Anne Malewski

Anne catches up with ‘English Country Punk’ singer-songwriter Frank Turner in Stockholm and talks about camaraderie, traditional folk music and songwriter crushes…

For their second album The Harbour, My Home, Pär Hagström and Jenny Roos turn towards stranger sounds and darker skies.

If you haven’t heard of Kristofer Åström this is your chance for a proper introduction. With his new album ‘An Introduction To’ Kristofer looks back at 15 years of northern blues.

With her upcoming record I’m a Dreamer, Josephine Foster asks you to slowdance in the space between sleeping and waking until a stubborn smile rises across your face.

Being left and leaving, Alela Diane goes house-haunting on her latest release ‘About Farewell’.

Named after the longitudes and latitudes of weaving, Laura Veir’s ninth full-length album is a mesmeric tapestry of sound.

Portraying moments in fairytale brush strokes, Allysen Callery’s fifth release ‘Mumblin’ Sue’ is yet another new folk gem.

Is it the gathering of a secret club? Or a living room gig moved to a pub? The Nest Collective evening with Lowpines and Fiona Bevan upstairs in The Old Queen’s Head was a bit of both: exhilaratingly mysterious and affectionate.

A kitchen, close friends, trial, error and patience. That’s Matthew Fowler’s recipe for his debut album. It worked a treat.

Humming to the pines, tracking shadows down the street and making maps of memories. On her debut album, Georgia Ruth goes on radiant harp adventures.

With his fourth album ‘Bright Sunny South’ Sam Amidon revisits bare folk storytelling. What he calls “a lonesome record”, to Bon Iver, is “the tips of the blades rising”. Either way: an adventure.

Turner Cody’s latest album “Last of the Big Time Spenders” illuminates contemporary struggles like a zoetrope nightlight and cool as a cucumber.