It’s hard to convey why, when I first saw Annie Dressner play, I found her instantly compelling. Singer-songwriters with guitars often sound overly mild-mannered to me, but there was something special in the directness and purity of her voice. Her…
“Beware of drowning”. These should be the words marking the entry to this album by Paddy Mann and by his project, Grand Salvo. Sea Glass represents a unique, immersive experience, probably the most notable one since Carrie & Lowell. Hailing…
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhdWVlkU6nY[/embedyt] As it is the season, we’re rounding of our year of sessions with a Christmas song from site favourite Alessi’s Ark. The song is part of the It’s Briiiiiixmaaaaaas! album, organised by Brixton Hill Studios, which features six…
There was a time when it seemed like Neil Young could hardly help but be brilliant. Quite a long time, in fact. New music poured out of him at an incredible rate, so much of it that he cast aside…
Soccer Mommy; Bad Parents; Dream Wife; Adult Mom; Girlpool; Boygenius; And now Silvi Wersing’s 80s-infused band, Chorusgirl. It’s a list with all the ingredients for one hell of an angsty family reunion, and Chorusgirl find themselves one of a wave…
Now we at For Folk’s Sake love Christmas as much as anyone. Every year we count the days to dust off A Charlie Brown Christmas and pull on the cosiest woolly jumper we can find. But few can deny the…