#371 Jess Hall – Maps

Bookshelves by Jess Hall ‘Maps’ is taken from Bookshelves, the debut album from songbird Jess Hall. Although she now calls Oxford home, she hails from North Devon, and it is that region’s famed coastline which gives her so much of…

#370 Serafina Steer – Tiger

For Folk's Sake | Serafina Steer

Happy International Women’s Day! If you’re not sure how to celebrate, just be pleased about how fantastically witty, current and alive feminism is in 2014, and watch the shiftiest-looking escaped tiger you’re ever likely to see prowl around a circus…

#369 Jo Hook – Inside Out

Cantebury’s Jo Hook has recorded her debut album Silence Surrounds Me with Geoffrey Richardson, 11 tracks of lush folk-pop which can shift gears from the slow and the beautiful to bright and breezy tunes in a matter of moments. For…

#368 NEEDTOBREATHE – The Heart

South Carolina trio NEEDTOBREATHE release their latest album in April, with this track ‘The Heart’ a taste of what to expect. Slickly produced but with enough rawness to maintain a rootsy charm, this is stomping-good Southern-tinged country rock. Rivers In…

#367 Nick Mulvey – Cucurucu

Nick Mulvey has this week released his third single, ‘Cucurucu’, as the former Portico Quartet member gets ready for the release of his debut album First Mind in May. Besides featuring a mildly addictive title (seriously, try saying it to…