singer-songwriter
Track: Sam Fowke – Red Handed
Yeah, he’s got a beard, that Sam Fowke. What of it, so loads of those singer songwriter types these days. As well as beard cultivation, the Gloucester-born, Cardiff based musician also likes fine jumpers and long walks on the beach, and probably days when he can combine the three. And I didn’t even make that …
Track: Emmy The Great – Dance w Me
Ahead of Second Love, the new album from Emmy the Great (aka Emma-Lee Moss) is a preview track Dance w Me. Following on from this year’s S EP with more warm Synths and soft vocals, this track feels like a particularly intense conversation. Chatter drifts over the verses, while Emmy challenges you to pay attention …
Track: Joseph Sant – Nor’easter
Joseph Sant, originally from Seattle but now ensconced in Brooklyn is about to release his debut EP, Sea White Salt, on January 14th next year. It’s wrapped up in tales of the forces of nature, love, dreams and hopes and a whole lot of things inbetween. It was recorded with Gabriel Gavin during a few …
See: Josh Kemp reveals video for Leap of Faith
Josh Kemp is a hero. Well, sort of. He’s playing Nottingham’s legendary thief in Hood, a modern adaption of the medieval tale, produced by local media company Envision Productions. As well as playing the lead in the film, Josh has written and produced ‘Leap of Faith’, his latest single (which also features on Hood‘s soundtrack.) …
See: King Charles reveals video for Gamble for a Rose / announces 2016 tour dates
Ahead of the release of his new album, Gamble for a Rose, which drops on 22nd January through Buffalo Gang, via Kobalt Label Services – King Charles, aka West London singer-songwriter Charles Costa, has announced a bunch of UK tour dates for next February, and releases a new video for the title track. Talking about …
See: Line Bøgh reveals new video for “Fix Me”
Danish singer-songwriter Line Bøgh released her debut album ‘Something else and something else and something else again’ back in March, which showcased her beguiling vocals and alternative pop credentials, while dropping in subjects such as an apparent rejection of the speed and priorities of the modern world. She’s just released a video for the track …
Track: Maybug – Out to Sea
While the title of Maybug’s latest single conjures up feelings of being carried away from safety into a vast and alien environment, Out To Sea is actually the musical equivalent of getting into the comfort of a deep, warm bath. Bristol based singer-songwriter Joseph Dunn is Maybug and this is the first single from his …
See: Lauren Aquilina releases the heartbreaking ‘Ocean’, plus tour dates
You can learn a lot about Lauren Aquilina from her Twitter bio: “nothing makes me happier than writing sad songs.” She’s continuing that trend with new song ‘Ocean’, which is her latest single and the title of her forthcoming EP. Lauren has had an incredible start to her music career, headlining the BBC introducing stage …
Meet: Fink: music business is a big gamble
In the world where music is a product of consumption, often cheap, short on nutrition values, and is easy to dispose of when one gets bored of it, finding artists with timeless compositions, gently and with care sewn together, making you leave all your work and thoughts aside and dive deep into the intricate world …
Track: Laura Marling – False Hope
Knowing very little, in fact nothing at all about Laura Marling, I did what any normal muso with OCD would do and checked my collection. The closest I could get was the miseducation of Lauryn Hill before the alphabetisation leapt to Led Zep, Leftfield, The LemonHeads and the Levellers so I lowered the cherry-picker, washed …