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Blog | The making of our charity compilation It’s Christmas 2011

Lynn Roberts — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:39:02 +0000

First of all, MERRY CHRISTMAS FOLK FANS! I hope you’re reading this full up and content.

Secondly, I’d like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has contributed to, bought and supported For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011. It’s been brilliant. We’re so stoked to have so many of our favourite bands on the album, we’ve had an overwhelming reaction from loads of kind people, and we’ve raised far more money than we’d dared hope for the Integrated Cancer Centre. But it’s not over yet, and the grand total will be released after Christmas.

We’ve got a real mixture of acts on the album, some you’ll definitely have heard of, and some you definitely won’t have (because they named themselves just in time for the record sleeves to be printed). So for your perusal on this festive day, here’s some inside info on the tracks and artists.

1. Howard Carter – Christmas Blues

Cerys Matthews singled it out as one of her favourites from It’s Christmas 2011 and said she thought the pianist sounded like a cynical drunk santa!

I’ve known Howard since university, and always thought he was a jolly nice chap. I knew he was a musician and producer, but to my shame I had no idea just how blimmin’ talented he is. What a joy, then, to be presented with this incredible track, which Howard played and recorded especially for the record. Not only is it a brilliant stand-alone song, and the perfect start to the album, but it turns out I’m pretty much pals with a young Jools Holland. Cool.

You can listen to Howard’s soundtrack for Dark Light here.

2. The Leisure Society – Christmas Mistakes

FFS favourites The Leisure Society need no introduction for readers of this website. They won our first Schmercury best album poll in 2009 with their debut The Sleeper.

When I interviewed Nick Hemming and Christian Hardy from the Leisure Society around the release of their brilliant second album Into The Murky Water (buy it buy it buy it!), Nick asked if we’d be doing another Christmas record this year, and mentioned they’d be up for doing a song. So it was decided. We were doing another record.

The Leisure Society squeezed the recording of this track in between touring cathedrals with Laura Marling and their own European tour, pulling all-nighters to get it finished. But faced with time pressure they certainly didn’t do things by halves. When I asked Nick how the track was coming along he said “It’s fine. We’ve just got to get a harp player and brass section in.” And that’s on top of the strings and woodwind that come as standard with the band.

I’m sure you’ll agree it was worth it – you can hear the Brian Wilson-like perfection and precision that make this song just incredible.

3. Caitlin Rose & Keegan DeWitt – You Never Come Home For Christmas

Caitlin Rose is a Nashville singer and songwriter who’s on the thoroughly excellent Names Records in the UK (also home to Alela Diane. See? Excellent.) She played an Allotment night back in 2010, which we organised with promoter, artist and blogger Anika in London. Caitlin donated this ‘depressing Christmas song’ that she recorded with her friend Keegan De Witt for a Rough Trade bonus EP. Caitlin’s debut album Own Side Now is country at its most down-to-earth and marks her out as a songwriting force to be reckoned with.

4. Cocos Lovers – Christmas Is Coming/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

We first came across the brilliant Cocos Lovers at London club A Folking Good Night and were instantly charmed by their laid-back and rustic folk. They won our best album poll in 2010 with their debut album Johannes. They laid down these gorgeous layered vocals for us around the table after Sunday lunch. The band are based by the seaside – in Deal in Kent – and this cosy recording only makes their lives sound more lovely.

5. Devon Sproule – Send Me To Coventry

Completing the set of our best album poll winners, Devon Sproule took the (imaginary) trophy with I Love You, Go Easy this year. She and her husband, musician Paul Curreri, have recently moved to Berlin from the US, and Devon wrote this lovely song about spending Christmas with her friends in Coventry. And Devon’s label – the lovely folk at Tin Angel Records – have launched a competition to make a video for Devon’s song. Enter here.

6. Darren Hayman – Lost In The Snow

Ex-Hefner frontman Darren Hayman is another one of our favourite UK artists, so we were delighted when he & Fika Records allowed us to use this song from his new EP Christmas in Haworth. Also check out his advent calendar with songs, videos and stories contributed by Darren’s creative friends. There’s an especially amazing picture of Darren with his real dog and a remarkably lifelike lego model.

