Folk
Track: Just Looping you in – Jeremy Loops releases new single ‘Better Together’ co-written with Ed Sheeran from upcoming album ‘Hear You Got Love’
Jeremy Loops teams up with Ed Sheeran to deliver bllissed out new track ‘Better Together’
Album Review: Ben and Dom dazzle with heartwarming debut album ‘ Shoulder’
In recent years , we’ve seen a surge of vocal ensembles that have challenged the typical format of a vocal -led group. From vocal improv ( albeit stemming from the influence of jazz, folkloric traditions and shamanic traditions ) to the more refined and impressive chord clusters of English Vocal Artists Jacob Collier, The Swingles, …
Album Review: Keston Cobblers Club ‘ Alchemy’ is a thing of beauty
After a two-year break-folk favourite Keston Cobblers Club return with their brand-new album, ‘Alchemy’ – the follow up to their critically acclaimed 2019 album, ‘Siren’ . Alchemy is the new album from Indie-folk band Keston Cobblers Club. Returning to their roots, the theme of the album is based on an old folklore from their hometown. The …
Album Review: Lucy Kruger and the Lost Boys ‘Teen Tapes (for performing your own stunts)’
Lucy Kruger and the Lost Boys deliver an album that is an unflinchingly raw account of the vulnerability of falling in love.
Live Review: Allt, featuring Julie Fowlis, Zoë Conway, Éamon Doorley & John McIntyre at Kings Place
Allt appeared live at Kings Place on April 1 2022 I’ve long been a fan of the inimitable julie Fowlis. The impressive Scottish songstress, multi-instrumentalist and storyteller has a kind of presence that makes you feel at home, whilst casting everyone spellbound with her immense musical gift of a voice. It was only that more …
Premier: A.J. Holmes – A Good Year for the Mushrooms
A.J. Holmes (aka Vanishing Breed) is a musician, field recordist and founder of band A.J. Holmes and The Hackney Empire. His new solo album ‘A Better Standard of Ordinariness’ is due 22nd April via Onomatopoeia Records. This is the first album that A.J. Holmes has recorded entirely alone, playing all instruments. It was recorded between January – …
News: Australian indie giants Boy & Bear return with news of national tour and a soaring, euphoric new single ‘State of Flight’.
Boy & Bear are a veritable national institution in Australia with their brand of folk-inflected indie pop. Having recently celebrated the ten year anniversary of their double platinum album ‘Moonfire’ with a sold out gig in Sydney, the band have announced a 14 date national tour across Australia over June and July. And to whet …
News: Vance Joy releases new single with album to follow
Vance Joy has released an optimistic, horns infused track ahead of a new album due in June 2022.
Track: Guise drop new single and announce release of debut Album
London quartet Guise drop new track and announce release of debut album and UK tour.
EP: Auckland’s Silk Cut shape out another elegant dream pop delight in new EP ‘panda’.
Last year’s ‘astronaut’, the debut EP from New Zealand’s enigmatic Silk Cut (reviewed by me here) was a hazy dreamy introduction to a band that has, amongst its constituent members, a breadth of experience. Singer/guitarist Andrew Thorne has played with Modern Chair – a collaboration between him and another veteran of the NZ music scene, Wayne Bell. …