Music Reviews

Moss & Jones – Shepherd’s Delight (It’s Not Time To Go To Bed)

Published on Jun 27, 2014

If you listen to something so much and very often it can become one big massive something made of nothing. In this instance I refer to music. It leaves you digging deeper to find something different rather than listening to the massive something over and over again. I hope that is all very clear. Clear as mud.

On my quest to find that something different I found the new single from Moss & Jones called ‘Shepherd’s Delight’ (It’s Not Time To Go To Bed). I have always been a sucker for a bit of ukulele action, although this isn’t something I would often announce, behind closed curtains in the early hours, normally mid week I will listen to the sounds of Kahauanu Lake Trio and drift away.

‘Shepherd’s Delight’ is a beautifully simple song, made up of lovely vocal and lyrics ‘ Church bells ring; we all count to eight. It’s starting to get late; what to do?’ The song was inspired by summer, a poem by Robert Herrick and a painting by John Singer Sargent.

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The inclusion of a glockenspiel and harmonies adds a nice depth to the tune as it dances along merrily across your ears. I would love to hear more from Moss & Jones to see what else is in their repertoire. A few years back, there was a duo called the Kambourines who gigged around Liverpool with their own style folk approach and Moss & Jones have the same vibe and feel about their music.