For ninety years, English folk music and dance have had an official home in a quiet corner of central London. Just off a (usually) very busy high street, hidden from view in a pretty walled garden is Cecil Sharp House.
London-based Hannah White joins forces with four Bergen musicians – The Nordic Connections – for an album that is anything but ordinary. Recorded live, she plunges fully into the 70s country sounds she’s only previously flirted with.
Camille Delean has seemingly found the balance point between solitude and loneliness, between desolation and despair and come out on the other side. She shares messages we can all learn.
The next Hudson Records Listening Club is this Sunday, 7th June at 10.30 am and features Neil McSweeney (as well as some his band), who will be listening to and talking about his album “A Coat Worth Wearing”.
Regardless of the season, the jubilant grooves of Rearrange Us provide a perfect way to swing into summer. The music sways with the breeze, shimmering and coming alive thanks Mt. Joy.
With reference points from Miles Davis to Nick Drake, Modern Nature reflects on a myriad of influences inspired and incorporated over the course of twenty-one minutes, distilled to the essence of Annual. Let the draught mingle with your senses and feel the pull of time.
JJ Draper continues his delivery of homespun, authentic and vivid songs with his latest single which he wrote to chronicle the surreal experience of those who come inadvertently into contact with a troubling world they don’t understand.
Brigid Mae Power’s generosity of spirit permeates all of these songs, even the ones that describe hardship. This is her most accessible work to date, but also her most intricately layered: genuinely beautiful, quietly challenging and perfectly self-contained.
Melbourne’s Bananagun have today shared their new single The Master, taken from their forthcoming album The True Story of Bananagun. The track is out now on streaming services alongside previous singles “Out Of Reach” and “People Talk Too Much.”
Nothing really prepares you for David Grubb’s new album, Nano. While it is an instrumental commentary on the dark side of modern society, there are also moments of great beauty and potentially a message of hope.
Cafe Oto have released all three sets from December’s double shows with 75 Dollar Bill. “75 Dollar Bill have stitched their diverse influences together into a powerful, hypnotic sound that is as unique as it is mesmerizing.”
Listen to ‘Maskin Ya Nas’, our Song of the Day, taken from SHIRAN’s new album Glsah Sanaanea with Shiran, on which her longing for Yemen continues to pulse. The songs date back hundreds of years making it a mesmerising album with each listen rewarding you with subtle new layers to experience.
