Melodica, Melody and Me have undergone a refit and re- emerged simply as The Melodic. Their first offering in the new syllable-efficient guise shows that while the name has changed, the joy of their simple sound has not. They’ve taken on Asif Avidon’s ‘One Day/Reckoning Song’ – one of those wonderfully quaint songs of...
Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. We are Melodica Melody and Me, a four-piece band from South London pioneering the charango and melodica. We play folk music with Latin American influences and sound as fresh as a baby’s breath. Tell us a bit about your latest release? It’s a track...
Angus Stone – Bird on the Buffalo ‘Bird on the Buffalo’ is a happy rambler, a head-nodder, a toe-tapper – ideal for that hazy summer we’re all hoping will still emerge. Simple drums and guitars in the intro blend easily with Stone’s Dylan-esque voice and all this is nicely underpinned by some more forceful...
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Pictures EP (Dirty Hit) Pictures is Benjamin Francis Leftwich’s second EP and it is more of everything that was good about last year’s A Million Miles Out EP. Again it is Leftwich’s voice, ethereal and airy without being fragile, that mesmerises (as it does live). It’s easy to be carried...
Melodica, Melody & Me – ‘Piece Me Back Together‘ Melodica, Melody & Me are a 6-piece folk band hailing from South London. Their debut single, ‘Piece Me Back Together’ is exactly what bands hope their debut to be: full of beautiful lyrics, charm and leaving the listener wanting to hear more. Singers Huw and...
Joni Mitchell – California It’s Joni Michell week here at FFS so it’s only right to start with a Joni video. This BBC session performance of California was recommended to us by Nick Hemming from The Leisure Society (he of twice-nominated-for-the-Ivors fame. Ceremony’s tonight. Cross your fingers hold your toes). Joni’s voice here is...
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