Sheema Mukherjee gives FRUK an exclusive insight into her debut solo LP, a vivacious vinyl treat that takes her classical Indian sitar skills into a bold new fusion of sound.
Jessica Pratt releases her new single ‘Back, Baby’ this week, a taste of the sunshine that will come in January with her new album. Also our Song of the Day.
A feathery air may inform the album’s ambience, but behind it lie deceptively and disarmingly moving literate songs that catch you unawares with the acumen of their images and emotions.
Sean Rowe covers Richard Thompson’s classic ‘1952 Vincent Black Lightning’. You can almost smell the dirt and grease as he delivers it with that soulful baritone.
There’s a whole battalion of bands out there making this sort of retro rock, but the Oregon based quartet The Parson Red Heads are carrying the flag not following it.
Clive Palmer, famed banjo player and founding member of Incredible String Band and C.O.B. passed away on 23rd November. We take a brief look back at his musical career.