Dropping the needle on The Livelong Day is to enter an intense world. Their third studio album is the Irish four-piece’s most uncompromising statement yet. Few bands would dare open with an 11-minute long reworking of ‘The Wild Rover?’, its…
Today we bring you a track from emerging singer-songwriter Neev, who caught my ear on a recent BBC Introducing podcast with her debut single ‘Burning To Dust’. This isn’t that song, it isn’t even the new single, ‘Across the glass’…
In some ways, Vanita Joines’ new EP, A Dangerous Game, is a natural expansion from her work on her previous release, Fiction. Therein, the singer-songwriter honed-in on her vision of crafting an enveloping atmosphere with her music whilst getting to…
A musician’s debut album will always be special. For Dublin-born indie folk singer-songwriter Sorcha Richardson‘s full-length debut to be released 8 November, First Prize Bravery represents the start and end of a new chapter of her/your life. Sorcha moved to…
For his 41st (not counting those unreleased treasures constantly teased but not yet heard) studio album, Neil Young headed to the Studio In The Clouds, almost two miles above sea level in the Colorado Rockies. You know that if Young…
Summer is well and truly over and we are now entering that grey and irrepressibly damp period of the year. So what better way to lift ourselves out of our seasonal slump than with a second dose of the sounds…
Junkboy’s sixth career album Trains, Trees and Topophilia brought widespread acclaim on its release in August. The instrumental record from Mik and Rich Hanscomb, their first since 2014’s Sovereign Sky, was inspired by travel (by train, of course) around the…
This week we bring you singer-songwriter Antonio Lulic with a powerful performance of a song from his most recent EP Departures. Departures is just one of the 5 EPs Antonio has release over the last ten years, in which time…
Sometimes it feels as if James McArthur and The Head Gardeners are being set up to take the fall if the resurgence of folk music doesn’t completely encompass the British Isles. Which would be a shame since Intergalactic Sailor is…
As he stands in the splendour of Manchester’s Albert Hall, Bill Callahan almost looks like he is enjoying himself. He cracks the odd joke and flashes an occasional smile. ‘This is the first time we’ve played Manchester since Mark E…
‘Shut Up Kiss Me’ shaped the summer soundtrack of 2016, so much so that it’s easy to forget that Angel Olsen marches to a beat only she can hear. Following a path that doesn’t stick to the straight and narrow, she…
Let’s step Outside. Molly Linen releases her debut EP this week and it’s a gem. On this five-track collection for Lost Map’s PostMap Club series, the Shropshire-born, Glasgow-based artists has weaved a subtle but engagingly rich tapestry of sounds to…
This week’s session comes from rising talent Freya Ward, playing her recent single ‘I Would Do It All Again’. The track is taken from Freya’s upcoming EP Written with Hindsight, a collection of songs too difficult to write at the…
Multiple award-winning artist Lizanne Knott is preparing for the release of her next serving of Americana come 4 October. The self-released Bones and Gravity is the Pennsylvania artist’s sixth studio album. It’s coming with the promise of being her most…
King Corduroy finds his inspiration in the smoky bars and juke joints of American roots music’s past, solidified in legacy by great outlaws, bluesmen, and soul icons alike. While he pursues this muse, he’s been carving his own path all…
Rob Alexander’s Long Road Coming Home instantly recalls an era of radio dominated by piano-pop pioneers. Fronted by sprightly keyboards, forward-moving percussion, and heady sax breaks, Alexander serves as the hearty frontman to deliver these hook-laden gems. Avoiding direct comparisons…
A couple of years back, Kristina Stykos was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia. Facing a reality where singing and even holding day-to-day conversations wouldn’t be as easy as it once was, the diagnosis has still never stopped Stykos in her tracks.…
