Johnny Flynn certainly likes to keep himself busy. If he’s not treading the boards in a Shakespearean production in the West End, he’s sharing screen time with Hollywood A-listers in a cinema near you. But it’s his role as a…
It can be hard sometimes to put your finger on exactly why you like an album. It’s enough, perhaps, that it simply demands to be listened to over and over again. It’s almost impossible to imagine anyone hearing Beautiful Desolation…
Rachael Dadd has long had a fascination with all things Japanese since travelling around the country six years ago. It was perhaps then only a matter of time before she did something like this – ‘Make A Sentence’ is part…
It puts us in an awkward position when our writers start producing awesome folk music. We don’t want you to think we’re just recommending stuff because our friends made it, but at the same time we’d be neglecting our duty…
Toronto’s Gianna Lauren studied jazz, and there’s a sultry, dusky feel to the single ‘Anchor Down’ which wouldn’t feel out of place in some smoky basement club. The track is about what it means to settle down, as Lauren explains:…
Any regular listener of Guy Garvey’s Sunday afternoon slot will be familiar with his relentless gushing over Jesca Hoop – a California born songstress who, having married Elbow’s tour manager, is now based in Garvey’s native Manchester. Just last week…