by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Paul Mosley & The Red Meat Orchestra – Wintersun
‘Wintersun’ is, Paul Mosley says, ‘an exercise in smart-arse time signatures’. That may well be true, but you don’t need to know that to appreciate this moving tale of unrequited love. With rich harmonies and sweeping saxophone, the third track…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Lily DeTaeye – Downgrade
Lily DeTaeye veers from the strummy folk-pop of her 2014 debut to showcase some serious growth on her latest EP. Fittingly called The E.P., the 19-year-old singer-songwriter tackles themes of heartbreak and awareness that showcase not only her own evolution in…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Lomond Campbell – Fallen Stag
At the start of it all, Lomond Campbell defined the term “indie maestro.” Finding acclaim alongside DJ Stephen Marshall for their label Triassic Tusk, he first released Black River Promise last year. A delicate, eclectic record of modern folk compositions, Campbell…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Doralice – Radio Habana
Bay Area gypsy duo Doralice is at it again with a brand new single. Hot off the heels of ‘Vespertina’, Rima Ash and Yates Brown are bringing the ominous and playful composure of ‘Radio Habana’ to the table. There’s a…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Premiere | Tom Figgins – Retrograde
Tom Figgins wanted to explore his folk roots on ‘Retrograde’, so he’s roped in plenty of help from ex-members of Noah and the Whale. You’ll hear Tom Hobden on violins, while Fred Abbott was responsible for the recording and mixing…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Violetta Zironi – Don’t Make Me a Fool
Violetta Zironi is a precocious singer-songwriter who’d come swinging out of the musical gates at a young age. Now 22, the artist began developing her own songs at 16-years-old. In that short span of six years since her humble beginnings,…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Session | The Last Dinosaur – Anything
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsNmiwheJFo[/embedyt] This year The Last Dinosaur released their 2nd album, The Nothing. Written in response to death of a friend, the album is deeply personal, meditative and cathartic. Jamie and Rachel from the band came into the studio to…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Session | The Glass Child – Time, It Goes
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq4_BxzK0zM[/embedyt] We present our second song from our session with The Glass Child, aka Charlotte Eriksson. Also taken from her recent EP, This Silence Now, this is ‘Time, It Goes’. You can keep up with Charlotte on Twitter, Facebook…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Session | Tamino – Indigo Night
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjVyG-1ct1Y[/embedyt] With his introspective yet bold songwriting and powerful, wide-ranging voice, Tamino Amir has been picking up fans across Europe. We were very pleased to host him for a session. Our first track, ‘Indigo Night’, is taken from Tamino’s…
by Duncan Martin • • Comments Off on Session | Ferris & Sylvester – London Blues
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyitRq4kiF4[/embedyt] Our first session track from duo Ferris & Sylvester was the bitter-sweet ‘Save Yourself‘. The second, for a change of pace, is a finger clicking, toe tapping tale of morality in the UK’s capital city. This is ‘London…