Kendra Smith

Doomy-voiced Opal siren. Now living in the wilds of Northern California knitting pump organs out of lentils, or something like that. Here's two from the Guild of Temporal Adventurers EP and one from Five Ways of Disappearing.

Kendra Smith - Stars Are In Your Eyes
Kendra Smith - She Brings The Rain
Kendra Smith - Valley of the Morning Sun

The Beau Brummels

Up there with the Byrds in my estimation. The first two albums (produced by Sly Stone - yep, that one) found the perfect midpoint between Merseybeat and folk, overlaid with Sal Valentino's beautifully plangent voice. Their later records (Triangle and Bradley's Barn) moved into gently psychedelic orchestral Americana; it makes perfect sense that Ron Elliott later played on Van Dyke Parks' Song Cycle. They built up a sizable stack of unreleased tracks over their short lifetime as a band. Here's two from the Magic Hollow box set, along with a rare-ish B-side. 'Galadriel' might test your tolerance for late 60s Tolkien-related whimsy, but stick with it.

The Beau Brummels - She Reigns
The Beau Brummels - Galadriel (demo)
The Beau Brummels - Black Crow

Nivens

Northumberland's finest. You can get the CD here.

Nivens - Summertime
Nivens - Judy Garland
Nivens - I Love Me

Jesse Garon & The Desperadoes

Three from Nixon.

Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes - Heaven and a Higher Place
Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes - Goodbye Misery
Jesse Garon and the Desperadoes - Hold Me Now

Incidentally, the 1000 Violins files should be working again.