VA - Ethereal Horizons, Dreamy Country (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3+CD4

ETHEREAL HORIZONS

VA - Ethereal Horizons, Dreamy Country (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3+CD4

Dream pop country music is a unique genre that combines the ethereal, atmospheric qualities of dream pop with the storytelling and melodic elements of country music. This fusion creates a sound that is both soothing and emotionally resonant, often characterized by lush, reverb-drenched instrumentation and gentle, haunting vocals.

Dream pop, known for its dreamy, ambient soundscapes, typically features layered guitars, synthesizers, and soft, echoing vocals. It creates an immersive, almost otherworldly listening experience. When these elements are combined with the narrative-driven lyrics and twangy instrumentation of country music, the result is a genre that feels both familiar and novel.

Country music, with its roots in folk and blues, often tells stories of love, loss, and life in rural settings. It is known for its distinctive use of instruments like the acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, and fiddle. When these traditional country elements are infused with the dreamy, atmospheric qualities of dream pop, the music takes on a new dimension, blending the best of both worlds.

The result is a genre that can evoke a wide range of emotions, from nostalgia and melancholy to hope and serenity. Dream pop country music often has a slow, contemplative pace, allowing listeners to get lost in its lush soundscapes and poignant lyrics. It is a genre that appeals to those who appreciate the emotional depth of country music and the ethereal beauty of dream pop, creating a unique and captivating listening experience. 

While there are artists who blend elements of dream pop and country music, creating a unique and captivating sound, this specific fusion hasn’t been formally recognized as a separate genre. Instead, it represents an innovative approach to music-making, where artists experiment with combining different styles to create something new and intriguing.

So, while you might not find “dream pop country” as a category in music stores or streaming services, the concept exists through the creative efforts of musicians who enjoy blending these two distinct genres. It’s a testament to the ever-evolving nature of music and the endless possibilities for genre experimentation.

Combining the ethereal sounds of dream pop with the storytelling of country music is quite a unique blend. Here are 8 tracks that have these qualities. (B)

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CD1

01 Yo La Tengo - Blue-Green Arrow 5:41

02 Daniel Lanois - Still Water 4:29

03 Chris Isaak - Wicked Game 4:46

04 Mazzy Star - Fade Into You 4:57

05 Marissa Nadler - Colorado Girl 3:26

06 The Delines - I Won’t Slip Up 4:12

07 Thayer Sarrano - The Bend 4:08

08 Walkabouts - The Train Leaves At Eight 3:35

09 RF Shannon - Tooth Ache 4:18

10 Azure Ray - Another Week 3:13

11 Cowboy Junkies - Ooh Las Vegas 5:17

12 Mojave 3 - Love Songs On The Radio 5:48

13 Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips - Tracy & Brooke (Mom's Reprise) 1:22

14 Daniel Spaleniak - Why 3:30

15 Cat Power - Moonshiner 4:50

16 Husky Rescue - Sweet Little Kitten 4:45

17 Workhorse - Dreamhorse 4:22

18 First Aid Kit - My Silver Lining 3:35

19 Julee Cruise - Falling 4:12

20 Weyes Blood - Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands 11:12

CD2

21 Spell - Big Red Balloon 4:14

22 Heligoland - String Tree 4:39

23 Emily Jane White - Hole In The Middle 3:26

24 Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Suzanne 4:54

25 Grouper - A Cover Over 2:48

26 Daniel Spaleniak - Dreamers 3:36

27 Htrk - Kiss Kiss And Rhinestones 2:04

28 Trespassers William - Lie In The Sound 5:42

29 Walkabouts - And She Closed Her Eyes 3:05

30 Holy Motors - Trouble 3:36

31 Jaye Jayle - About Time You Came To Me 4:08

32 Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Angel In The Snow 2:30

33 War On Drugs - Blackwater 5:10

34 Admiral Freebee (Ft Emmylou Harris) - Coming Of The Knight 3:40

35 Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell - Eyes Look Away 3:22

