Harper Simon’s first album, Harper Simon is so good on paper that it would have to work pretty hard to be bad. Ten tunes squeezed into half an hour of music – always a good omen, some of Nashville’s canniest…
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EP: Eagleowl – Into The Fold
Eagleowl have certainly kept us waiting. They say themselves, they ‘prefer to do things right, rather than do things fast’, and they certainly live by that. Into the Fold is the follow-up to their 2008 EP For The Thoughts You…
Single: Draw Me Stories – Becomes The Hunted/Oars
Draw Me Stories have turned the power back on. Following up on last year’s album The Unplugged Sessions and The Sky And The Mirror EP, they return with the new double A side single Becomes The Hunted/Oars, and it represents…
FFS’s New Band Review Panel: Danny Mahon
Damien Girling: Everybody is a sucker for a particular genre of music, one that will appeal immediately without the necessity of multiple listens. Fortunately for Danny Mahon and, more to the point, myself, his genre falls nicely within the bracket…
Album: Rufus Wainwright – All Songs Are Nights: Songs For Lulu
For some time now Rufus Wainwright has been an anomaly amongst the artists I like, and amongst those I own records by. I like Rufus – that much I know for sure. I like his voice, and his piano playing.…
EP: Sam Airey — Season’s Change
I can’t help but think that with Spring finally showing its face, the release of Sam Airey’s EP, Season’s Change could not be better timed. It’s a lovely sunny EP which will be the perfect accompaniment for any Spring time…
Live: Laura Marling, Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle, 19/04/10
There aren’t many gigs where you could say that the venue itself made for a beautiful experience but Laura Marling’s run of impeccable choices when it comes to where to play (this writer fondly remembers her church tour as she…
Album sampler: Lissie — Catching a Tiger
With Lissie’s blonde hair, freckled face and guitar in hand, it would be easy to write her off as another “pretty folk-singer wanna-be”…. Of course once you listen to her music, that thought gets promptly blown to pieces. She has…
Live: King Charles at Hoxton Bar & Kitchen 12/04/10
Monday 12th April at the Hoxton Bar and kitchen I stood amongst the crowd, in the sold out venue gazing expectantly over a field of heads towards the stage. The room was absolutely buzzing with excitement and as King Charles…
Album: Angus & Julia Stone – Down The Way
Something’s changed in the Stone siblings; not drastically, but certainly enough to notice. Their first album, A Book Like This was characterised by its gentle lilt – the sort of music you could imagine romantic scenes in fields being set…