Folk
Track: James Yorkston- Upcoming album ‘The Wide,Wide River’ + preview track ‘Struggle’
Warm, natural, humorous, gentle, empathic ….all words that justifiably get bandied about in the scrabble to describe James Yorkston’s music. What is often overlooked is his calm navigation of different pathways around the songwriting landscape, quietly opening the gate onto something new. He’s worked with Kieran Hebden, Simon Raymonde, Rustin Man and Alexis Taylor over …
ALBUM REVIEW: Laura Fell – ‘Safe From Me’: an incredible voice, a brilliant debut
A truly splendid and gorgeous debut set from this incredible new singer-songwriting talent demands room in your life
ALBUM REVIEW: Denison Witmer – ‘American Foursquare’: soothing Philadelphia folk
Asthmatic Kitty announces a physical release for the soothing new album by PA songwriter
Premiere: Jordan Paul releases new video for the charming and melancholy ‘Archetype X’
If you fell for Canadian singer-songwriters ‘Strange’, which turned into something of a lockdown anthem, we’ve got good news for you. We’re premiering new visuals for his latest single, ‘Archetype X’, right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the single, Jordan told us exclusively “Music is an everlong means of survival; something I feel I …
PREMIERE: Nancy Gaffield and The Drift – ‘Song Of The Shingle’: Kent’s High Weald evoked in music and poem
THERE’S been a little upswell in recent times of interesting and brilliantly evocative collaborations exploring the spoken word and the poetic, and how that plays against music. Slowly unfolding atmospheres, words chosen carefully, set to reduce to a fine and rich sauce, every syllable counting. The touchstone for me is Will Burns and Hannah Peel’s …
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 …