35 Smashing Pumpkins - To Sheila 4:46

36 Suzan Koecher - Blood Red Wine 3:18

38 Cigarettes After Sex - John Wayne 4:18

39 Trentemøller Feat. Marie Fisker & Steen Jorgensen - Blue Hotel 4:32

40 Angel Olsen - Sister 7:44

CD3

41 Boygenius - Me & My Dog 3:26

42 Molly Burch - Please Be Mine 5:03

43 Sharon Van Etten - Joke Or A Lie 4:02

44 Lisa Germano - Into Oblivion 4:10

45 A.A. Bondy - Skull & Bones 3:12

46 Joana Serrat - Solitary Road 3:19

47 Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy 3:36

48 Emmylou Harris - She 3:13

49 Tarnation - Listen To The Wind 3:46

50 Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex 4:07

51 Helena Deland - Lylz 3:03

52 Wild Pink - Track Mud 4:23

53 Medicine Boy - Time Is A Train 4:11

54 East River Pipe - Stare The Graveyard Down 5:03

55 Dougie Poole - Tripping With The One You Love 4:51

56 Hazel English - Combat 3:48

57 Lera Lynn - Coming Down 3:46

58 Beachwood Sparks - By Your Side 4:58

59 Caitlyn Smith - Before You Called Me Baby 3:45

60 Sam Valdez - Toothache 3:26

CD4

61 Shannon Mcardle - Country Music 3:49

62 Sharkboy - My Star 3:33

63 Innocence Mission - Spring 3:57

64 Jessica Bailiff - Crush 6:27

65 Fog Lake - Dakota 3:34

66 Heligoland - Palomino 3:32

67 Red House Painters - San Geronimo 7:37

68 Lauren O'connell - Rest Easy 4:50

69 Great Grandpa - Rosalie 2:39

70 Neil Halstead - Seasons 5:23

71 Tram - Nothing Left To Say 4:33

72 Belly - Feed The Tree 3:28

73 Workhorse - Ghost In The Clouds 3:51

74 Cactus Blossoms - Please Don’t Call Me Crazy 3:06

75 Thayer Sarrano - Quiet Now Your Bones 4:16

76 Honey Harper - Something Relative 4:02

77 Dean Blunt - The Redeemer 3:32

78 Daniel Spaleniak - Voice In Your Head 3:41

79 Starflyer 59 - West Coast Friendship 3:55

80 Cortney Tidwell - Don't Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up (Ewan Pearson's All This Has Happened Before Version) 6:08

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VA - Ethereal Folk, Old and New (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3+CD4

ETHEREAL FOLK

VA - Ethereal Folk, Old and New (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3+CD4 

Each of these tracks has an ethereal or dreamy quality. Sometimes with a sublime or ghostly atmosphere. The tracks included here shimmer creating a literal feeling of space and immersion in the sound of the songs. This is created by the way the artist plays their instruments or by the vocalist's use of a dreamy style of vocal. The production has an airy and at times an unearthly ambience. The folky, psychedelic, Indie feel of all these songs fall into the Ethereal Contemporary Folk category well. There are a lot of sustained notes with very gradual volume changes. The chord structures are often complex, and the melody is created with breathy reverb in many of the songs. There are many female singers here which really suits the atmosphere of theses ethereal tracks. The male vocal tracks chosen are here because they create a atmosphere where the introspective feelings of heartbreak and loneliness are held together by the breezy production. There are a few instrumentals included in this lot. This set features older bands and tracks from 60's and 70's together with some more contemporary tunes.  I really enjoy this style of folk music. I hope will enjoy these exquisite songs too.  (B)

