It’s with pleasure that I greet the return of Swedish quintet The Amazing. Their 2011 album Gentle Stream was one of my favourite albums of that year, becoming something of an emotional touchstone thereafter. Its dynamic mix of minor key…
Gretchen Peters’ Blackbirds is bookended by two songs of the same name. The opener is electric and confrontational, the closer a milder and softer reprise. Powered by Peters’ voice – lived-in, loaded, tainted with regret – the chorus of the…
A new album from Peter Broderick is expected at the end of April. Colours of the Night will be the multi-instrumentalist’s first full-length album for label Bella Union in three years. Broderick released a five-track EP under the name (Colours of the Night) Satellite late…
Stornoway have released details of their forthcoming album, Bonxie, which takes it’s title from a nickname for the Great Skua – a large and rather unusual seabird. It is due to be released on April 13th through label Cooking Vinyl. Much of the…
We’re delighted to present a session and interview with the brilliant Nick Edward Harris. Nick’s new record The Tall Trees is out on 23 February. We talked to Nick about the new record, his influences, and musical friendships and he played two tracks from his new record – Unarmed and Calm Your Demons – supported by Angie Rance of Patch & the Giant on the flugelhorn.
Viðihlið is a cover of a track by Icelandic musician Megas. It was recorded for the b-side of Olof Arnalds’ new single ‘Hypnose’ (out March 24). Olof said ““Víðihlíð is such a sneaky composition. It´s brilliantly simple and complex song…