Simon Holland catches Amy Duncan’s London Album Launch, a great performance that leaves an enduring memory. Her songs possess an ethereal quality, each a vivid herald of a quietly compelling songwriter and a special night.
Track Number 7 from Chris Woods latest album ‘None the Wiser’ is ‘Tally of Salt’ and the first of two collaborations on this CD with the professional story teller Hugh Lupton. Listen to it here.
Simon catches Bella Hardy at The Slaughtered Lamb for her battleplan album launch. With her full band The Midnight Watch also present it turns out to be a spectacular evening and a great performance.
Track Number six from Chris Woods latest album ‘None the Wiser’ is ‘Thou Shalt’. Chris is pulling no punches at all here with the album’s main sermon, dressed as it is in the biblical terminology of “thou shalt not” and “thou shalt”.
Paper Aeroplanes latest release Little Letters is our latest ‘Album of the Month’, another exemplary addition to their catalogue, a truly beautiful album of perfect pop vignettes – affirmation if it is needed of the mounting acclaim that surrounds them.
With Producer / Engineer Calum Malcolm at the helm Amy Duncan’s ‘Cycles of Life’ is her most polished album to date which highlights her emotive and deeply personal songwriting, a progressively positive, and ultimately hope-filled, experience.
Steve Martin & Edie Brickell’s latest release ‘Love Has Come For You’ is a gem! No matter how casually the initiation both Edie and Steve rightly recognise that they have created something special.
We catch a great live performance by Katy Carr at The Lexington who takes to the stage in a vibrant, vivid red dress and matching pillbox hat to put on a great performance supported by her trusty Aviators!
The Little Carpenter is almost the fulcrum of Chris Wood’s latest album as we reach and tip beyond the half way point of the nine track album. As the centre piece it’s also perhaps appropriately the only traditional song on the album. Listen to it here.
We head off-piste with London’s Green Note Café for a spectacular night billed as a Songwriters circle featuring Nels Andrews, Peter Mulvey, Allison Russell…as well as Brandon Seabrook and J.T. Nero. It was a truly magical night! Read our live review.
Track Number four from Chris Woods latest album ‘None the Wiser’ is ‘A Whole Life Lived’ another of Chris’ fables that will speak very well for itself. It seems that the wisdom of age is that wisdom is still to be had. Listen to it now.
Katy Carr’s ‘Paszport’ is one of our albums of the month and you can catch her with her Aviators playing the Lexington next Monday 22nd April as well as a number of high profile international festivals through the Summer including Yoko Ono’s meltdown and Womad!