7. Paper Aeroplanes – In The Bleak Midwinter

Harmony-laden folky pop band Paper Aeroplanes is Sarah Howells and Rich Llewellyn. I first came across Sarah singing with fellow Welsh songwriter Al Lewis on their EP Skin & Bones, and fell in love with her vocals. Sarah’s been a friend of us at FFS for a while – contributing a lovely jingle with which we open our London Fields Radio show, and we’re delighted that she and Rich could record this gorgeous version of ‘In The Bleak Midwinter’ for the compilation.

8. Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl – Christmas In Hell

Tom McCrae suggested I ask Kathryn Williams if she’d be interested in writing a song for the record. Kathryn was nominated for the Mercury prize for her second album Little Black Numbers in 2000. Neill MacColl is folk music royalty – his father is Ewan MacColl, his mother is Peggy Seeger and Kirsty MacColl was his half sister. And Neill’s son Jamie is in Bombay Bicycle Club. Neill has had an illustrious career himself as a guitarist, singer and producer working with Steve Earle, David Grey and Eddi Reader among many others. The pair also released an album Two together in 2008.

9. Fiona Bevan – Love In A Cold Climate

I’m very grateful to Rockfeedback man Kev Molloy for putting us in touch with Fiona Bevan. Her bright and upbeat music is perfect for a crisp winter day. Find out more at www.fionabevan.co.uk.

10. Hollows – Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Hollows are a new East London-based choir of folk lovers, taking well-loved and little-known songs and adding layers of female harmonies. This is their first recording.

11. Adam Killip & Mi Mye – O Come All Ye Faithful

Adam Killip was the singer and songwriter of London-based band the Tailors. He teamed up with his pals in Wakefield band Mi Mye for this brilliant rendition of O Come All Ye Faithful. Us FFSers particularly like the bit where he sings “Chriiiiist” and misses off “the Lord’. It’s the little things.

12. Laura Boyle – Silent Night

Seventeen-year-old Laura Boyle is a new act on the London acoustic circuit. Her debut release The Nightengale EP was released this month in postcard format via Turf Records. Find out more here.

Thanks again to everyone involved in the record. And have yourselves a merry little Christmas evening!

Lynn x

Blog | New music from Allo Darlin’, Foxes!, We Are Augustines, Jess Morgan & The Bandana Splits

Ian Parker — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:54:03 +0000

Having finally cleared out all the big boxes of the For Folk’s Sake It’s Christmas 2011 CDs (thanks everybody for making the CD a total sell-out, and remember if you missed out, downloads are still available!) we finally had a chance to clear out our inboxes at FFS and stumbled upon several exciting sounds within them.

First off, we’re already getting over-excited about the new Allo Darlin’ album, Europe, even though it’s not out til May – which is a ludicrous SIX months away. But at least we can now hear something from it as the band have unveiled the first track, ‘Tallaluh’. They did this in the course of announcing that the entirely unrelated (and still under wraps) ‘Capricornia’ will be the first single, due out in February. Anyway, the video for ‘Tallulah’ is here.

Allo Darlin’ – Tallulah from Will Botting on Vimeo.

Considerably earlier than May, and even before February, Brighton’s Foxes! are due to release their self-titled debut on Big Salad Records, and the band have now posted a video for ‘Oh Rosie’ to give us a taster. It’s a spectacular bit of visuals put together by the band’s clearly multi-talented drummer Kayla Bell.

We Are Augustines impressed us with their single ‘Book of Jones‘ last month and now they’re back with a Bob Dylan cover as part of an album put together by Amnesty International. Their version of ‘Mama, You’ve Been On My Mind’ can be seen via this Rolling Stone video.

Norwich’s Jess Morgan has apparently been getting plenty of love from radio stations and live audiences both here and abroad but the first we’d heard of her was this rather sweet track ‘Pamela’. Jess has dates lined up supporting the likes of the excellent Ellen & The Escapades, as well as some solo shows, in the new year.

