Music is a big part of my life, but there are some things that are obviously more important, family being one. It’s pretty impossible to sum up in a few words how they have shaped me as a person, but…
Guest Blog | Roo Panes on his musical upbringing
Album | Laura Marling – Short Movie
You wonder if Laura Marling has ever stood still. From the moment she released her first EP at the somewhat impatient age of 17 everything she has done has been a progression, a departure, a new set of ideas. With…
Album | Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield – Sing Elliott Smith
Covers albums are notoriously difficult to pull off effectively. Mixing the necessary reverence to the artist whose tunes are being re-rendered with trying to tease out additional nuances is fiendishly challenging. For those that pull off the trick like David…
Album | Brandi Carlile – The Firewatcher’s Daughter
Brandi Carlile has a firebrand of a voice. It has shades of country, pop and blues in its powerful range, a little like a female version of Ryan Adams. Her music is cut from the same cloth, a commercial take…
News | The Staves announce new album
The Staves will be announcing their second full length album this coming Monday, March 23rd. Entitled If I Was, the album follows on from the band’s 2012 release, Dead & Born & Grown, as well as a handful of EP releases. The…
News | Mumford and Sons new record and tour dates
Mumford & Sons‘ third studio album, Wilder Mind, will be released on the 4th of May, 2015. It will be preceded by a single on April 27th, which is called Believe. Their new album is said to be somewhat of a departure from their…