Category: Song of the Day

A song a day, every day. From brand new tunes to elderly classics. We don’t promise to be constrained by genre, but we promise to recommend brilliant music.

Song of the Day | Ailbhe Reddy – Relent

This is something to keep you going as we head ever closer towards the weekend. Ailbhe Reddy (pronounced Al-vey) is an emerging folk artist from Dublin, and is quietly building a strong portfolio of songs. ‘Relent’, her latest, was made…

Song of the Day | The Staves – Tired as F**k

The Staveley-Taylor sisters (Emily, Jessica and Camilla), more commonly known as The Staves, are back with a new double A side featuring one track which has been around a little while (‘Tired as Fuck’) and a re-recorded version of a…

Song of the Day | Jade Cuttle – The River

The inbox of a reviews editor can be filled quickly with requests, new music and PR’s covering all genres and styles. Sometimes, amidst all the noise are artists who are emerging, or who are too good to simply go unnoticed.…

Song Premiere : Sweet Gum Tree – Twinkle

Here’s a new one to keep everyone going this cold January day. A brand new track from Sweet Gum Tree, taken from his new album Sustain the Illusion out on 31/03/2017. The track lives up to its name; it really does Twinkle.…

New Artist Profile: GEORGIE

To folk in the East Midlands area of England, Georgie is not a new ‘name’ to music. Having been gigging around the county over the past few years, including several big shows at the Nottingham Rescue Rooms, Georgie, backed by…

#655 The Milk Carton Kids – New York

American indie-folk duo the Milk Carton Kids have received praise for their ability to continue the folk tradition with their flat-picking, harmonies, and ingenious song writing. NPR has described their approach to music as “gorgeous contemporary folk” and “Gillian Welch…

#654 Johnny Flynn – Detectorists

Johnny Flynn is only 33 years old, but has the ability to channel and emulate roots folk music with his story telling lyrics, finger picking, and song composition. I had been introduced to Johnny Flynn before, but only recently starting…

#653 Twiddle – When It Rains It Pours

Four piece, Castelton, VT-based Twiddle have been consistently and rapidly growing. Both musically and in popularity. With the ability to seamlessly incorporate bluegrass, jazz, rock, reggae, funk, and more into their music, they ensure that each song is an individual…

#652 Greensky Bluegrass – Windshield

Bluegrass receives a bad, undeserved, reputation and the banjo is often the punchline to jokes. I’m here to turn that reputation around with a song off of Greensky Bluegrass’s most recent album, If Sorrows Swim. ‘Windshield’, the first track on…