It’s rare to hear Oldham in such emphatic voice but there is something unmistakably upbeat and uplifting at work on his latest offering ‘Singer’s Grave a Sea of Tongues’. Plus watch his new video.
Blind Willies use a clever range of ideas and influences to create an album that sparkles. Musically it calms, soothes and lulls, while lyrically it refuses to blend into the background.
Summer 2014 sees the eagerly anticipated follow-up release from those purveyors of Western swing, country blues and ragtime – Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra.
The O’s who have just finished supporting Del Amitri on tour demonstrate a lightness of touch and flair for understated melancholy on their latest offering ‘Thunderdog’.
Aventine finds Agnes Obel in a darker, more plaintive mood following her 2010 breakthrough but all the signs point to a songwriter going from strength to strength.
Caitlin Rose’s latest release ‘The Stand-In’ is a more straight-up country album, with less of the residual indie sensibilities of ‘Own Side Now’. A great second album from an artist with a big future.
Fence Records darlings Kid Canaveral make a long-awaited and welcome return with Now That You Are A Dancer, the follow-up to 2010’s compelling Shouting At Wildlife.
Alexander Wolfe’s album Skeleton’s offers intricate guitar work, shimmering soundscapes, intimate, yearning vocals and bruising lyrical vignettes…a cacophonous leap into the sublime…
Glasgow based ‘Snowgoose’ release debut album ‘Harmony Springs’. Well-crafted melodies combine the influences of 1960s British folk music and West Coast American sounds in a way that feels remarkably fresh.
Kirsty McGee’s latest album Contraband deals in wounds and healing with remarkable honesty…yet, by the end you come away feeling hopeful and restored, rather than weighed down by the relentless waves of emotion.
