Folk
Track: Cosmo Sheldrake – Wriggle, plus European tour dates
London singer-songwriter, composer and multi-instrumentalist Cosmo Sheldrake has released the latest track, Wriggle, to be taken from his much-anticipated debut album, The Much Much How How and I, which drops on Friday 6th April via Transgressive Records. Speaking of the track, Cosmo says “Wriggle is the last song I wrote for the album. It emerged …
Track: Fairhazel – 7×7
Out now on the Communion Singles Club, is the debut single from Fairhazel, aka London-based musical nomad Hugh McDonald, titled 7×7. Growing up in Cape Town, London and Paris, and spending time in the USA attending Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music, might have formed him as a person, but its London where his project …
Track: P.J. Harvey and Harry Escott – An Acre of Land
The legendary musician, songwriter, artist and poet, P.J. Harvey, has just released a collaboration with British composer Harry Escott called ‘An Acre of Land’, the theme to mystery/thriller Dark River, the latest film by Director Clio Barnard. It is a gorgeous folk-tinged lament that showcases Harvey’s haunting vocals and expressive lyrics over delicate tendrils of …
Album Review: AWOLNATION – Here come the runts
I was as confused about the title of this record as most people. It sounds like the title of a whacky new cartoon someone is pitching to Nickelodeon. So understandably I was more than curious to listen to this new offering from AWOLNATION. Aaron Bruno and his gang are what I would define as truly …
Album Review: Jim Ghedi – A Hymn for an Ancient Land
A Hymn for Ancient Land is not an album I could listen to while doing anything else. It would be like texting while taking a walk in a breath-taking landscape – missing the beauty. Inspired by his home in Moss Valley, the Peaks and the Dales, this is exactly what Jim purports he is doing …
See: Robert Plant Reveals new live video for Season’s Song
Following the release of his much lauded eleventh studio album Carry Fire, which debuted in the top three in the UK album Chart, Robert Plant has released a live recording of one of the albums standout tracks, Season’s Song. It’s a slow burning folk-rock, rather than hard rock, with the emphasis on Plant’s songwriting and …
Track: Dean Ween Group – Don’t Let the Moon Catch you Crying
Dean Ween is set to release his second solo album ‘Rock2’ via Schnitzel Records on April 27th 2018, available on limited edition 180 gram colored vinyl with gatefold sleeve, specially colored CD in digi-pac format and via digital retailers and streaming services. He’s issued a lengthy backstory on the album “A lot has changed since …
Not Forgotten: Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much to Love
For the first minute or so there’s nothing but melancholic acoustic guitar and a far away harmonica. It’s moving, deeply moving. Then comes Bill Callahan’s voice, and you’re utterly invested. By the time he released A River Ain’t Too Much to Love in 2005, Callahan has been recording under the identity of Smog since the …
Track: The Hanging Stars – On a Sweet Summer’s Day
“On A Sweet Summer’s Day” is the new single to be taken from cosmic folk outfit The Hanging Stars’ forthcoming album Songs For Somewhere Else, due out on 9 February 2018 on Crimson Crow. The band have also announced some live dates, including a London album launch at The Victoria in Hackney on 22 February. …
See: Trembling Bells release new video for Christ’s entry into Govan
Seems like we’re only a few days into 2018 and we’ve already had some brilliant new tracks. Here’s another one, maybe the best. Trembling Bells return with ‘Christ’s Entry Into Govan, a Leige & Leif slice of freak folk, that has this startlingly brilliant arrangement, full of intricate guitars and lovely harmonies, but it’s so …