A crowd of us from FFS were at York Hall last night, watching once-shy Laura Marling give an assured, visceral performance. As well as perfect renditions from Once I Was An Eagle and playful versions of Ghosts and Alas I…
The Silver Gymnasium is a misty look back in time to singer Will Sheff’s childhood growing up in the small New Hampshire town of Meriden, circa 1986. The album cover is rather wonderful in its own right, coming complete with…
The Honey Ants exist to play songs written by Scott Mathieson and John Grimsey, although John doesn’t let Scott anywhere near the recordings. We’re sure it’s nothing personal, it’s just that in Rececca Hamer he’s found the perfect voice to…
We were big fans of Laura J Martin’s debut album The Hangman Tree, which came out at the start of last year, so we couldn’t be happier to bring you new material from our favourite north-west flautist. Smart and fun,…
With Country Mile out this week, it seemed only right we bring you ‘The Lady Is Risen’, one of the album’s undoubted high points, as our Song of the Day. At first listen it seems like a meandering, shambling thing,…
This year has been a busy one for Jon Byrne. Following the UK release of his second album, Built by Angels, he has been gigging across the country and is currently kicking off promotion in the US for his first…