Nick Mulvey’s new EP opens with a riff very similar to the first album of a fledgling Laura Marling. But once Mulvey is under way his own sound bursts through, crushing previous allusions to the current poster girl of folk.…
Listen | Men’s Adventures – Solitary Trip EP
For most of the weekend I’ve had the new EP from Men’s Adventures on repeat. Now is your chance to do pretty much the same yourselves with a stream of Solitary Trip in full. Alfie and Jimmy, the two chaps…
#113 The Magnetic North – Hi-Life
Chances are you bought a copy of Orkney: Symphony of The Magnetic North first time around when it was released last year because, y’know, why wouldn’t you have? If by any chance you missed it, there are a million reasons…
Album | Anne Marie Almedal – Memory Lane
Anne Marie Almedal’s Memory Lane is stunning from start to finish. For those of you who love nothing more than listening to folk at its most rustic and quaint, then look no further than this record. Blending the sounds of…
#112 John Edward Baumann – Bible Belt
West Texas Vernacular by John Edward Baumann Sweet, sweet country music. Real proper barroom blues. From out of Austin, Texas comes John Edward Baumann, a man of witty lyrics, killer hooks, and impressive facial hair. His debut EP West Texas…
Album | Quickbeam – Quickbeam
Quickbeam’s debut album is all about gentle melodies and lush strings. Although the vocals of both Monika Gromek and Andrew Thomson carry these songs, it is the strings that bring them to life, that make you know the debut album…