Acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter Algis Fediajevas returns with his fourth album, Po trejų metų. While sung in his native Lithuanian tongue, his voice and atmospheric melodies have a deeply engaging honesty that crosses any possible language barrier.
Karl Culley returns with ‘Stories Save Our Lives’, a deeply reflective offering, dealing with themes that are both haunting and dark as well as tender and hopeful.
After a two year hiatus, Karl Culley makes a welcome return with his cathartic Redshift. The EP precedes a full-length album planned for release later this year.
Alex Rainer’s ‘Time Changes’ is a mature album which seems to meander between eras in terms of composition and lyrical style while portraying the sense that we are all transient and nothing is stable and there is nothing truer than that.
Karl Culley’s ‘Last!’ is a double album and an acoustic affair, his complex but melodic guitar playing keeps the music rich and a suitable complement to his rather humble but enriching vocals and honest songwriting.
An engaging, visionary record that blends many different influences and styles into a compelling whole, a very personal ode to a strange and enchanting land that will forever continue to baffle and intrigue.
Karl Culley’s fourth offering is, as the name suggests, a stripped-down affair but his clever, intricate guitar picking creates the illusion that there is more than simply the singer and his guitar.
Too, is the second release from Good Luck Mountain. A collection of melodic, tender poetic songs built around the warm vocals of ex-Tandy singer-songwriter Mike Ferrio.
Triumvirate is a lyrically challenging album that has been recorded in such a way to sound lush at times but yet still retains a minimalist sound, one that perfectly suits Rogai’s serene vocals.
With ‘The Buddhist’ Tacoma, Washington-based singer-songwriter Kye Alfred Hillig honors the personal nature of the songs and leaves the stories within them bare before the listener.
‘Get There’ is Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws first full-length album collaboration under the rather mysterious name of Minor Alps. Read our review and get a taster.