11 Jan – Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham (supporting Vin Garbutt)
16 Jan – Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich (supporting Ellen and the Escapades)
30 Jan – The Bicycle Shop, Norwich (supporting Foy Vance)
14 Feb – The Malt Cross, Nottingham
5 Apr – Young and Lost Club @ The Lock Tavern, London

Jess Morgan – Pamela by laurenrazavi

And finally, we thought we’d leave you in the Christmas spirit as Dawn Landes’ delightful Bandana Splits offered up a festive treat in the form of their take on Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmas Time’. It’s short, but undeniably sweet.

Blog | The Lesiure Society, Peggy Sue, Tasseomancy celebrate Halloween

Lynn Roberts — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:55:26 +0000

Hello, the internet! And a very Happy Halloween to you. I hope you haven’t been coercered into watchingn – then subsequently jolly freaked out by – a very scary film, like us here at FFS HQ.*

On this, the spookiest of days, some of our favourite musicans have taken it upon themselves to help you celebrate, with playlists and free downloads. Help your spooky selves to this little lot…

The excellent Peggy Sue are offering their track Horror Movie Marathon as a free download:
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The Leisure Society‘s Nick Hemming has made a playlist of all things macarbre: It Came From the Ground on Spotify. Quite rightly it features Talking Heads’s Psycho Killer and Bowie’s Scary Monsters (Superfreaks).
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Tasseomancy have put together a downloadable mixtable over on their tumblr, including tracks from Leonard Cohen, Klaus Nomi and Yoko Ono.
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Here’s My Sad Captains playing their track ‘Little Joanne’ at an All Hallows-themed launch party for their split single with H. Hawkline.
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And FFS’s halloween listening of choice is Dead Man’s Bones. Man of the hour, Ryan Gosling’s musical side project. Listen here.
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* Our pal Anika is a baddie

Blog | New Bands Panel favourites return with new songs

Ian Parker — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:19:59 +0000

Since launching the New Bands Panel a couple of years ago, FFS has featured well over 100 emerging artists and discovered some absolute treats along the way. We do our best to keep up with what a lot of them are getting up to and recently heard from a handful of those who highlighted 2010 for the panel.

New York songwriter Charles Mansfield is back with a fresh EP, Monday Morning, expanding on his dark, bluesy style as he goes for a larger soundscape, highlighted by ‘Rome, NY’, which might be the first thing he’s ever done to approach the term ‘uplifting’. The EP is streaming now via his myspace page.

Matthew Kilford caught the ears with a sophisticated sound when he came to us with his House On The Hill EP. Now he has a short EP, Funeral Circus, which sees his lyrics take a turn for the more macabre, even if the music doesn’t always follow. ‘One More Thing’ asks us “Why did you negate your life?” even as the tune is one of the happier in his back catalogue. ‘Fire On My Shoulder’ is the highlight – a sweet, golden song you can hear below.

Fire On My Shoulder by matthewkilford

Sacramento’s Musical Charis spent much of the summer touring the US but still found time to release Ace of Space, the follow up to their debut album People, People. It’s a huge leap forward as they hugely expand their sound, experimenting with an array of new sounds, and hitting you with the new direction right off the bat on the opener ‘Japanda Underwater’, which uses noise and electronica but quickly builds into an engaging sound. The highlight is ‘Monday’, featured below, but its worth giving the whole thing – streaming on their bandcamp – a listen to see the range of ideas.

Monday by Musical Charis

I also wanted to mention Erica Buettner, who has now physically released her debut album True Love And Water, which we’ll work up a review of as soon as we can.

Karenin’s Smile were featured a little more recently on the panel when we looked at their debut EP back in March. They’re in the final stages of preparing the follow-up, and have sent us this preview in the form of Occultation. I could waste time telling you how great it is, or I could encourage you to listen yourself.

Blog | Loose Ends: The Moth & The Mirror, Beck Lanehart, Hi-Fiction Science, The Fierce & The Dead

Ian Parker — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:39:14 +0000

I’ve been on a mission to clear out my inbox. It’s not something I manage to do very often. Indeed, I’m approaching the two-year anniversary of the last time I found the bottom. But anyway, it turns out there were some treats lurking in there, assorted sounds that caught the attention. Here they are.

