Owen Spafford & Louis Campbell celebrate the end of their incredible debut album cycle with a short run of tour dates and a new EP, 102 Metres East, to be released on Real World X, an imprint label of Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records.
We’ve put together a light-hearted Anti-Valentine playlist featuring 16 Horsepower, Jonathan Richman, Rosali, Cate Le Bon, Laura Veirs, Nina Simone, Herman Düne, Tom Waits, Sibylle Baier and more.
French-Moroccan power quartet Bab L’ Bluz share their new single/video ‘Imazighen’, taken from their second album ‘Swaken’, out on 10 May 2024 on Real World Records.
Jess Silber invites audiences to embrace the celebration of self-love on Valentine’s Day with her award-winning music video for It Hurts to Love a Woman, which follows the queer story of two almost-lovers on a quest for self-love, confidence, and sexual longing.
Abigail Lapell turns to the romantic ideal of growing old together on her forthcoming album Anniversary. Watch the video for her lead single Anniversary Song, recorded live with her band in a 200-year-old church.
Serious Sam Barrett drops his new album, A Drop of The Morning Dew on March 1st which was recorded live at Bacca Pipes folk club. Watch his new video for the beautiful title track…ancient advice on how to stay looking young.
In a tale that unfolds with almost Murakmi dream-like absurdity, Jake Sheppard’s ‘Bird Clock’ manages to balance sorrow and comedy perfectly, a highwire act that leaves you wanting more.
Bill Mackay announces his new solo album ‘Locust Land’ and shares his lead single “When I Was Here”, a surging, blistering, blues-inflected jam with a lyric so sweet it stings. Watch the accompanying video, Directed and edited by Mikel Patrick Avery.
Emma Geiger announces her debut album and releases “Reverse Bloom”. The title track is accompanied by another stunning video filmed by Archer Boyette. …there’s an airy spaciousness to this song – once again, Geiger perfectly conveys her inner thoughts and connects with her listener.
Eric Brace and Thomm Jutz’s ‘Simple Motion’ is a highly appealing album by two consummate musicians who have nothing to prove, making music for the joy of it and, in turn, affording that same experience in those who hear it.
Composer and pianist Koki Nakano has shared a new music video featuring compositions from his Oceanic Feeling album. Joined by Tess Voelker, both the music and dance seem at one with the flowing architectural waveforms of the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum.
Released this month on Ireland’s Nyahh Records, Mohammad Syfkhan’s “I Am Kurdish” comes highly recommended from us – filled with an atmosphere of joy, love and happiness, the release also underpins the label’s strong support of independent artists and their innovative roster.
