There’s an art to maintaining a low profile. Hirta (in the guise of Alistair Paxton) whose new album, Soft Peaks represents a major step forward, has been able to maintain a sort of relative obscurity while still being in the…
The development of Ye Vagabonds, as they have shifted from traditional songs to personal portraits, can be tracked in the way All Tied Together creates a dynamic where the MacGloinn brothers are able to merge old and new forms in…
Lucinda Williams has always been an activist. Her motivation has never been stronger due to the current resident in the White House. World’s Gone Wrong looks to light a flame that won’t be extinguished over the next three years. The…
How do we process grief? How do we go on after tragedy strikes? How do we heal? These are key questions that have shaped Mexican singer-songwriter Silvana Estrada’s second studio album Vendrán Suaves Lluvias, which translates to “Soft Rains Will…
There are dark places in Jeff Clarke’s world. Miracle after Miracle after … details that world, filling in the pains of existence. What he sees and what he feels can sound quite torturous, yet along with the pain, there’s a beautiful uncertainty.…
Over nineteen years, Ólöf Arnalds has had a most varied career. Her first album, Við og við (Now and Again) sung entirely in Icelandic, was recorded and produced by Sigur Rós’ Kjartan Sveinsson in the band’s converted swimming pool studio,…
Time is not linear. It expands and contracts through the lens of individual and collective experiences. Pavey Ark are intimately aware of this, having released their first album just as the pandemic shut down the world. With the release of…
Authentic. Empathetic. Honest. Raw. This is Essex-born Lucy Kitt’s second album, Telling Me, in a nutshell. A blend of 70s Laurel Canyon folk, indie rock, and country music infused with Kitt’s own unique voice, it features snapshots of the human…
The recipe for basic country mustard is unbelievably simple, literally nothing more than water and seeds. Yet, in the hands of Red River Dialect there’s more to Basic Country Mustard than meets the eye. It’s all in how you blend…
From Denton, Texas to points around the globe, hope has been in short supply. While it may be just beyond our reach, Midlake on their new album, A Bridge To Far, realise it is also a necessity. One that has…