If it’s her aspiration of seeking perfection in song-writing and performing, then Love Come Down takes Thea Hopkins one step closer to this goal – the pinnacle of her recorded output so far.
Watch Glenn Jones performing “The Sunken Amusement Park” from his new album “The Giant Who Ate Himself And Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar”. It’s released on August 24th on Thrill Jockey Records.
Brighton’s ‘The Knights Project’ have released their new album The Shoreham Sessions via micro-label Woodland Recordings. Watch the album trailer featuring a performance of Mollusc which is also our Song of the Day.
Fen, Farm & Deadly Water is an album filled with fun, thought and good tunes. The Trio bring a distinct flavour of versatility – in tunes, songs and arrangements. A lovely album with a great variety; a very accomplished set of parts and a very cohesive whole.
Bristol-based singer/songwriter Natalie Holmes writes lilting, haunting and yet somehow invigorating pop, with honey-toned vocals and an incredible depth to every song. Watch her performing her new single ‘Hideout’ live.
Kindness, A Rebel finds River Whyless taking a new and refreshing direction from their debut and confirms that the Asheville, North Carolina quartet are an increasingly musical force to be reckoned with.
Who knows how to stem the tide except through dreams? – One night an old seaman dreams the ocean into his bed. His sea green sheets become the polluted waters of his worst nightmare. His own mortality is at risk as his household objects begin to suffocate him.
Some of the UK’s finest folk artists (including Karine Polwart, Cara Dillon, Steve Knightley, Eliza Carthy, Sam Lee and The Young’Uns) will take listeners to the heartland of the places that have inspired their music in an engaging new podcast starting in August.
Third Man Records release their second Greek Folk Music compilation. Lament In A Deep Style 1929 – 1931 shines the light on folk musician and clarinetist Kitsos Harisiadis. The release features the artwork of Robert Crumb. Listen to the first track Skaros.
The Room in the Wood is the first joint project from Paul Cavanagh and Dave Jackson since their Liverpool post-punk band, The Room, split in 1985. Watch their music video for the first single Magical Thinking.
Watch the music video for Minnie Birch’s new single John Barleycorn featuring guest vocalist Cian Davis of Molly and the Beekeepers. She was commissioned to make the track for the film Heaven’s Rage – based on the novel of the same name by author Leslie Tate.
“Over the Years,” a collection of demos made from 1968 to 1980, is an outstanding new release from Graham Nash. The songs are brilliantly underproduced, raw and naked, mainly recorded with just acoustic guitar and piano. There’s raw, heroic quality hidden in these versions.
