Back in 2010 when we first came across Mathew Gray, our New Bands Panel attempted gamely not to mention Bob Dylan too often as they described what they loved about the Lancashire singer-songwriter. Now Gray’s sound has been fleshed out…
With this album created from stories and poems penned during a grand road trip across the United States, Caroline Rose has not held back in terms of her views on contemporary America she gathered along the way. The songs of…
“Even George Clooney gets lonely,” sing This Frontier Needs Heroes on their latest release, a sentiment which is either reassuring or desperately sad depending on your perspective. If it does seem a touch ambiguous, then the line: “All the money…
For Folk’s Sake favourites the Staves will move one step closer to world domination when they headline London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in November. The three Staveley-Taylor sisters will follow up their tour of America and a summer of appearing at…
Our friends over at Yellow Bird Project are raising money for a film starring Kathryn Calder of the New Pornographers. Kathryn was the primary caregiver for her Mother who was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. The film raises awareness of…
Emily Wells’ debut offering, Mama, is an intriguing thing. A double album, the first disc is a subtle combination of lo-fi hip- hop, sparse electronica and folk, whilst the second reworks these songs into bare, acoustic renditions. With the same…