Albums

Recorded live, Los Pirañas’s “Historia Natural” tumbles out of the speakers as an eccentric cacophony of experimentation and retroism, it has more flavours and blends than a Bogota coffee house. A potent brew indeed.

On ‘Being Myself’, Tim Edey captures the spontaneity, energy, virtuosity and emotion that we’ve come to associate with his live performances. Brilliant!

The Lost Tapes features over 20 previously unreleased recordings from Canadian folk duo Ian & Sylvia Tyson. Recorded in the 1970s, it finds them in cracking vocal form; an album that fans of the duo will doubtless be very pleased to now own.

Inviting you in to take shelter from the storm, Joan Shelley’s simple meditations strike at the heart of what really matters. There’s wisdom at play on Like The River Loves The Sea, which returns you once more to the peace of wild things.

Amy Speace, one of the great contemporary Americana singer-songwriters, returns with yet another masterpiece, songs about the clash between dreams and reality, of trials and triumphs and trying to make sense of life with its swings and roundabouts. Her best yet.

To describe the album as sounding effortless is intended as the highest compliment. Unorthodox it may be, however, with “Before”, Boo has triumphed in having simultaneously managed not only to evoke the past but to do so with great originality.

‘I’ve finally made the album I wanted to make’, says Vera Van Heeringen on ‘Won’t Be Broken’. We fully concur with her sense of achievement. It makes for a strong set so don’t be surprised if your first instinct is to go straight back to the start and play this mature, rich song cycle over and over again.

On ‘Is It The Kiss’, Ana Egge says that the songs emerged from the sense of unease and a deeper need for connection in the world and that people are listening more than they ever have before. This album would be a very good place for you to start.

An album of incredible warmth and sentiment, songs borne of experience and honesty yet given just a breath of country freshness – This Secret is, truly, an album that even your therapist will want to buy.

Rachel Harrington returns with her first new album in eight years. Hush The Wild Horses fills in the gaps of those intervening years which include finding new love as well as dealing with loss and ghosts of the past.

Saskia and her band re-present familiar material in an inspirational and contemporary way and for those new to these extraordinary and timeless songs, it may well be the start of a rewarding musical journey.

Read Me Write stands as a recipe collection of mixed moods and styles, bringing together the ingredients required to showcase Papiransky’s songwriting prowess and vocal expertise.