by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Union Forever: Lewes’ record shop gets a makeover
It won’t take very long to realise something has fundamentally changed at Union Music Store in Lewes. Walk through the door and on the wall facing you, you’ll spot London Calling by the Clash, Let It Be by the Replacements…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Daniel Pearson – Until The Sun Comes Up
Three years on from his last full-length record Alone, Together, Daniel Pearson has spent 2018 releasing a string of singles for download. ‘Pieces of a Puzzle’ and ‘Honest Man’ have proved internet hits with over a million streams, and Pearson…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Live | Josh T. Pearson @ Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
The beard is gone. The hair, hidden below a trucker’s cap bearing the name of his new record, is an unfamiliar bleach blond. And the acoustic guitar is still in the back of the tour bus. At first glance, you…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Listen | Caitlin Jemma – Love Notes
Caitlin Jemma’s fourth album sees the Oregon singer step out stylistically as she embraces a sound as big and bold as the feelings in her songwriting. After three largely acoustic records, Love Notes finds Jemma rip through 10 tracks of…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Ralegh Long – Super Blue Moon
Having approached his second album Upwards of Summer as though it would be his last, Ralegh Long has found a new lease of life. He is currently embarked on a series of standalone singles, and the latest instalment is the…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | IAKO – Paint
Venice-born and London-based, IAKO has a deep appreciation of quiet and loud. On his debut EP he uses a rich blend of folk and ambient sounds to explore the contrasts between the bustling life of the British capital and the…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Panteon – January Keeper (Live Session)
Movement is important to Yvonne Ambrée. Born behind the wall in East Berlin, she knows better than most about the meaning of boundaries and borders. Under the name Panteon, she makes music which aims to break down such barriers, inspired…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Alela Diane – Moves Us Blind
Alela Diane’s fifth record Cusp is her best to date. A touching reflection on motherhood, it tackles the complex topics of family and relationships. It is filled with moments of pure beauty, among them the rumination on the passage of…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Linda Vogel – Isis & Osiris
We’ve discovered a new drug. We’re not yet sure of its name, but it’s delivered through the fingers and the voice of harp-extraordinaire Linda Vogel. The Swiss is following up her debut EP with a new single ‘Isis & Osiris’,…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video Premiere | Ben Noble – Little One (Living Room Session)
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: a songwriter from the American Midwest who retreated to a cabin to record his debut album. Yeah, you’re probably thinking about Bon Iver right now. But shift your sights from Wisconsin to…