I’ve got an unsent greeting card sat on the side which reads “I heard you’ve been watching a lot of news lately so here’s a card with a comforting duck on it”. I’ve not sent it to anyone yet because…
Album | The Unthanks – Sorrows Away
Album | Alela Diane – Looking Glass
Alela Diane’s sixth studio album was born in a storm – more than one, in fact. There was the thunderstorm in Mexico, which knocked out the power as Diane wrote the opening track ‘Paloma’. “In the black of night/I wouldn’t…
Album | Craig Green Band – Southland
Centered in Tucson, members of the Craig Green Band come from across the States and even over the pond. Hailing from the Old Pueblo, but also Ohio, Seattle, and Germany, Green and company turn in compelling Americana like the best…
Album | Bonny Light Horseman – Rolling Golden Holy
When Bonny Light Horseman – the band formed by songwriter Anais Mitchell, producer Josh Kaufman and the original Fruit Bat Eric D. Johnson – delivered their self-titled debut album in 2020 it was easy to imagine it was a one-off.…
Album | Courtney Marie Andrews – Loose Future
“I am ready for a change,” Courtney Marie Andrews sings on ‘Older Now’, the second song on new album Loose Futures. Two years after winning widespread acclaim – and a Grammy nomination – for her bittersweet break-up album Old Flowers,…
Session | Rev Simpkins – Gathering Grounds
Another visit to the salt marshes of Essex today with a second session track from Rev Simpkins, also taken from his album Saltings. Reverend (Matt) Simpkin’s parish is known for its ancient springs that mingle on the ‘Gathering Grounds’. These…