A delightful aural confection, combining synth, guitar work which is both lusty and beautifully subtle, highly effective drums patterns. Engaging, entertaining and musically astute; it should be on everyone’s playlist.
Nearing 80, Bob Dylan remains a wonder, able to paint aural pictures that excite the senses, continuing to breathe life into a medium that doesn’t tend to value longevity.
North Carolina’s H.C. McEntire announces new album Eno Axis, and shares video for “Time, On Fire”. The album is tipped as the strongest work she has shared yet.
Shadow Houses includes original and luscious sonic reinterpretations from sources as diverse as Jerusalem, the Warsaw Ghetto, Romania, Gypsy Klezmorim, American dirge merchants and Scottish troubadors.
George Sansome proves that addressing folk songs in their bare-bones, as they would have been sung back in the day, can be no less an inspiring and exhilarating experience.
Dana Gavanski seeks comfort in the familiar strangers of her musical heroes from her new home base of London and does a spectacular King Crimson cover.
Brothers Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn, best known as Ye Vagabonds, share a new video series featuring “songs we sing at home that rarely make it to the stage”.
While this won’t be the only album of reworked material recorded in 2020, the strength of Alasdair Roberts early work means it will certainly be one of the best.
A contemplative work, these are the sort of nights and dreams you want to lose yourself in, offering calm and catharsis, and the awakening to a brighter tomorrow.
Kevin Henderson and Neil Pearlman release their debut album next month which features a variety of heart-wrenching airs and fiery reels as they tell stories from both sides of the pond.
