Albums

Alela Diane has proven herself capable of a somewhat reinvention whilst never shedding her roots, and while her voice dazzled in its powerful country twangs and intonations, it was often the softer spoken plaintive tones that resonated more deeply.

Give The Felice Brothers ‘Celebration, Florida’ a consistent dose of straight-through plays and you have probably their best album to date. It is both broad, unplaceable and still somehow retentive of their beginnings.

The Horn The Hunt are a Leeds based duo, comprising of visual artist Clare Carter and Joseph Osborne. Their second album, Depressur Jolie, is genre defying, a calamity of influences held together by an intricate weave of darkened undertones which comes across perfectly in the video below for the track Old Town Cow.

Given the paralysing despair of his debut solo recording Last of the Country Gentlemen, Josh T Pearson’s live persona is a pretty chirpy guy in contrast to his recorded portrait of a lonesome folk troubadour.

Red Planet is a breathtaking vision of two beautiful people. It is a reflection of their travels, their hardships and jubilation. It is perfect! Read our review and watch the exclusive Philadelphia ‘Sun Room’ Sessions.

In contrast to a career spanning two decades and over a dozen recorded albums – including those as his earlier moniker Smog – to his name, Bill Callahan is a man of surprising few words onstage. It’s forgivable however, as captured in his dry wit and deep seated vocal wisdom are enough tales of surrealist simplicity to make up.

The familar bluesy vocals of Fink are back with a new single release on June 13th titled ‘Yesterday Was Hard On All Of Us’. Get your first taster below and download the title track ‘Perfect Darkness’, from his forthcoming album.

Kill it Kid are a cross between Johnny Cash, The Black Keys and The White Stripes; taking inspiration from the likes of Blind Willie McTell, Son House, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, it’s hard to believe they come from Bath.

Simon Knighton’s debut release ‘Leave My Bones’ hops between melodramatic storytelling and danceable, bouncy off-beat tunes, sometimes resembling the early Noah and the Whale. This is true campfire deluxe.

Hauschka is the alias of German pianist / composer Volker Bertelmann, who currently resides in Dusseldorf. Having only recenlty released Foreign Landscapes in October last year he has unveiled a new release titled ‘Salon des Amateurs’.

Delta Swamp Rock: Sounds from the South is a new compilation album released this week on Soul Jazz Records which centres around 1968-1975, a period in which country, rock and soul met. Some real gems can be found on this.

Dan Haywood’s New Hawks set comprised of songs which flitted between folky laments, coupled with intricate Celtic fiddle from two onstage violinists, to more bizarre and lightly psychedelic flirtations which would see Haywood stand nicely (though perhaps uneasily) beside David Thomas Broughton’s spontaneous, alternative folk performances.