Just when it seems that all the really catchy tunes have been written, a new artist comes along with an absolute beauty of an ear worm that dances around your head for days. Step forward Faith Taylor and ‘Foolish Age’…
How would you describe your music? It’s a really tough one as I’m not sure it fits in with a particular genre specifically and yet it’s not crazily alternative either. I think it’s avant-garde pop/folk with operatic flourishes. It has…
Having featured and fallen in love with Alva Leigh’s gorgeous track, ‘Modern Love Song’ as our SOTD #382, we wanted to find out more about this bright new talent – so we did. How would you describe your music? Moody…
We recently featured Irish artist Carmen in our SOTD section, singing the beautiful, haunting song Take This Dance (featured in the film The Phone Call) and thought it was about time we found out a bit more about this very…
Despite being born amidst the bustle of Brooklyn, Josh Mease seems to possess an innate ability to transcend his environment, offering us expansive musical soundscapes in which genres and ideas flow and swirl seamlessly into one another. There are…
Last year we were seduced by the sleazy, country-meets-Eels ‘The Wood’, the first song on The Woodward’s second album – see below for a detailed description of its actual name. Comprised of Peter Schuyff (acclaimed painter, friends with Andy Warhol…
To many British folkies, it may seem as though Cleo T has suddenly burst on to the avant-folk scene in a shower of glitter, silk and French perfume. But this Italian-French demoiselle has been performing her intoxicating brand of Parisian-infused,…
Hello, please introduce yourself and your music to the uninitiated. Rach: We are Stylusboy, a folkish pop duo from Coventry! Steve: People have compared us to The Civil Wars, Lady Antebellum and The Swell Season. We have been around for…
Here are some interesting facts about Ásgeir : 1 in 10 Icelanders own a copy of his debut album, Dýrð í dauðaþögn; it is Iceland’s biggest-selling debut album ever; his songs are based on the poems of his poet-dad; John Grant helped…
Sometimes a CD wings its way through your post box that makes you stop and listen. Like – really stop and listen. Johanna Glaza’s debut EP, Silence is Kind – delightfully wrapped in layers of thick paper and lace – is one…