The first Martin & Eliza Carthy duo album, The Moral Of The Elephant is just their voices, their instruments and elegantly simple arrangements, a brilliant release for Topic’s 75th year.
We talk to Pete Flood of Bellowhead about the new album Revival as well as his own personal journey in the search for musical bliss, an enthralling one that weaves a fascinating path.
Our Song of the Day is from a special session that Blair Dunlop recently performed for Bob Harris’ ‘Under The Apple Tree Sessions’. It’s a cover of Jackson Browne’s ‘These Days’.
The Other Country is the debut release from Esther Rose Parkes, all but four tracks are written in collaboration with her mother, the poet Linda Rose Parkes…a country worth exploring further.
A welcome return from Gina Villalobos with Sola, her first album in five years. Villalobos can deliver punch and caress with equal aplomb, but it’s the latter than dominates here.
FRUK talks to the legendary Donovan who is to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame in June 2014 and whose latest album, Shadows Of Blue, finds him exploring his love of country music.
Blue Rose Code proves every bit the poetic champion as the magnificent, musically expansive second album, The Ballads Of Peckham Rye, proves the healing has begun.
Mishaped Pearls ‘Thamesis’ confirms the exceptional skills of its creators and earns them a place among those who make a significant contribution to the rich diversity of music we treasure.
Savannah Road is Brigitte DeMeyer’s 6th album and is the first she’s produced herself, 10 of the tracks co-penned by guest guitarist and harmony vocalist Will Kimbrough.
Our Song of the Day is from Martin & Eliza Carthy. ‘Happiness’ features on their forthcoming new album The Moral Of The Elephant and was written by Molly Drake, the mother of Nick Drake.
WIN have reported that Independent labels are to face the threat of a potential block from YouTube if they fail to sign up to their new audio streaming service agreement.
