Tift Merritt has been producing a rather fine brand of Americana since first releasing Bramble Rose back in 2002. Late last year she released her fifth album Travelling Alone, so we weren’t expecting her back so soon, and certainly weren’t…
#23 Musical Charis – Sunlight Stalker
‘Sunlight Stalker’ is the closing track to Musical Charis’ most recent record Fool’$ Gold, and the band have now produced a suitably bright and bouncy video to show it off. Our review of the Sacramento group’s album described this as…
#22 The Leisure Society – Fight For Everyone
FFS favourites The Leisure Society release the first track from third album Alone Aboard the Ark today. Nick Hemming wrote ‘Fight for Everyone’ after getting into watching the Olympics this year. It’s a bit of a departure from the Leisure…
Album | Son Volt – Honky Tonk
You tend to know what you’re going to get with a Son Volt album. Jay Farrar was always the straight man in Uncle Tupelo, as evidenced by how far apart he and Jeff Tweedy now are in musical terms. Son…
#21 Linnea Olsson – Giddy Up
It’s hard to find artists doing something truly original these days, so Linnea Olsson is a breath of fresh air. Armed with only her cello, loop pedal and unaffected vocal, she weaves dramatic, tender tales of love, guilt and the…
#20 The White Album – Season’s End
Danish band The White Album describe themselves as ‘Three danish men with big hearts, big beards and big bellies playing alternative folk music with a hint of Nordic melancholy’. We say they’re a Danish Bon Iver with songs to make…