Pete Roe has announced a series of summer festival dates. The long-time Laura Marling collaborator, whose debut album Our Beloved Bubble was released earlier this month, will play at the Hay, Insider and Glastonbury festivals in June before heading up…
Video | Alessi’s Ark brings Tin Smithing to life
The folk-phenomenon that is Alessi’s Ark has more good news for her fans this week. After the successful release of her third album, The Still Life and a sold-out UK tour under her belt, Alessi Laurent-Marke and her Ark have…
Blog | Shoshanna’s $32k music video kickstarter
Zosia Mamet, better known as Shoshanna in Lena Dunham’s HBO dramedy Girls, has announced a folk music project. The Cabin Sisters is Zosia’s project with her sister Clara (also an actress). They’re asking for $32,000 via Kickstarter to make a…
Listen | Debut album from Field Report
In his review earlier this week, Max Raymond described the debut album from Field Report – a band put together by Justin Vernon’s former bandmate Chris Porterfield – as ‘captivating’ in their blend of a ‘warm, gorgeous aesthetic and Porterfield’s…
Album | Georgia Ruth – Week of Pines
Georgia Ruth has had a busy few months, working with Guillemots on new material as well as appearing with Pen Pastwn, the new band from Richard James of Gorky’s Zygotic Monkey. Now she’s releasing her own solo album, Week Of…
#88 Still Parade – Actors
Today’s song of the day is ‘Actors’ by Still Parade, a sort of electronic, countrified Bon Iver. Being a new band, this is the bit where we’d normally fill in a few details and give you some background information. Unfortunately,…