Listen to ‘The Hold Up’ by Whetherman, a song on which he merges the parallels of financial instability with gun violence. It features on his forthcoming album ‘This Land’ which pays homage to the collective messages spread by Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
The chemistry between Jenna Moynihan and Màiri Chaimbeul is a tangible, palpable entity at the heart of their new album ‘One Two’, making for as natural a sound as I have yet heard in contemporary, instrumental acoustic music.
Iron & Wine will release Beast Epic, his first new material in over four years, on 25th August via Sub Pop. He has also delivered a video for the lead track, “Call It Dreaming,” which stars the singer and was directed by J. Austin Wilson. Watch it here.
Toronto mandolin maestro Andrew Collins and his trio partners have recorded an album which defies categorisation but which draws on a myriad of classical and folk influences – full of beauty, quirks and top notch musicianship.
John Alexander’s latest release ‘Of These Lands’ follows on further down the dusty and rocky road with a weathered collection of 11 songs that have been scratched from time spent on his recent journeys. These tales of weather-beaten lives make for engrossing listening
NPR announce full album stream of Fleet Foxes Crack-Up, one of the most highly anticipated album releases of the year. Also, watch their latest video If You Need To, Keep Time on Me. The album is due for release this month on 16 June.
Headland came into being in 2013 to soundtrack super8 film fragments depicting surfing and coastal culture in and around Lennox Head, Australia in the 1970s. Their new release slow-motion footage by award-winning filmmaker Stephen Jones overscores each track…watch Beneath the Eyes
PJ Harvey and Ramy Essam have come together to write and record ‘The Camp’ (our Song of the Day) which they hope will raise awareness and much needed support towards the health and educational well-being of displaced children in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon.
Canadian indie-pop singer-songwriter Feist performed ‘Century’ on the Late Show, a more daring sounding track from her latest album ‘Pleasure’, for which Stephen Colbert does a grand job of steping into the shoes of Jarvis Cocker.
Armed with their All-star band ‘The Sea Lice’, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile are all set to head out on the road together on a North American tour in October with a joint album set for release later this year.
Listen to Jack Copper’s ‘North of Anywhere’, taken from his forthcoming solo debut album ‘Sandgrown’, an album inspired by his hometown of Blackpool and his upbringing on England’s Fylde Coast.