1. The Moth & The Mirror

Admiral Fallow’s Boots Met My Face was one of my favourite albums of 2010, and, since it got a re-release earlier this year, qualifies as one of my favourites of 2011 too. So when lead chap Louis Abbott mentioned something about his other band, I was immediately interested. It turns out The Moth & The Mirror pre-date Admiral Fallow by some distance. They have been a going concern since 2006, but given that the six people who make up the Glasgow collective have so much else going on in their musical lives, it’s perhaps easy to see why there’s been little material to date. That, however, is all about to change with a new album, This World, Honestly, due on Olive Grove Records in October. The band, made up of Stacey Sievwright (The Reindeer Section, Arab Strap), Gordon Skene (Frightened Rabbit), Louis Abbott (Admiral Fallow, Song of Return), Kevin McCarvel, Iain Sandilands, and Peter Murch, are offering a free download of lead single ‘Lights In The Sky’ on their bandcamp page, while you can hear it on the stream below. Any of you charmed by the light, laid-back brooding of Admiral Fallow will find here a much darker, sharper sound, but one just as well-crafted.

The Moth and the Mirror – Lights in the Sky by themothandthemirror

2. Beck Lanehart

This one sounds so simple but so beautiful. Beck Lanehart is apparently to be found busking in London Underground stations, but being a simple northerner, I know nothing of such things. I only know I’ve been taken with the four tracks that make up her Songs About Something Else EP, released through her soundcloud page. It’s made up of four finely-crafted tunes, and we can only hope some capital commuters stop to take a listen.

Inside Out by becklanehart

3. Hi-Fiction Science

Sometimes a band’s name lets you know exactly what you are letting yourself in for before you hear a note. Hi-Fiction Science seems to define little, but that is kind of fitting, because the Bristol band are not easily pigeon-holed. They have a mish-mash of a name, and a mish-mash of a sound, but somehow it seems to work. They describe themselves as a mix of folk, kraut/art-rock, post-punk and electronica, but I’ll admit when you start to list so many different styles, I kind of lose track half way through. Listening to the music is a much easier way, after all, of figuring out what’s going on. Which is why I recommend checking out ‘Metal Terrapin’, available as a free download, from their debut album. There are reminders of our old indie favourites in there, but a smoother sound driven by Maria Charles’ vocals.

Metal Terrapin by Hi-Fiction Science

4. The Fierce & The Dead

Right, non-folk alert, but sometimes things just catch our ears. Actually, The Fierce & The Dead first caught our eyes by naming their debut album If It Carries On Like This We Are Moving To Morecambe. Superb. Though Duane Eddy himself did tell us that if you’re dealing in instrumentals, you can name them whatever you like. This three-piece create an impressive spacious sound that calls to mind the likes of Mogwai et al, and is well worth a listen. The album is available on a pay-what-you-want basis from their bandcamp page.

Part 2 by The Fierce & The Dead

Blog | Dolly Parton, Seeker Lover Keeper, Rozi Plain…

Lynn Roberts — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 15:17:25 +0000

I’m on a bit of a Dolly Parton kick at the moment. It started with a late night rummage around YouTube looking for clips of her 70s TV variety show Dolly!. And has been made even stronger thanks to an excellent Radio 4 documentary about her worldwide programme to get underprivileged children reading. Seriously. What a hero.

Below are three videos from the Dolly Show. First Dolly Proves that she’s the only person who should be allowed to cover Joni Mitchell (ignore the cheesiness of the video – just listen to the vocal). Next a medley with Willie Nelson and finally a pre-Trio performance with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. Three of the best vocalists of all time singing together. We spoil you.

>> Dolly Parton Documentary | Dolly’s Imagination Library | Trio by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris

Thanks to Charlie Waters for the recommendation of this song by Seeker Lover Keeper. Another female supertrio, it’s Sarah Blasko with Holly Throsby and Sally Seltmann. Their debut album came out in Australia on Dew Process, and is available here.

>> Seeker Lover Keeper website | Dew Process website

Love love love the new Rozi Plain track ‘Humans’. It’s out now on Need No Water records and comes as a white 7-inch. WANT.

>> Rozi Plain | Need No Water | Buy Humans vinyl

Did you know that Jackson Browne played at a tiny London venue last week? FFS was on the Isle of Mull, otherwise we’d have hotfooted it down to the Slaughtered Lamb, where the 70s legend appeared with Jonathan Wilson and Dawes. Here are a few photos from Rob Winder, who was lucky enough to be there.

