by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Neal Casal – No One Above You (The Early Years 1991-1998)
On 26th August 2019, the world stopped for friends, family, and fans of Denville-born singer-songwriter Neal Casal. However, though he is gone, his legacy lives on through his music. So it is with No One Above You (The Early Years…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Anna Tivel – Animal Poem
Closing off the main chapter of summer is Anna Tivel’s seventh full-length studio album Animal Poem. Produced with Sam Weber, most of the recordings were created in a wonderfully collaborative space with many of Tivel’s closest friends making music together…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Minor Gold – Way To The Sun
Across centuries and civilisations, the sun has been a symbol of hope, and it is definitely the star of the show in Way to the Sun, the sophomore album by powerhouse duo Minor Gold, comprised of Dan Parsons and Tracy…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Watchhouse – Rituals
For North Carolina folk duo Watchhouse, comprised of Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin, it all began over a decade ago in coffee shops and local restaurants. Now, they are one of the biggest success stories in 21st century indie music,…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | James McMurtry – The Black Dog and The Wandering Boy
With The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy, Texas-born James McMurtry bursts back onto the scene four years since his last album with a voice reminiscent of the great Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash. This new chapter features the likes…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Laura Reznek – The Sewing Room
Nomadic spirit Laura Reznek has already been on the road many times in her musical career, crossing the Atlantic and roaming the UK and mainland Europe. The Canadian-born singer-songwriter’s third album feels like a moment taken to pause, to hold…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Toria Wooff – Toria Wooff
“The self-reflection in the title demonstrates a life lived. The songs are […] moments immortalised in time, bound together by nothing more than the human experience.” Thus Lancashire-born singer-songwriter Toria Wooff muses on the creation of her self-titled debut album.…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Luke Sital-Singh – Fool’s Spring
The past five years have been quite a rollercoaster ride for London-born singer-songwriter Luke Sital-Singh, who embarked on a Transatlantic journey with his wife to live the Californian dream in Los Angeles five years ago, before returning to the UK.…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Rhona Macfarlane – As The Chaos Unfolds
Born into a creative household, Scottish singer/songwriter Rhona Macfarlane was exposed to folk music from an early age and received classical training at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Co-produced with Matt Ingram, her wonderfully honest debut album As The Chaos…
by Anna Main • • Comments Off on Album | Windborne – To Warm The Winter Hearth
To Warm The Winter Hearth, the latest polyphonic masterpiece by New England vocal quartet Windborne, rolls in as the nights grow ever longer. The beautiful four-part harmonies offered by Lauren Breunig, Jeremy Carter-Gordon, Lynn Rowan and Will Rowan are the star…