Sam Buttler

So something pretty monumental happened yesterday...

I PASSED MY PHD VIVA!!!! 🎉🎉

Thank you so much to Tonia Ko and Mark Bowden for being such brilliant examiners. Can't believe I've got this far, it feels unreal #phd #phdlife

YouTube video by Sam Buttler Who Has Seen

My brand new piece 'Who Has Seen', written at this year's Cheltenham Festival Composers Academy and performed by @thecaricesingers.bsky.social and George Parris is out now! They did such an incredible job and I can't wait for you all to hear it 😀😀

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Give it a listen, now out on SoundCloud and YouTube (links in bio). I'm super proud of this one!!

Colours in the Sky is out now!!!! 🌈🌈🌈 Ever wondered what it would sound like if Vikings played Mario Kart? WONDER NO MORE!

Could not be happier with this piece, and a real baptism of fire into playing the oboe again! Thank you so much to Miles for his incredible piano playing on this!

Guess who just submitted their PhD....

Such a pleasure to present some of my PhD research at the KCL-UNC Graduate Music Conference! Thank you to everyone who came and listened to my talk and The Choir of King's College London and Joseph Fort's performance of 'Two Eagles and Empty Skies".

Today's bread

Few things better than fresh bread in the morning

Longest run ever... How people do full marathons is beyond me!

The Vice Chancellor's comments on BBC Radio 4 yesterday morning about the 'competition' between RWCMD and CU School of Music were ill-informed and simply wrong. The facilities, methodologies, learners, outcomes, opportunities and staff are different. That's okay. But they are NOT interchangeable.

Pterosaur Soar Pterosaur Soar for Violin and Piano Recorded as part of the Peter Reynolds Composer Studio at the Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2023

A little piece for your Sunday afternoons: soundcloud.com/sam-buttler-...

Wednesday's bread

Obligatory snow picture ❄️❄️❄️

Mantras Katie Pruitt · Album · 2024 · 11 songs

1. Mantras - Katie Pruitt

Stellar songwriting and themes, brought together by one of the best voices working in country music right now. For me, nothing came close, it's the best album of 2024.

Best tracks: White Lies, White Jesus and You, Blood Related

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The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch Karen Jonas · Album · 2024 · 12 songs

2. The Rise and Fall of American Kitsch - Karen Jonas

This one really grew on me throughout the year, and the gut punch of the penultimate track kept hitting harder with each listen

Best tracks: Plastic Pink Flamingos, American Kitsch

open.spotify.com/album/5Dpbx5...

BRAT Charli xcx · Album · 2024 · 15 songs

3. BRAT - Charli XCX

This is the album of 2024, nothing else had even close to this much impact. It also is absolutely fantastic

Best tracks: Girl, so confusing, Talk talk

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HIT ME HARD AND SOFT Billie Eilish · Album · 2024 · 10 songs

4. HIT ME HARD AND SOFT - Billie Eilish

The most consistent narratively of all of Billie's albums, and one with more call backs to her previous work. A listen that really grows on you.

Best tracks: THE DINER, L'AMOUR DE MA VIE

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Anniversary Adeem the Artist · Album · 2024 · 12 songs

5. Anniversary - @adeemtheartist.bsky.social

Tender and intimate, righteous and demanding change. This album has it all with a potent political message to boot

Best tracks: Nightmare, Wounded Astronaut

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GNX Kendrick Lamar · Album · 2024 · 12 songs

6. GNX - @kendricklamar.bsky.social

A victory lap after the year Kendrick has had, with some of his most cutting lines and lushest production.

Best tracks: man at the garden, luther

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Trail Of Flowers Sierra Ferrell · Album · 2024 · 12 songs

7. Trail of Flowers - Sierra Ferrell

An honest and rootsy Americana album, with songs with a hefty amount of rollick to them. Great driving music

Best tracks: Fox Hunt, American Dreaming

open.spotify.com/album/6NRPQ8...

COWBOY CARTER

8. COWBOY CARTER - Beyonce

Once again proving why she is one of, if not the, greatest living entertainer, COWBOY CARTER is an odyssey through what country music means and what it could be

Best tracks: YA YA, II MOST WANTED

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What A Relief Katie Gavin · Album · 2024 · 12 songs

9. What A Relief - Katie Gavin

If you like MUNA, but want a folkier twist on their songs, this is the album for you

Best tracks: The Baton, Casual Drug Use

open.spotify.com/album/63Zain...

Stampede Orville Peck · Album · 2024 · 15 songs

10. Stampede - Orville Peck

A duets album with a tonne of surprises and excellent guest features. Orville Peck once again proving that country music can be queer, fun, and alive

Best tracks: Mientéme, Papa Was a Rodeo

open.spotify.com/album/3vi7hL...

And here we have it, my TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2024! There were some last minute cuts and albums that just didn't make it, but these were the projects that I kept going back to all year. Give them a listen, you might enjoy them!

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Enjoy! Keep your eyes peeled for the albums list (coming soon!).

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JOYRIDE Kesha · JOYRIDE · Song · 2024

Joyride - Kesha

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HISS

Hiss - Megan Thee Stallion

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Die With A Smile

Die With A Smile - Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga

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Sway

Sway - Kacey Musgraves

open.spotify.com/track/6f2una...

Prove It To You Brittany Howard · What Now · Song · 2024

Prove It To You - Brittany Howard

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What If Nothing Breaks? Snow Patrol · The Forest Is The Path · Song · 2024

What If Nothing Breaks? - Snow Patrol

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