The clarity of Laura Moody’s debut album record is stunning. A lady and her cello – she sings, she plucks, she caresses the strings with heavenly love from her bow, through her arms and body the two are lovers. It’s…
by Dominic J Stevenson • • Comments Off on Album | French For Rabbits – Spirits | Listen now
Spirits by French for rabbits Several things are obvious over the course of French For Rabbits’ debut record. It’s a lovely little thing that shows off the ethereal/dreamy vocals of the lead singer Brooke and the multi-faceted skills of the…
Greylag’s debut album knows its influences and wears them on its sleeve. Hailing from Portland, Oregon the band has a love of some of the most prominent American melodic guitar based pop folk, both old and new. This first record…
by Danny Brothers • • Comments Off on Album | Damien Rice – My Favourite Faded Fantasy
Eight years ago, Damien Rice – following two hugely successful and recognised albums – took a step back from a career that was the epitome of the phrase “always leave them wanting more.” Such was the popularity of 2002’s O…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on EP | Peter Broderick- (Colours of the Night) Satellite
To say the past two years have been difficult for Peter Broderick would be putting it mildly. Having to return to America from his home in Berlin due to illness meant that music was, unsurprisingly, put on the proverbial backburner…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | The Twilight Sad – Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave
The Twilight Sad self describe themselves as “folk with layers of noise”. Although that may be an incredibly accurate statement, it does not take into the account the raw emotion and subtle power in their music, which is brilliantly displayed…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Jerry Lee Lewis – Rock ‘n’ Roll Time
There’s a video on YouTube from the Madison Square Garden concert to celebrate 25 years of the US Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame. After a brief introduction from Tom Hanks there dodders onto the stage, alone, an old man,…
by Danny Brothers • • Comments Off on Album | Lily and Madeleine – Fumes | Listen now
Fumes by Lily & Madeleine Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz are sisters who haven’t had your usual, run of the mill high school life. Growing up in Indianapolis, Indiana, they recorded their debut EP The Weight of the Globe in between…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Ben Howard – I Forget Where We Were
Unless you’ve had your head buried in sand for the past three years, you’ll have heard of the name Ben Howard. The former journalism student turned Mercury Prize nominee has experienced a swift and impressive rise since gigging the small…
by Danny Brothers • • Comments Off on EP | Little May – Little May EP
Australian trio Liz Drummond, Hannah Field and Annie Hamilton aka Little May are a band that, when you hear them for the first time, make you forget whatever it is you’re doing because you just have to listen and make…