You can’t blame Emilie Kahn for becoming tired with the barrage of articles constantly comparing her to one certain Californian folk artist; she’s one of arguably two acts in the entire modern industry that are centered around an instrument so…
When it comes to versatility, it’s hard to beat out a tried and true, dedicated career artist like Neko Case. Wherein her 1997 debut release, The Virginian, would indicate that she was another strong inclusion to the blooming alt-country showcase…
By rights, Martin Courtney’s debut solo album is four months too late. Many Moons is the sort of record that soundtracks a perfect summer road trip – soft-top down, open roads, scenery unrolling before your eyes. The Real Estate frontman…
Taking a break from the day job, Arbouretum leader Dave Heumann wanders in a number of different directions on his debut solo album. The feel is less strident though not a million miles from his mother-band with Heumann displaying a…
“The glory of God is man fully alive” – Saint Irenaeus, 2nd century Bruce Cockburn, at 70, is fully alive. Although slightly bent by age, the Canadian troubadour remains a cult concern for his fans, who turn out in numbers…
As soon as Loved Wild Lost, the second full-length record from Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, fires up, it sounds reassuringly familiar. As Bluhm bounces across the chorus of opener ‘Only Always’, singing “You’re as bright as a stone, shining…
When I first heard The Lake Poets, otherwise known as the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Martin Longstaff, he was playing his guitar onstage at one of Newcastle’s best venues (in my humble opinion), the Cluny. The demo of ‘Windowsill’, which…
Having toured for much of the summer in support of their album Bonxie, released in April, Stornoway provide a matching bookend to close their travelling schedule by releasing a six-track acoustic companion piece shorn of the denser instrumentation and frequent…
Hitting middle age was always going to be a test for The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn. Some 11 years after the barroom rock version of the E Street Band emerged from the wreckage of Lifter Puller, the now 44-year-old’s…
New York City based outfit Tall Firs took 16 years to get to its first album, after forming in 1990. Thankfully subsequent releases haven’t taken such a long time, and we now find ourselves addressing the matter of the act’s…