Tin Hat Trio - "Empire Of Light" (Book Of Silk)

like an old French chanson.

Tin Hat - album "The Sad Machinery Of Spring"

• Daisy Bell - sad, melancholy
• Intractable - instrumental, slow minorkey jazz
• Old World - instrumental, melancholy, beautiful
• Dionysus - ok
• the Secret Fluid of Dusk - love the title!
• The Book - haunting bassline (think of "War Of The Worlds")
• Blind Paper Dragon - it'd probably be described as "playful", but it bordering on nervosity
• Janissary Band - very much like real jazz, don't like this, too random
• ...

Tin Hat - "Old World" (The Sad Machinery Of Spring)

Amazing song by the people who became the Tin Hat Trio (well, that's an educated assumption).

Instrumental, slow, melancholy and very, very melodious.

Must look into more of their stuff, though I wonder if it will start to rasp my nerves when I'd listen to a full album of theirs.

Tin Hat Trio & Tom Waits - "Helium (reprise)" (Helium)

This blinding kiss breathes helium into my heart
And erases the embraces of all other lovers
With this kiss

Your ruby lips speak for themselves, they tell nothing but lies
I dissolve into the wax of a flickering candle
With this kiss

This isn't real, in Chinatown everything's cheap
I'm shipwrecked on the coast of your shoulders
And this kiss

And this kiss
And this kiss
And this kiss
And this kiss
And this kiss
This kiss
With this kiss

Tin Hat - "Old World" (The Sad Machinery Of Spring)

Sad, melancholy, dreamy.

Tin Hat == Tin Hat Trio, it seems

Tin Hat Trio - "Night Of The Skeptic" (The Rodeo Eroded)

Evocative, violin, accordeon.

Tin Hat Trio - "Fear Of The Sun" (The Rodeo Eroded)

instrumental, accordeon, jazzy, gypsy, slightly sad at times.

Found through my Pandora's "Pogues" channel.

Their bio on Pandora:

Transplanted from New York to the Bay Area, the chamber jazz group Tin Hat Trio consists of accordionist Rob Burger, guitarist Mark Orton, and violinist Carla Kihlstedt. The group's unique blend of structure, improvisation, and contemporary classical, folk, world, and jazz elements reflects each member's other performing experiences. Kihlstedt majored in classical violin performance at the Oberlin Conservatory and went on to become a prominent performer in both classical and improvised music, playing with artists like John Zorn and Roscoe Mitchell, and recording with Eugene Chadbourne, the Grassy Knoll, and Tom Waits. She also appeared on Philip Glass' series Music at the Anthology, sings and plays with another Bay Area band (Charming Hostess), collaborates with choreographer Jo Kreiter, and is a graphic designer/illustrator as well.

Orton started playing guitar as a child and eventually studied composition at the Peabody Conservatory and the Hart School of Music. Also a professional recording and sound engineer, Orton worked on sessions with Bill Frisell, John Zorn, and the Lounge Lizards, and engineered the sound at the Knitting Factory for two years. Orton plays banjo, lute, dobro, lap steel, and electric guitar with his other group, San Francisco's Old Joe Clarks, and has composed scores for independent films like Beverly Wachtel's Just Noticeable Difference.