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TRACK: Emmy the Great – ‘A Window/O’Keefe’: a Laurel Canyon lovers’ classic

BELLA UNION’S crafter of intelligent guitar pop with a real classic vibe, Emmy the Great, is gearing up to release her new album April /月音 on October 9th; and in preparing to…

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Laura Fell – ‘Bone Of Contention’: a bruised acoustic lament from a stunning new voice

IF YOU’RE at all down with female acoustic songwriting – and I mean from any colour of the spectrum, from Laura Marling through to Aldous Harding, Gillian Welch through to…

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SEE: The Dawdler – ‘Lava Lamps’: a study in beautiful acoustic sadness

THE DAWDLER is the low-key musical alias of Tyneside singer-songwriter John Edgar, who describes himself on his Twitter profile as “Ambient pop. Sad.” He’s just signed to London indie Akira…

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TRACK: hear the retro yearn of Elvis Perkins’ ‘See Through’ – a world where people dance alone

A NEW YORK auteur with an eye for the beauty of a song steeped in the good stuff of muted bass-string riffs clicking away, a sturdy brass section and the…

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Track: Susanna releases the beautiful interpretation of Baudelaire’s poetry in ‘Burial’

Burial is the second single to be taken from the new album from Susanna, Baudelaire & Piano, out on September 11th via her own SusannaSonata label, and it sees the…

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TRACK: Martha Fffion – ‘Nights To Forget’: intelligent pop about those evenings you wished you hadn’t

GLASGOW-based, Irish singer-songwriter Claire McKay, better known to acoustic pop aficionados as Martha Ffion and whose 2018 LP Sunday Best was packed to the rafters with sparkling and confessional songwriting,…

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SEE: Daniel Blumberg – ‘On & On & On & On & On’: pushing songcraft into new shapes

THERE’S really no point in gathering together fancy wordsmithery here: if you like your music tending towards to the acoustic auteur with a personal vision, an artist who’s not necessarily…

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Crawford Mack ‘Depends On Where You Stand’

New single from Glaswegian singer songwriter Crawford Mack has been a feature on the live music circuit in Glasgow for some time, his debut album is due for release this…

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SEE: Ed Harcourt returns, ‘Drowning in Dreams’

FOLLOWING his last album, 2018’s Beyond The End, dashing singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt has announced his ninth studio album, which is due in mid-September, will also be a set free of…

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TRACK: Emmy the Great’s ‘Dandelions/Liminal’ is intelligent and breezy

BELLA UNION’S Emmy the Great has had a major shift in consciousness and the place she calls home since her last album, Second Love, back in 2016. Born in Hong…

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