Berlin is the unlikely source for this slice of Americana, a dreamy song awash with pedal-steel. Sami Simon, aka Edges, ignores the musical stereotypes of his home city to produce music which feels more at home in a rural setting,…
‘Slow Driving Man’ is taken from M. Ward’s eighth solo album More Rain, released earlier this year. Ward said of this new video, “Here’s a miniature movie directed by Carlos Forster for ‘Slow Driving Man’. It’s about a driver in…
After the Civil Wars’ name proved all too apt and the duo went their separate ways in 2014, we’ve heard Joy Williams change direction with her solo album, released last year. Now it’s John Paul White’s turn but this first…
‘Kismet Kill’ is taken from Haley Bonar’s upcoming album Impossible Dream, due in August. Raw, fuzzy guitars undercut Bonar’s vocals as she sings of love and disappointment, a stirring combination that inspired a striking video from director Nicole Brending. “What…
What better vibe for your Monday morning than the realisation that the long ageing process is as unavoidable as death and taxes? Stick with us though, please, as we bring you this video from John Joseph Brill for ‘Kings’, taken…
Shearwater play London’s Field Day Festival tonight as they start a European tour in support of Jet Plane and Oxbow, which was released in January. On the eve of the tour they released this lyric video for ‘Quiet Americans’ to…
The final destination for so many pilgrimages in the great Summer of Love, San Francisco has long had a special musical vibe, and is the spiritual home to Cosmic Americana. Keeping the flame alive are Bay Area natives Cool Ghouls.…
For fans who have spent years hunting one of Bert Jansch’s rarest releases, From The Outside, today is your day as the 1985 LP gets a reissue. Originally limited to just 500 copies, a handful of versions kicked around over…
Charlotte Carpenter will release her new EP How Are We Ever To Know? on June 10, and has just dropped this video for the closing track ‘Burn’. The minimalistic track puts Carpenter’s considerable vocal talents to the fore, but given…
Late on Tuesday evening Rachel Sermanni gave us all a new treat with the release of this video for ‘Run’ – taken from 2015’s Tied To The Moon. Shot near Carrbridge in the Highlands, the video sees Rachel go for…