Jackson’s appearance reminded me of this radio interview and session. It’s from a Holland radio station in 1976 and is Jackson chatting and playing songs with his pal and fellow brilliant songwriter, the late Warren Zevon. It’s free to download and the website archive.org is well worth a browse. There’s tons of great stuff on there.

>> Archive.org | Jackson Browne | Jonathan Wilson | Dawes | Warren Zevon

FFS’s Mull trip co-incided with Laura Marling‘s Highlands & Islands tour – the last night is tonight in Inverness. It was the best LM show I’ve ever seen. About 100 people – including Roddy Woomble who lives on the island – were at Aros Hall in Tobermoray.

Laura played lots of songs from the new album, A Creature I Don’t Know, including Friends, Salinas and Don’t Ask Me Why. Her new band – with Graham Brown on double bass, Willkommen’s Marcus Hamblett on banjo & trumpet, Ruth De Turberville on cello, Pete Roe on Keyboards and Matt Ingram on drums – have gelled wonderfully and, for my money, sound better than when she played with Ted Dwayne and Marcus of Mumford & Sons.

Laura was supported by Pete Roe, who was charming and ebullient. His set included several new tracks – so I think we can look forward to a follow up to The Merry-Go-Round EP soon.

>> Laura Marling | Pete Roe | An Tobar arts centre, Isle of Mull

This unseasonable video combines two of my favourite things: The Leisure Society and cosy jumpers. Why haven’t I found it before now?

>> The Leisure Society

Blog | John Darnielle’s top tweets

Lynn Roberts — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:52:14 +0000

It’s no secret that I’m a Mountain Goats fan (they’re the best band in the world, you see). Frontfellow/brainbox behind the band, John Darnielle’s creative outlets are ALL good. From the ‘Goats, to the blog on the tMG website, to his book about Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality, to his twitter feed, which is consistently funny, astute and surprising.*

And just cos I had a read through and a good laugh/heary nod today, here FFS’s favourite @mountain_goats tweets.

a. “Guys I’m pretty sure I can get all my cultural interests into one tweet check this next one out”
b. “Feminism, heavy metal, poetry, boxing, representations of the occult in popular culture, “God,” any music haunted by anything, and food”
c. “Shoot, left out “the ignored and silenced voices of the dispossessed” – once again the hegemonic evil of the 140-character limit is exposed”
“If you think I’m not gonna roast this here eggplant in a 450° oven then friend you are sadly mistaken”
“Two kinds of people in this world: those who would gladly take a bullet for Diana Ross, and unfeeling cyborgs who feast on the innocent”
“Look, I don’t know about you, but I’m going to mailorder me some fresh death metal.”
“Undying support to all small kids who say they want to grow up to be fire engines, cement mixers, giraffes, etc., this world belongs to you”
“So many films fall short because their screenwriters forget to include an evil cult leader character around whom the whole plot revolves”
“Permanent non-negotiable harsh-penalties-attached moratorium/ban on rhyming “rest” with “best” no matter who you are #seriousaboutthis”
“When I say “this catbox isn’t going to change itself,” I mean it as a direct challenge to the purported benevolence of God.”
“I think I speak on behalf of all off-tour musicians when I say I’m not brushing my hair until the threat of people seeing me is imminent”
“Picking up a sweet potato, pretending to be answering the phone #hello #youllhavetospeakup #hello”

See?! John Darnielle is Good At Twitter. Find more here. If you’re not on twitter yourself, this is probably a good point to get over there and jolly well join in.

And since this is a music website, not a thinly-veiled outlet for my fangirlish outpourings *ahem*, here’s my favourite song from the most recent album All Eternals Deck.
Mountain Goats – Damn These Vampires

*He also recommends really good classical music, which if you’re keen but a total dunce (as I am) comes in very handy. Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 6 has become one of my favourite pieces of music ever.

Editor’s picks… Johnny Flynn, Broadcast 2000, Anni Rossi, Alela Diane, Caitlin Rose, Mara Carlyle

Lynn Roberts — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:20:42 +0000

1. Johnny Flynn singing Amazon Love with his sister Lillie for Burberry Sessions. You can also still download the free 5-track EP that Johnny Flynn recorded with the brilliant Rockfeedback for the Independent here.

