Bobbie Gentry’s The Delta Sweete was largely and unjustly ignored upon its release over fifty years ago. Not so much a misstep as a miscalculation of what the world of popular music was ready for, it soared far over the…
Beth Orton doesn’t release records very often, so you have the feeling that when she does it isn’t a mechanical process, she has something to say and perhaps even a new sound, determined by who she has been working with.…
Isaac Gracie – Songs from My Bedroom EP Gracie has had everyone in the music industry in a bit of a tizz. Scavengers, I hear you say? Well, there’s certainly something here to devour. ‘Terrified’ displays a young songwriter, heart…
Having spent the turn of the century in the company of Beth Orton’s 1999 Brit Award-winning album Central Reservation – and it’s chronological neighbours Trailer Park and Daybreaker – Orton’s music is part of the maturing folk fan’s genetic make-up. Now…
At long, long last Beth Orton will release a new album in October, with Sugaring Season to be her first studio record in six years, and you can hear the track ‘Something More Beautiful’ below. The album, recorded in Portland,…
We all know books are sexy, in which case the annual Hay Festival is likely to get you rather hot under the collar, with the likes of Bill Bryson, Zadie Smith and Tom Stoppard (plus many, many more) gracing the programme. But if you prefer to get…