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CD1

01 Luka Bloom - Dreams In America 6:14

02 Marissa Nadler - All My Trials 2:35

03 Dope Lemon - Hey Little Baby 5:17

04 Great Lake Swimmers - Concrete Heart 3:31

05 Sandy Harless - California Bound 4:04

06 Saxophones - Time Is Like A River 2:45

07 Madden & Harris - Wishes 4:27

08 Phoebe Bridgers - Chelsea 4:42

09 Joana Serrat - Winter Soul 3:22

10 Collection D'arnell-Andrea - Closer To Unicorn 3:24

11 Linda Perhacs - Hey, Who Really Cares (with Intro) 2:59

12 Judy Collins - Farewell To Tarwathie 5:35

13 Agnes Obel - Stretch Your Eyes 5:06

14 Emmylou Harris - Icy Blue Heart 4:08

15 Dion - Natural Man 3:37

16 Carla Dal Forno - Don't Follow Me 4:48

17 Angus & Julia Stone - Bloodhound 3:58

18 Midwinter - The Waters Of Sweet Sorrow 3:08

19 Mariee Sioux - Baby Wave 3:17

20 William Tyler - Tears And Saints Instrumental 7:58

CD2

21 RF Shannon - Tooth Ache 4:18

22 Hunt & Turner - Silver Lady 4:08

23 Taylor Swift - Epiphany 4:49

24 David Crosby - Yvette In English 5:45

25 Julie Covington - My Silks And Fine Array 4:58

26 Julia Stone - The River 4:42

27 Lord Huron - Ends Of The Earth 4:44

28 Emily Jane White - Clipped Wings 5:22

29 J. Tillman - Jesse's Not A Sleeper 4:03

30 Tir Na Nog - Our Love 3:09

31 Bon Iver - Holocene 5:36

32 Mazzy Star - Lay Myself Down 7:36

33 Joana Serrat - Beneath My Tree 2:22

34 Julien Baker - Blacktop 4:43

35 Phoebe Bridgers - Demi Moore 3:18

36 Karen Beth - April Rain 2:24

37 John Fahey - Beverly 4:51

38 Sun Kil Moon - Carissa 6:55

39 David Byrne - Just The Motion 3:22

40 Fred Neil - The Water Is Wide 4:19

CD3

41 Marissa Nadler - Thinking Of You 3:36

42 Mariee Sioux - Baby Wave 3:17

43 First Aid Kit - Cedar Lane 4:43

44 Matt Corby - Winter 3:40

45 Great Lake Swimmers - There Is A Light 5:05

46 First Aid Kit - Ghost Town 4:47

47 William Tyler - Virginia Is For Loners 3:12

48 Agnes Obel - Fuel To Fire 5:29

49 Michael Chapman - March Rain 3:46

50 Courtney Barnett - Depreston 4:52

51 Janelle Monae - 57821 (Feat. Deep Cotton) 3:16

52 Hailaker, Lowswimmer, Jemima Coulter - Coma, Smoke 4:27

53 Garden Gloves, Jackson Wooten, Torri Weidinger - Elegy 3:44

54 Tim Buckley - Dream Letter 5:12

55 Shearwater - You're The Coliseum 3:46

56 Laura Gibson - The Search For Dark Lake 3:28

57 Ezra Vine - Cradlesong 5:31

58 Sun June - Reminded 4:24

59 Lowswimmer - Past Life 3:23

60 Jim Wolfe & The T-Towners - Innersanctum 2:34

CD4

61 Ane Brun - Worship (Feat. Jose Gonzalez) 6:00

62 Damien Jurado - Allocate 4:42

63 Kate & Anna Mcgarrigle - Kitty Come Home 4:32

64 Sleeping At Last - Saturn 4:52

65 Siv Jakobsen - Dark 3:38

66 Woodpigeon - Death By Ninja (A Love Song) 4:25

67 Tomberlin - Natural Light 2:42

68 Kendra Smith - Bold Marauder 5:33

69 Tanya Donelly - Flying At Night 4:30

70 Augie March - Sunset Studies 5:34

71 Smoke Fairies - Strange Moon Rising 3:23

72 Civil Wars - Sour Times 3:17

73 Amber Run - I Found 4:33

74 Novo Amor - State Lines 3:25

75 City And Colour - Murderer 4:36

76 Mary-Anne Paterson - The Jute Mill Song 2:44

77 Kendra Smith - Valley Of The Morning Sun 6:26

78 Jonathon Round - Tolu 5:13

79 Swans - In My Garden 5:35

80 Magna Carta - Elizabethan 2:35

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VA - Ethereal Contemporary Folk (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

ETHEREAL CONTEMPORARY FOLK

VA - Ethereal Contemporary Folk (A Butterboy Compilation) (4 x CDs)

Each of these tracks has an ethereal or dreamy quality. Sometimes with a sublime or ghostly atmosphere. The tracks included here shimmer creating a literal feeling of space and immersion in the sound of the songs. This is created by the way the artist plays their instruments or by the vocalist's use of a dreamy style of vocal. The production has an airy and at times an unearthly ambience. The folky, psychedelic, Indie feels of all these songs fall into the Ethereal Contemporary Folk category well. There are a lot of sustained notes with very gradual volume changes. The chord structures are often complex, and the melody is created with breathy reverb in many of the songs. There are many female singers here which really suits the atmosphere of theses ethereal tracks. The male vocal tracks chosen are here because they create an atmosphere where the introspective feelings of heartbreak and loneliness are held together by the breezy production. I really enjoy this style of folk music. I hope will enjoy these exquisite songs too.
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CD1

01    Marissa Nadler    Fifty Five Falls    5:01
02    Sufjan Stevens    Death With Dignity    3:59
03    Mirel Wagner    What Love Looks Like    3:13
04    Nadia Reid    Track of the Time    4:41
05    Mazzy Star    Flowers in December    4:58
06    Goldfrapp    Annabel    4:00
07    Julien Baker    Appointments    4:30
08    Julie Byrne    Natural Blue    3:59
09    Phoebe Bridgers    Funeral    3:52
10    Cat Power    Werewolf    4:08
11    Snowbird    Amelia    3:10
12    Mariee Sioux    Wild Eyes    9:15
13    Bon Iver    Skinny Love    3:51
14    Lykke Li    I Never Learn    3:13
15    Honey Trees    By the River    4:29
16    Keaton Henson    Good Lust    5:02
17    Angel Olsen    Heart Shaped Face    5:32
18    Chelsea Wolfe    Flatlands    4:00
19    Emily Jane White    The Demon    5:49
20    Ben Howard    Three Tree Town    3:32
21    Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions    Suzanne    4:54
22    Julie Byrne    Marmalade    4:45
23    Emma Ruth Rundle    Haunted Houses    4:40
24    Snowbird    Where Foxes Hide    4:09
25    Miranda Lee Richards    First Light of Winter    6:55

