Finding beauty in the bleakest places, Toria Wooff shares stories of the world around her. A hyper-real painter, poet and musician with Synesthesia, the characters she encounters emerge through song and ‘All I Dream About (Is You)’ showcases a more vulnerable side to her artistry.
For all the care and worry on Richard Dawson’s ‘The Ruby Cord’, there is always the possibility of an upsurge of joy, a moment of release… Wherever he currently sits on his 1000-year timeline, he speaks with unparalleled eloquence and imagination about the concerns and the comforts we all face.
Many will find the music on Bouquet challenging, but there is so much to enjoy here, and it is a high point in Robbie Basho’s career. This version is now the benchmark; beautifully packaged…an extraordinary album and a truly essential purchase.
The Trials of Cato share their modern plague song, Ring of Roses, taken from their new album Gog Magog which drops next week on 25th November. Despite the haunting elements of this song, they raise it, phoenix-like, to become an instant crowd-pleaser.
Bert Jansch at the BBC is a truly glorious collection that has been extensively researched and features radio and TV sessions from 1966 to 2009. It’s an outstanding boxset release.
Watch the video for John Blek’s new single St. John’s Eve, a song that depicts the excruciating nervousness and excitement of first love. It’s the second single to be taken from his new album “Until The Rivers Run Dry”.
Meg Baird shares new album single ‘Star Hill Song’ – described as a loose, Hi Record groove swaying in the lazy West Coast breeze, as sunshine sonics fly like banners in magisterial folk-rock procession.
Far Away is the latest offering from Alt-folk singer/songwriter and actor Bay Bryan. It’s also the fourth single to be taken from their upcoming album, The Meadow, a stunner to look forward to in 2023.
Today, Lisa O’Neill shares news of her new album ‘All Of This Is Chance’ (out on 10th February via Rough Trade). Watch her new video for the lead single ‘Old Note’, directed by Myles O’Reilly.
Lady Maisery deliver compelling messages in the most memorable ways. ‘tender’, their first studio album in six years, finds them delivering their strongest collection of songs yet and instantly re-establishes them at the forefront of British folk music.
A rising star in today’s Americana folk constellation, Jack Schneider’s Best Be On My Way is an engaging, musically understated, but highly accomplished debut that touches on universal emotions, often downcast but glimmering with shafts of light.
Today, Proper Records, in collaboration with UMC, are reissuing four Sandy Denny albums, originally released between 1971 and 1977. We take a look back at the history.
