"Joe Sampson is a label mate of <a href="https://kramies.bandcamp.com" target="_blank">Kramies</a> on <a href="http://www.hiddenshoal.com" target="_blank">Hidden Shoal</a>. He’s a singer-songwriter in the spirit of Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen. In September he released a 5-song EP, Songs of Delay. It featured a track with Nathaniel Rateliff of the Night Sweats fame. Now, there’s a full album. Entitled <a href="https://joesampson1.bandcamp.com/album/chansons-de-parade" target="_blank">Chansons de Parade</a>, it hallmarks Sampson’s fragile-sounding style. But it’s not bedsits and microwaves. There’s a playfulness to the lyrics and a lovely chiming quality to the guitar sound that lifts the songs.

Songs of Delay is available as a free <a href="https://joesampson1.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-delay" target="_blank">download</a> from Sampson’s Bandcamp site. <a href="https://joesampson1.bandcamp.com/album/chansons-de-parade">Chansons de Parade</a> is also there and for a name-your-own-price deal. As a taster, here’s Joe Sampson and Nathaniel Rateliff singing ‘Songbird’ from the Songs of Delay EP."

- <a title="Half-Life Music" href="https://half-lifemusic.com/2016/12/29/joe-sampson-chansons-de-parade/"><strong>Half-Life Music</strong></a>