“Love, love, love…love is the answer.” So sings Emmy the Great on the fourth track of this, her third album. It’s a familiar statement. Reassuring. Sweetly delivered. Beautifully rendered. Oh…there’s more…”But I’m a comfortable liar,” she adds. A sting in…
Awake is without a doubt the most fitting name for Folly & the Hunter’s latest album. The incomparably gorgeous title track is deserving of a review itself. The track features swelling strings and an upbeat piano riff, uncharacteristic of Folly…
After making his debut solo album House Music in his living room, this follow-up sees Steven James Adams join forces with producer Dan Michaelson. Michaelson’s 2014 Distance was a minor classic, a break-up record with a luxuriant sound that swathed…
Remember that favourite jumper you used to wear all the time? The one that is in every photo from 4-5 years ago, and which now is probably lying at the bottom of the wardrobe, just waiting to be put on…
The release of Palomino by Treetop Flyers is something of a miracle. Since winning the Glastonbury Festival Emerging Talent Competition in 2011, and the release of their first album The Mountain Moves two years later it should have been a…
Richmond Fontaine are back. After forming the Delines and releasing Colfax in 2014, Willy Vlautin returns with Richmond Fontaine’s tried and trusted recipe. It’s a winning formula, and even if this new record contains few surprises, that’s not going to…
Of all of the clichés that plague the ears since birth for the majority of us fine denizens of Earth, one old saying that rings the most true is “Age is just a number.” At 83 years young, Loretta Lynn…
Willie Nelson needs no introduction. By now he has become a part of your understanding of contemporary folk, country and blues music. But Summertime is no ordinary Willie Nelson record, because his latest studio release is a splendid foray into…
Mairearad Green has been a regular on the folk music scene for years now playing with the likes of Box Club, Mairearad and Anna, with guitarist Anna Massey, and the poozies. Summer Isles is an ode to the islands near…
Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz, sisters from Indianapolis, appear to have a knack for delivering consistently high quality records, sung with a breathy style that is beautiful to listen to. Keep it Together is their third LP, and stands alongside their…