This is the third Widowspeak release I’ve reviewed, and the first track, ‘Brass Bed’, is lively compared to the sleepy, smoky wooziness of their debut, with a brisk wooden beat. Lead singer Molly Hamilton gives her dreamy voice definition: “Baby…
We consider sending a couple of tweets about the John Lewis Christmas advert and making a cup of tea to be a reasonably productive morning. We worry therefore that Dustin Tebbutt may see us as a bunch of idle slackers.…
I saw Laura J Martin play at Bestival back in 2010, looping flute and mandolin to her voice; if you have no patience for vocal oddity (Kate Bush, Joanna Newsom etc) you might find her pixieish otherworldly presence grating, otherwise…
Last night, we turned five. IMAGINE. We’ve not been to many fifth birthday parties (at least, not since primary school) but we can be sure that they’re not really supposed to have quite as much gin on offer (or cake,…
When we decided to host a party to celebrate our fifth birthday, naturally we invited some of our best folk friends along to play, like Gerard and the Watchmen and Worry Dolls. So that’s who you’ll see if you come…
Songs of Mercy for Hungry Hikers by Port Orchards From Portland, Maine comes Port Orchards, the project of Peter Gill, who has just released his latest record Songs of Mercy for Hungry Hikers. It’s one of those fine records you…