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2. Broadcast 2000‘s set on Marc Riley’s 6 Music show from last year. The band plays Get Up and Go, Rouse Your Bones, All is Said and Done and their version of Regina Spektor‘s Us. Listen, listen.

Broadcast 2000 BBC 6MUSIC LIVE SESSION + INTERVIEW by broadcast2000

Head to B2000′s website for his Shed Sessions – recordings from his home studio featuring Emily & the Woods, Lucy Rose, John Smith and Laura Moody.

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3. Here’s a gorgeous performance of Own Side Now that Caitlin Rose did for the Guardian’s “How I Wrote…” series. It’s just perfect.

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4. LOVE this new(ish) Anni Rossi song – Land Majestic. It’s a getting ready to go out/driving sort of track I’d say. And it’s available for free download. Hurrah!.

5. This is a sad story. Nick from the Leisure Society is selling the guitar he wrote the first album on. Which means that TWO Ivor Novello nominated songs were composed on this guitar so it is worth at least a million pounds. If you have a million pounds bid on it now.

6. Our Helen is in love with Mara Carlyle. A pal of Willy Mason, who collaborated with him when he played a gig in South London a while back. I’m loathe to link you to a MySpace, but it’s all I have. Sorry.

7. Fancy a snoop around Alela Diane’s house?

ALELA DIANE & WILD DIVINE from More Dust Than Digital on Vimeo.

Blog: Kimya Dawson’s hidden talent

Lynn Roberts — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 23:28:16 +0000

So you probably already knew Kimya Dawson was an awesome songwriter and lyricist, ex-Moldy Peach, soundtrack composer, Bundles member, mother to Panda and entertainer of children via Alphabutt. But you’re likely to be unaware of her talent for bashing out a haikus at a rate of 27 an hour, until now.

…and here it is.

Follow main Kimya and haiku Kimya on twitter.

New Sounds: Other Lives, Michael Kiwanuka, Pearl and The Beard, Lauren Campbell & The Dusty Figurines

Ian Parker — Sun, 08 May 2011 18:39:24 +0000

Other Lives

If you’ve had even half an eye on the website of late, you’ll have noticed an absolute ton of reviews. It’s that time of year when the releases come thick and fast ahead of the summer and we’re doing our best just to keep up.

But that doesn’t mean we’ve not also had our heads turned by some things that remain a ways down the road. So just because we can’t wait, here are a few things off the forthcoming pile we had to share.

Stillwater, Oklahoma sounds, just on name alone, like a place where the dust bowl era never ended. But the well is not dry, for the town has sprung Other Lives, whose eerie atmospherics easily transport you off to a different era. The five-piece are preparing to unleash their second album Tamer Animals in August and it should be the one to launch them to global success. Even Thom Yorke says so. But don’t take either his or our word for it. You can listen to ‘For 12′ below, and grab and download of it here as well as ‘Dustbowl III’ here.

Other Lives – For 12 by Stayloose

If Other Lives have the sound to take you off to another time, Michael Kiwanuka just plain sounds like he comes from one. I’ve recently been listening to the new Soul Jazz collection Delta Swamp Rock: Sounds From The South and Kiwanuka’s soulful sound would not be out of place on that compilation. The only mystery is how this sound emerged not from the Deep South but from North London.

Check out the video for the title track to his Tell Me A Tale EP, out in June on Communion, here.

Heading back across the Atlantic, we stumbed across another of the apparently endless list of Brooklyn bands making beautiful music. Pearl and the Beard earned a following with their breakthrough track ‘Oh Death‘ from their debt album God Bless Your Weary Soul. Now they’re back with album number two and sounding better than ever if ‘Sweetness‘ is anything to go by.

Last, but not least, before we wrap this one up, readers of the New Bands Panel should remember the excellent Lauren & Tokyo. Well, Lauren has been in touch to tell us about her new project, Lauren Campbell & The Dusty Figurines. Their easy-going breezy pop can’t mask an underlying sophistication, and we can only recommend giving ‘Goodbye Daisy’ a listen below.

Latest tracks by Lauren Campbell

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