It’s a fairly special thing combine the lightest of touches with an epic feel, a trick Mona & Maria pull off on ‘My Sun’. While the melody and harmonies are as delicate as you would expect from a Scandinavian folk…
#173 Mona & Maria – My Sun
Album | The Lunchtime Sardine Club – Icecapades
Icecapades, the debut album from The Lunchtime Sardine Club, pseudonym of Brighton musician Oliver Newton, comprises an intriguing array of songs and moods. The album was home-recorded over a year and a half, and right from the first, Newton reveals…
Album | Tess of the Circle – Thorns
After debut album Magpie Tess Jones returns with a new band of musicians, The Circle, in tow. Together they create a bigger, heavier rock sound that still has one eye on folk music. From the opening seconds of first track…
Live | Greenman Review 2013
Hidden in the depths of a valley in the Brecon Beacons lies one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Greenman Festival celebrated its tenth year anniversary, and served to be, yet again, one of the best festivals I have undoubtedly ever been to.
#172 Will Varley – When You’re Gone
One of those multi-talented individuals who makes you feel embarrassed for every idle moment you ever passed, Will Varley’s new album As The Crow Flies is out next month. The introduction to the latest work from the novelist, film-maker and…
Devon Sproule’s tour diary | day 7 – Shetland
Arrived to Shetland! highlights of the 12-hour ferry trip over included:
Playing games w/ Robin, Thom, Matt, and Paul w/ pints of Simmer Dim, reading Oscar & Lucinda, pretty comfy bunks, dancing on the deck (see video), being picked up by Neil Riddell (Ragged Wood Promotions), and taken back to scones and cats at his house…