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Album Review: Small Feet – From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean

From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean is the debut album from Stockholm trio Small Feet, aka Simon Stalhamre (vocals/guitar) alongside Jacob Snavely (bass) and drummer Christopher Cantillo.…

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See: Siv Jakobsen unveils video for “Caroline”

Following on from the release of her EP, The Lingering in May, Norwegian singer songwriter Siv Jakobsen has released the video for the track Caroline. Siv herself explains about the…

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Premiere: The Gildings – Sweet Lady of the gently rolling plains

The Gildings is the moniker of singer songwriter Edmund Cottam, who hails from (broadly, at least) the North West and makes this striking baroque folk music. We’re very proud here…

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Not Forgotten – Marty Robbins – Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

Prior to hearing Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, if you’d told me that I’d get into an album of songs about the American wild west, I’d have said that that…

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See: N. Lannon releases new video for “Endless Night”

Sometime Film School guitarist N. Lannon aka Nyles Lannon has recently released his third solo album, Falling Inside, and eclectic mix of electro-folk onto which Lannon has added samples from…

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Not Forgotten – Bob Dylan – Planet Waves

Over looked, underrated and generally seen as a lesser work due to the fact it wasn’t recorded in the 60s or Blood on the Tracks, Planet Waves is one of…

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New Music : Chris Darby’s “Don’t Look Back”

The Chicago-based singer/songwriter Chris Darby first hit my radar back in late 2014. A friend and music aficionado in her own right had invited me to the big city of…

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Album Reviews

Album Review: Dar Williams – Emerald

Dar Williams’ music professes a great deal of heart; there’s little doubt for the listener that this songwriter sees and feels keenly, and wants to communicate her observations and conclusions. On…

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Track: Bacchus releases new track Hope, from EP The Rich And The War

Quiet is the new loud. You only have to look at the careers of artists such as Lucy Rose and Passenger to see that as a nation we have become…

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New Music: Dreampop quartet I Know Leopard release new single Close My Eyes

I wrote about I Know Leopard, after the release of their debut single, ‘Picture Perfect’ late last year and saw it as a perfect antidote to the Northern Hemisphere’s winter.…

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