Jason Newton

@Kemihelwa
141 Followers
172 Following
317 Posts
Love coffee, vermouth, songwriting, travelling and living in Granada in the south of Spain.
Travel Writingwww.departuresandcoffee.com
Music (Distance Of Hope)www.distanceofhope.com
Distance Of Hope (Fediverse)[email protected]
Jason NewtonOct 21
The new #Apartments album is just so good. A quietly magnificent masterpiece. Perfect for autumn. This was the first single. One of my favourites on the album #music #newmusic https://youtube.com/watch?v=xlDyrU9_JP4
A Handful of Tomorrow by The Apartments

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Jason NewtonOct 8
What a magnificent song by #gracejones Been on repeat all day. Oddly soothing https://youtu.be/WGfqqSVwYHU?si=XH4dsPzAxTA4FL-q
Victor Should Have Been A Jazz Musician

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Jason NewtonOct 3
On the bus en route to #Madrid watching this beautiful song Surfers In Twilight by #thedelines Lucky to have seen them twice before. Going to see them in Madrid tonight. Going to be wonderful! https://youtu.be/vU0JKYxhxrg?si=3d-kl3YgqLuV5CTS
The Delines - Surfers In Twilight (Live at Bocce)

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Jason NewtonAug 10, 2025
Oblique StrategiesAug 10, 2025

Just carry on

#ObliqueStrategies

Jason NewtonDec 5, 2023
I love #Italy and especially #Venice In November https://link.medium.com/1sUjFAEShFb Read my latest post on #Medium
#Globetrottters
#travel #travelwriting #travelling
Jason NewtonNov 26, 2023
ClareNov 25, 2023
On my way out to go to the tank farm (gas station for you who don’t live in the Arctic) and something stopped me in my tracks. #Nunavut #photography #LandscapePhotography
Jason NewtonNov 24, 2023
Had a lovely and ever so slightly decadent lunchtime in #Granada today https://departuresandcoffee.com/2023/11/24/a-decadent-friday-lunchtime-in-granada/ #Andalucia #Spain #lunch #vermouth #food #foodie
A Decadent Friday lunchtime in Granada

It’s Friday afternoon and so after a busy week, I’ve decided to come into the centre of Granada to do some work/writing and spoil myself by having a ‘proper’ lunch. And so, may I present, my old fr…

Departures and Coffee
Jason NewtonNov 21, 2023
I had a lovely moment when out this morning. Read more at Departures and Coffee, my kind of travel/living in Spain website https://departuresandcoffee.com/2023/11/21/cortado/ #Granada #Andalucia #Spain #Niguelas #coffee #expat #pueblo
Cortado?

Tuesday morning in my local-ish bar in Niguelas mid-way through my morning walk. It’s the only bar open at 9.30am. The sun is out, the sky is blue and it’s more than a bit chilly in the shade (16 d…

Departures and Coffee
Jason NewtonNov 14, 2023

This beautiful quote is an extract from the magnificent Red Hand Files by #NickCave.

"We are obligated to make our best attempts to become the thing we wish to be, otherwise we forever remain the sorry consorts of our own defeat."

If you don't know about it, the Red Hand Files website allows Nick Cave fans to submit open questions which he then answers in beautifully written replies that are posted online and via the mailing list.

https://www.theredhandfiles.com/singing-could-be-better/

Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #260 - I’m 17 years old, and I don’t know if I want to record and publish an ep that I’ve been working on with a band with some friends of mine and that I’m very proud of for what regards the instrumental part but I know that my singing could be better and that I could wait a little bit more to create something I’m 100% proud of, but still I don’t want to wait anymore because we have the chance of recording in a great studio and I don’t want to slow down the process. What should I do?

Dear Eugenio, When I started as a singer I was exactly the same age as you are now, and I had no idea how to sing. I was generally...

The Red Hand Files
Jason NewtonNov 3, 2023
KayJanesNov 2, 2023
https://www.opb.org/article/2023/11/02/seffarine-band-portland-morocco-spain/
"During their very first meeting, musicians Lamiae Naki and Nat Hulskamp wrote their first song together and decided to get married. The resulting project was Seffarine, an eclectic ensemble that blends traditional Andalusian and Moroccan music with jazz and other contemporary influences. The band is based in Portland, but has performed and recorded throughout Europe, Africa and North America."
Portland-based ensemble Seffarine blends music of southern Spain and Morocco with contemporary influences

The band is based in Portland, but has performed and recorded throughout Europe, Africa and North America. Their most recent residency was in Morocco, just days after the devastating earthquake that leveled several remote villages in the Atlas Mountains.

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