It’s just a couple of weeks since Jack and Daisy dropped their charming debut EP Barcelona (In the rearview). With their warm, stripped-back sound and heartfelt songwriting, they’ve already caught the attention of Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart who is backing their…
Explaining the music of Soft Hearted Scientists one struggles to find the proper words. It’s much like trying to make sense of the pathways that lead from George Washington to Donald Trump. The task is to come to terms with…
Don’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of The Swell Season. It’s been sixteen years since Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová released their second album. Unbelievably, an entire generation may never have heard of the band, their film Once or…
When Allo Darlin’ announced in 2023 they were going to play their first gigs in seven years, having bid what we thought was an emotional farewell at London’s Scala back in 2016, tickets sold out in minutes. The appetite to…
Imagine an 84-year-old Canadian woman creating an album with a band of London’s cosmic cowboys. If you made this up no one would believe you. Proving that truth is actually stranger than fiction, the Canadian in question, Bonnie Dobson, joined…
Known to an adoring army of fans as the powerhouse frontwoman of Holy Moly and the Crackers, Ruth Lyon’s solo project has been simmering away in the background for a while and now gets to take centre stage. It is…