Understanding the geography of the heart is no easy task. Mapping the peaks and valleys requires a skill and honesty that can leave writers grasping at straws. Which makes the case of Flutes & Low more remarkable. Lay Fallow captures…
One of the enduring qualities of folk music is that its roots grow deep and once ensnared in those roots they don’t let go. Maz O’Connor has always been under the sway of traditional music. Her fifth album coming after…
Once again, Bonnie “Prince” Billy can see a darkness. His new record We Are Together Again deals – as the accompanying announcement explains – with a “world with a diminishing horizon”, the result of human action which has reshaped the…
Sons of Town Hall are the most incredible band from the early 1900s recording today. Wearing tattered clothes from the period, they become characters in a drama that unfurls during every performance live or recorded. Transformed from Ben Parker and…
Although it was recorded at the same time as Light Verses in 2024, Iron and Wine’s Hen’s Teeth is in no way a retread. Darker nuances appear playing off the angles, creating visions of loving and living that exist in…
Grief can be magical. Dealing with it can consume, or it can inspire. There are no rules. Lucy Kitchen’s world turned upside down when her husband was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Writing songs became impossible. She took to writing…