East London born and currently based in Paris, European artist Flora Hibberd is one of the foremost faces of a rising movement in contemporary folk music. Skating eloquently between influences like Joan Baez, Nick Cave, Jason Molina, and Cat Power,…
On his latest EP release, Anand Manivannan has gone on record to say, “Scars & Wounds is about those people in life you never outgrow, but carry with you as a mark on your soul, cursed with the scars that…
According to Cate Le Bon a reward can be quite sinister, especially in these Trumpian times. “People hear the word ‘reward’ and they think that it’s a positive word, and to me it’s quite a sinister word in that it…
Kelly Hunt plays banjo in a way most other people don’t. Her calfskin tenor banjo is unique, different than anything made today. “I opened up the case and it said ‘This banjo was played by a man named Ira Tamm in his dog and…
Founded by Quilt’s Shane Butler in New York, the psychedelic-folk outfit Olden Yolk deliver an exotic wave of technicolour in the new album Living Theatre. As the project became a bigger thing than thought, the band expanded with singer-songwriter Caity…
If there’s someone wondering if Canadian independent pop-rock, once dominating not only webzines but also charts, with Arcade Fire, can be declared clinically dead, Bart from Toronto clearly say “No.” With a flamboyant and playful freedom of expression, with a…