Kinbom & Kessner – a collaboration between Swedish lap steel guitarist and songwriter Fredrik Kinbom (Sarah Blasko, Gemma Ray, Gurrumul) and German theatre writer/dramaturgist Sonja Kessner – release their debut album Lieder von Liebe und Krieg (which translates as Songs…
Marry Waterson is aiming to sing us all into her tune with her latest, Two Wolves, featuring collaborations with Big Eyes guitarist and composer David A. Jaycock. This isn’t Waterson’s first co-operation with a fellow singer-songwriter across a full album’s…
Darren Hayman decamped to (you guessed it) Florence to record this charming collection which, surprisingly for such a prolific writer, is his first strictly solo album, finding him home alone in his hosts’ Firenze flat. Opener ‘Nuns Run The Apothecary’…
You can’t blame Emilie Kahn for becoming tired with the barrage of articles constantly comparing her to one certain Californian folk artist; she’s one of arguably two acts in the entire modern industry that are centered around an instrument so…
When it comes to versatility, it’s hard to beat out a tried and true, dedicated career artist like Neko Case. Wherein her 1997 debut release, The Virginian, would indicate that she was another strong inclusion to the blooming alt-country showcase…
By rights, Martin Courtney’s debut solo album is four months too late. Many Moons is the sort of record that soundtracks a perfect summer road trip – soft-top down, open roads, scenery unrolling before your eyes. The Real Estate frontman…