Leyla McCalla has taken huge leaps forward from this mature solo launch pad but, with this timely re-issue, it is an album that remains ripe for wider discovery; its delights are many and varied indeed.
Over the course of the four songs on Day Inside A Night, Brittain Ashford and Matt Bauer establish themselves as singers and songwriters unafraid to look at their world and expose themselves, flaws and all. No one could ask for more.
Now More Than Ever demonstrates that the Cape Breton tradition is in very safe hands with McNally and her band: a delightful, enticing and thoroughly exhilarating release.
Beattie’s “Somewhere Round The Bend” is an album for reverie and relaxing, of raising a glass to what was and a candle to what might be, the boy done good indeed.
The Superwolves return…watch the video for “Make Worry For Me”, the new single from Matt Sweeney & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – “it’s a manifesto, and we can only hope to learn from it.”
An entrancing and memorable interpretation of a fine collection of classic folk songs from LAU. As an EP it is a perfect selection of a rich and beguiling set of tunes.
On ‘When a Man Loves an Omen’, Judson Claiborne transfix the listener while keeping them slightly off-balance at the same time, it’s one of the most compelling EPs of the year.
Featuring new music from Laura Fell, Faeland, Juni Habel, Niamh Regan, Sam Burton, Sam Amidon, LAU, Edgelarks, Martin Simpson, The Rheingans Sisters, POOLS, Cunning Folk, Buck Curran, Gwenifer Raymond, Ida Lune & more.
West Country-based duo Faeland unveil animated video by Sofja Umarik for Easier, their recently released new single, taken from their forthcoming new album ‘When I Close My Eyes’.
Ben Walker gives us another masterclass in technique, feel and tone with a second compact collection of tunes – a trip from England to Ireland and back again. All proceeds go to Macmillan Cancer Support.
