If you are a fan of Jez Lowe you will love this, as I did. If you are new to his work, then this will prove to be a great introduction and will certainly send you off looking for more.
It’s impossible not to fall a little bit in love with Hemet. Beautifully listenable and rich in some rather gorgeous melodies and emotive arrangements, it is an adept and utterly mesmerizing debut from Niamh Regan.
Allysen Callery’s “Ghost Folk” casts a mesmerising spell, impossible to resist, and yet also conjures subtleties and substance that demand your closer investigation.
Sophisticated songs for a sometimes saccharin season, A Midwinter Miscellany (featuring Ashley Hutchings, Becky Mills, Blair Dunlop and Judy Dunlop) is a Christmas album with a big dollop of class.
Listen to ‘The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea’, the debut single from Hertfordshire singer songwriter Taylor Nathan who channels a ’50s/’60s classic folk vibe, ideal for escaping the demands of today’s distracting modern world.
With the release of his new album ‘Vana’, we catch up with Ross Ainslie to discuss his new album, personal wellbeing, collaborations over Zoom and the perils of solo improvisation.
Listen to ‘Fire Swing’, the new single from Parker Ainsworth, an impassioned mission statement that highlights his intoxicating vocal tenor and knack for melody.
A terrific listen for a lockdown winter night, dreaming of a return to outside summer music, hopefully, next year. Make sure Merry Hell are playing where you go; I will be.
Arbutus Yarns reveal new film project celebrating the life of Irish folk singer and songwriter Liam Weldon. Watch a clip in which Irish Traveller singer and song collector Thomas McCarthy pays tribute to Weldon.
An album to savour and immerse in rather than seeking out immediate pleasures, at one point she sings “I’ll never be in season, I’m forever ripinin’”; a heady fruit indeed.
…regardless of the fact that as an atheist I cannot emotionally plug into much of the album’s lyrical content, speaking simply as a human being William Prince’s “Gospel First Nation” is probably the most relatable record I’ve heard all year.
