Feature: The 50 best albums of 2020
Well, it’s been a bit of a year, hasn’t it? Global pandemics, George Floyd, environmental issues, terrorism, dissatisfaction with those in charge, not least in the ongoing (it seems) fallout…
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Track: Benjamin Lazar Davis releases new track ‘What if I’
You may have picked up on Benjamin Lazar Davis from his 2018 debut ‘Nothing Matters’, an impressively carefree collection of contemporary song-writing, rhythmic heartbeats and lush musical landscapes. Or maybe…
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PREMIERE: Ben Eisenberger – ‘Soloists’: hear a set of warming folk grace from Omaha tunesmith
Beautiful and drawing respectfully on a number of strands in the wider folk pantheon, Ben's songwriting, arranging talents and his musicianship pull this record into a pretty special place indeed
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TRACK: Becca Mancari – ‘I’m Sorry’
HAZY music is indeed the trademark of Captured Tracks, so that Becca Mancari has made another turn towards an increasingly layered Americana for her debut with the label is no…
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TRACK: Leif Vollebekk – ‘Long Blue Light’: beautiful alt.folk from Montreal
CANADA’S Leif Vollebekk is another excellent alt.folk singer-songwriter in a country that seems, these past few years, to produce them just for fun. Andy Shauf, Patrick Watson, Yves Jarvis, Sing…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Fleet Foxes – ‘Shore’
An uplifting and ecumenical return for Robin Pecknold's band
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TRACKS: Erland Cooper – ‘Landform’: a digital companion to the Orkney trilogy
ORCADIAN soundscaper and composer Erland Cooper has today released one final digitally streamed companion piece to accompany his beautiful Orkney Triptych. Take a listen below. Its a seven-track, 35-minute ambient…
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Premiere: Sasha & The Shades release the Dark beauty of ‘Falling’
South London’s Sasha & The Shades are rounding off the year with a new single, out on December 4th titled ‘Falling’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on…
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NEWS: Gazelle Twin & NYX announce March album – hear their distention of The Wicker Man’s ‘Fireleap’
GAZELLE TWIN: love her or baffled by her, you cannot deny the deep, artful, playful, pranksterish, eerie, sheer damn potency of her work. The creative extension of composer Elizabeth Bernholz, her…
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EP REVIEW: Matilda Mann – ‘Because I Wanted You To Know’
A more captivating follow-up for young but accomplished London songwriter
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