wife

DAKHABRAKHA – DEFIANT, BEAUTIFUL Julie from San Francisco sent this letter below to my husband’s Red Hand Files—a recommendation of a wonderful, wigged-out Ukrainian band called DakhaBrakha. I’ve never heard anything like this in my life! Amazing music! Many thanks, Julie, for recommending this and DakhaBrakha for brightening up the world with such mad and beautiful music. Love Susie. x

My husband and I recently went to a concert of a very talented and soulful Ukrainian band with a striking visual style called DakhaBrakha. Their music is defiant, beautiful, moving and quirky. I thought you and Susie might enjoy listening to their music and seeing their get-ups. Here is a link to one of their songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGW7lLbx8kE

Love Julie.

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER

I have just a simple song for you all from 1967, all the way from Australia (where my husband is), by The Seekers. I love this song, melancholy but so stirring, and Judith Durham, dressed in what looks like something from the archives of The Vampire’s Wife, is so touching. It is a song full of tears about the end of things and love’s enduring presence. We adore this song here at The Vampire’s Wife.

TIME AFTER TIME, LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT

Look at this heart-breaking piece of film of Little Jimmy Scott singing Time After Time and giving his thoughts on what a song is meant to be. He is a vast talent and a beautiful man; we met him at my husband’s Meltdown Festival in London in 1999.

TO DIE BY YOUR SIDE

I heard this wonderful version of The Smiths classic song "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" by the brilliantly ebullient Dum Dum Girls on the DJ Lonny’s amazing Cover to Cover on Radio Lewes this week. What a great show! What a superb song! What a joyful cover! ‘To die by your side is pleasure and a privilege’ indeed!