Okay, let’s get this out of the way straight off the bat: this is not a folk album, and I’m not quite sure why it’s been sent our way. I’m delighted it has, though, as it is a worthy follow-up…
Album | Goldheart Assembly – Long Distance Song Effects
#134 Wilsen – House on a Hill
Wilsen recently recorded this live version of ‘House On A Hill’ at the ‘we’re very serious about music, we are’ Electric Lady studios in Greenwich Village and threw it into the internet last week. Utterly beautiful single ‘Dusk‘ featured as Song of the…
Festivals | Cambridge Folk Festival: Sunday preview
By now, you should have your CFF routine down to a fine art. So, baby-wipe yourselves down, rinse your recyclable pint glass and ready yourself for the final day of folk festivities. Continuing with its line-up of emerging talent, the intimate staging…
#133 Al Lewis – Jesus Was A Crossmaker
Welsh songster Al Lewis sent us this lovely cover of Judee Sill’s ‘Jesus Was A Crossmaker’. We love the warmth of this version. What do you think?
#132 The Decemberists – Sons & Daughters
You did know: Colin Meloy and his merry band of Decemberists chose Sons & Daughters to be the closing track to their 2006 album The Crane Wife. You didn’t know: Meloy denied right-wing US comedian Dennis Miller pemission to use…
News | Arcade Fire confirm new album in slightly odd fashion
Arcade Fire are never a band to choose the obvious route, and so it was again as they announced seemingly to one randomly-selected fan on Twitter that their new album will be released in October. Replying to a fan, @fifferwright, who…