Folk
SEE: Sophie Jamieson – ‘Concrete’: a siren song of a road accident teases for her EP
THEY say write about what you know; and Sophie Jamieson is a returning artist with a captivating voice who is absolutely unafraid of such a prospect. She’s been preparing for the forthcoming Release EP since late summer, sprinkling our consciousnesses with finely honed gems, diaries of her frontline, such as “Forward”, elucidating her descent into …
See: The Staves release live version of new single ‘Good Woman’
Following on from the news that The Staves will release their third album on 5th February 2021, the band have just released a very special live version of the title track, ‘Good Woman’. Of the live version, the girls say, “Here’s the live video for Good Woman. Shot at home in London in beautiful Sunbeam Studios and …
SEE: Jim Ghedi – ‘Beneath The Willow’; new album in January
MODERN fingerpicking scion Jim Ghedi has announced he’s releasing a new album in January; and he’s just released a video and short film for the first single to be taken from it, “Beneath The Willow”. Have a watch, below. And with the times we live in ever darker, ever more strewn with polarisation, he’s coming …
SEE: Ailsa Tully’s ‘Drive’: sweet bass-driven folk-pop from the Welsh borders
DALLIANCE RECORDINGS, the boutique label that’s already garnered the loveliness of Gia Margaret and Common Holly to its hearthside, has hit a triple score on singer-songwriters by adding Welsh border country talent Ailsa Tully to its roster. Ailsa’s been plying her line in confessional pop a little while now – you may have been lucky …
Premiere: Desure releases new track and visuals for the beautifully melancholy Hi/Lo
Los Angeles Desure, aka Joshua Desure, is gearing up for the release of his Pollen EP, out on November 20th, and ahead of it, we’re delighted to premiere the lyric video to the track Hi/Lo right here on Backseat Mafia. Of the track Desure says “Hi/Lo is a perfect example of what the process in …
ALBUM REVIEW: Adam Stafford – ‘Diamonds Of A Horse Famine’: atmospheric folk set from the notebooks
Diamonds Of A Horse Famine is a lyrically precise and freewheelin’ folk set, reviving a rediscovered notebook. Erotic Thistle contends for folk song of the year
NEWS: Rozi Plain concludes subscriber-only V I S I T ▲ T I O N S series for Lost Map
LOST MAP RECORDS, the beautifully curated imprint run by The Pictish Trail’s Johnny Lynch from the Scottish island Eigg, has a second series of V I S I T ▲ T I O N S ready for you: a subscriber-only, three-part set of special limited-edition releases, written and recorded in rural seclusion in a “bothy” cabin …
Premiere: Lauren Hulbert releases her new single Honeydew
Los Angeles singer-songwriter Lauren Hulbert is releasing a new single ‘Honeydew’ which we’re delighted to premiere today right here on Backseat Mafia. The track, out on Monday, is taken from her forthcoming EP ‘Superbloom’ which drops on October 30th, and was written whilst living with her ex-boyfriend in Ecuador, renting a house in Quito after …