Folk
Track: Lavinia Blackwall – John’s Gone
Lavinia Blackwall, former lead singer of Glasgow psych-folk band Trembling Bells, has announced her debut solo album Muggington Lane Endisout on May 1st, and from it she’s released A new track, John’s Gone. Frankly, John’s Gone could be one of our favourite songs of the year. And it’s only March. It has this air of …
See: Modern Nature reveal new video/track, ‘Flourish’
“Flourish is like when my part of the world coming to life” says Jack Cooper of Modern Nature when talking about their new track, ”I live on the edge of London between Leytonstone and Epping Forest, so the signs of spring are very apparent round here – flowers, light, people talking in their gardens.” That …
See: Yorkston/Thorne/Khan share video for “Sukhe Phool”
Taken from their third album Navarasa : Nine Emotions, which came out earlier in the year to widespread acclaim, Yorkston/Thorne/Khan (aka James Yorkston, Jon Thorne and Suhail Khan) have shared a video for the track Sukhe Phool. The album centred around the nine emotions (nava) or Sentiments (rasa) of the arts, around which the trio …
TRACK: STEPHEN MALKMUS – SHADOWBANNED
The main man of Pavement, Stephen Malkmus, has just released his third single from his third solo album “Traditional Techniques” due out March 6th on Domino. Shadowbanned is an eastern flavoured sea shanty with a hint of an early T rex. The use of call and response between the strings and woodwind create a hypnotic mash …
Not Forgotten: Kathryn Williams – Little Black Numbers
Kathryn Williams was one of those acts that laid the ground work for the folk revival of the last fifteen years without us realising it at the time. Much like her contemporary Eliza Carthy, there was a certain level of buzz around Kathryn Williams at the end of the 90s, and there were a few publications singing her …
Album Review: The Hanging Stars – A New Kind of Sky (plus tour news)
Folk music seems to be a genre I dip in-and-out of; the multi-faceted style manages to have different elements that have the roots of traditional folk music underpinning those subversions that make it so sprawling. Anti-folk, neofolk, Americana – there is a list that can go on. Be it the earnest, lo-fidelity accomplishments of Willy …
Track: Nick Byrne – Houses
Inspired by a trip to Liverpool where he saw houses and streets falling into disrepair, Houses is the new single from singer-songwriter Nick Byrne. The track itself is a little underplayed gem of indie folk – hushed vocals, fingerpicked guitars and this insistent but low key little synth figure that gives way to the electric …
TRACK: ELRICHMAN – COP ON A HORSE
Elrichman – Cop on a horse Toronto based singer songwriter Paul Elrichman announces his new album Heaven’s Mayor out 24th April via Show Your Bones records, with the release of the first single Cop On A Horse. Its a wonky upbeat number dubbed by Erlichman as sounding like a country song set in a modern …
EP: Cate Le Bon & Group Listening – Here it comes again
Following up on the success of her 2019 Mercury Prize nominated album Reward, Cate Le Bon alongside ambient duo Group Listening (aka fellow Creative souls Sweet Baboo and Paul Jones) have reimagined five tracks from Reward for an EP, Here it Comes Again, out now via Mexican Summer on 12” vinyl and digitally. Of the …
Track: Bartelby Delicate – From Top To Toe
Luxembourg singer-songwriter Bartlelby Delicate (not his real name we assume, although if it is wouldn’t that be something) has just released a new single, From Top to Toe, available now on all your usual streaming platforms. After meeting German producer Taison (Lali Puna, Portmanteau) after travelling 1500km to play a show in Munich in which …