CD2

26    Marissa Nadler    The Wrecking Ball Company    4:52
27    Jess Williamson    Awakening Baby    2:40
28    Gia Margaret    Birthday    3:47
29    Nick Drake    Time Has Told Me    4:25
30    Mothers    It Hurts Until it Doesn't    5:33
31    Marissa Nadler    Was it a Dream    3:56
32    Marika Hackman    Apple Tree    2:55
33    Snowbird    Porcelain    4:04
34    Lisa Hannigan    Fall    2:56
35    Grouper    I'd Rather Be Sleeping    2:48
36    Jessica Pratt    Back, Baby    4:02
37    Marika Hackman    Cigarette    2:37
38    Laura Gibson    Empire Builder    5:04
39    Johanna Warren    Bed of Nails    5:13
40    Emily Jane White    The Cliff    3:38
41    Tom West    Hummingbird    3:32
42    Aldous Harding    Hunter    4:30
43    Julia and the Deep Sea Sirens    In From the Outside    5:08
44    Pj Harvey        The Mountain    3:11
45    Gina Brooklyn    Butterfly    3:25
46    Hand Habits    Flower Glass    3:42
47    Brother Sun, Sister Moon    Ghosts of Barry Mill    2:30
48    Vashti Bunyan    Rose Hip November    2:27
49    Búfalo    Domingo    4:40
50    Charlie Hilton    100 Million (Feat. Mac Demarco)    4:49

CD3

51    Emily Jane White    Frozen Garden    3:56
52    Haley Heynderickx    Oom Sha La La    2:54
53    Lucy Rose    Shiver    3:53
54    Jess Williamson    I See the White    3:24
55    Kings of Convenience    Homesick    3:13
56    Adrianne Lenker    From    3:38
57    Mirel Wagner    No Death    3:09
58    Bedouine    Nice and Quiet    3:51
59    Canyon City    When I Fell    4:02
60    Busby Marou    Lhasa    2:53
61    Keaton Henson    Small Hands    3:37
62    Goldfrapp    Clowns    4:10
63    Bree Tanter    The Dancer    5:07
64    Holly Henry    The Immigrant    3:25
65    Johanna Warren    Witchsickness    5:20
66    Cara Dillon    Blackwater Side    4:11
67    Flo Morrisey    Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful    4:02
68    Big Thief    Ufof    3:08
69    John Vincent Iii    Next to You    4:16
70    Dom La Nena    Batuque (Jeremy Sole & Atropolis Remix)    3:49
71    May Jailer    For K Part 1    3:10
72    May Jailer    For K Part 2    3:22
73    Daughter    Switzerland    3:48
74    Jessica Pratt    Night Faces    4:08
75    Connie Converse    How Sad, How Lovely    2:39

CD4


76    Emily Jane White    Faster Than the Devil    4:32
77    Mazzy Star    California    5:23
78    Promise and the Monster    Night Out    4:02
79    Hand Habits    Placeholder    3:50
80    Long Beard    Porch    2:33
81    David Crosby    Laughing    5:17
82    Weyes Blood    Some Winters    6:16
83    Gia Margaret    Goodnight    2:55
84    Tara Jane O'neil    Howl    5:52
85    Lykke Li    Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone    3:48
86    Mirrorring    Silent From Above    4:59
87    Last Bison    Sandstone    4:41
88    Melody's Echo Chamber    I Follow You    3:34
89    Mick Flannery    I'll Be Out Here    3:22
90    De Cara a La Pared    Lhasa De Sela    4:20
91    Ings    Kiss Your Heroes    3:03
92    Daughter    Youth    4:11
93    Holly Henry    To Drift    3:14
94    Stevie Kin    Blossom    3:22
95    Susanna    Go Dig My Grave    4:41
96    Roy Harper    Another Day    2:57
97    Mary Margaret O'hara    Help Me Lift You Up    4:34
98    Byrds    I Come and Stand at Every Door    3:00
99    Toni Vescoli    There's a Bird    3:37
100    Linda Perhacs    Chimacum Rain    3:21

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