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Track: ‘Where Would We Be’ without Amanda Whiting’s Harp?

‘ Where Would We Be‘ is the first single taken from the upcoming album ‘Lost In Abstraction’, the second album from Welsh Harpist Amanda Whiting. Following her critically acclaimed ‘After…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Mary Lattimore – ‘Silver Ladders’: contemplative and elemental harp exploration

Silver Ladders speaks of an open correspondence with place, with dialogue, with the elements. It's happy to embrace the darker side of being. As such, maybe it's a departure from the pristine shimmer of Hundreds Of Days; but it will provide incredibly rewarding autumnal exploration.

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TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Pine Trees’: otherwordly harp delicacy

MARY LATTIMORE, the Los Angeles-based harpist who charms all who enter her graceful, ambient world, has just released the beautiful and glimmering second single from her forthcoming album for Ghostly…

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TRACK: Mary Lattimore – ‘Sometimes He’s In My Dreams’: ethereal delicacy with Slowdive’s Neil

IT’S a collaboration to make any lover of ethereal soundscapery’s mouth water. Last heard of, solo, with her luscious Hundreds of Days set back in 2018, Los Angeleno harpist Mary…

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Meet: Goodbye Van Occupanther – Tim Smith and life after Midlake

In the fall of 2007 I read an article in Spin Magazine about this band named Midlake. Denton, Texas boys with a penchant for dark, folksy songs that had the…

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