You could hardly accuse Junip of being a prolific band. It’s been a long three years since the release of Fields, without much from the solo projects of individual members in between. Thankfully, when the Swedish trio do take the…
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Interview | John Smith on new record Great Lakes
With first two albums, Matchbox Man and Map or Direction, John Smith (no more comments on the name, please god) built up a quiet but devoted following. With third full-length release, Great Lakes, the time has come for Smith to…
Interview | Introducing…Megan Wyler
It’s a strong time for no-frills, ‘stripped-down’ folk, with exquisite releases this year and last from Fionn Regan, Al Lewis and Keaton Henson. Joining their ranks is Megan Wyler with her recently released second single, ‘The Fraying’, a fragile, delicate…
#41 Sasha Siem – So Polite
This brilliantly quirky little tyke from Cambridge and Harvard music graduate, Sasha Siem, is part folk, part jazz and part spoken word. Ironic, pithy, cheeky and with a perpetually raised eyebrow, it dances along to the none-too-shoddy accompaniment of the…
#21 Linnea Olsson – Giddy Up
It’s hard to find artists doing something truly original these days, so Linnea Olsson is a breath of fresh air. Armed with only her cello, loop pedal and unaffected vocal, she weaves dramatic, tender tales of love, guilt and the…
#20 The White Album – Season’s End
Danish band The White Album describe themselves as ‘Three danish men with big hearts, big beards and big bellies playing alternative folk music with a hint of Nordic melancholy’. We say they’re a Danish Bon Iver with songs to make…
Interview | Introducing…Fletcher
Fletcher or, as his high school friends used to know him, ‘The Only Ginger Goth in Bondi’ has certainly done his time at the Music School of Credibility. Having released a fair few records with bands Bluebottle Kiss, The Devoted…
Interview | Introducing…Sasha Siem
For an artist who has only just released her debut EP – the brilliantly off-kilter So Polite – Sasha Siem has already racked up an impressive CV. Since graduating in Music from both Cambridge and Harvard, she has gone on…
Interview | Linnea Olsson – musical pirate
It seems that these days you only have to give a talented artist a loop pedal and there’s no stopping them. Last year our favourite looper was tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus – this year it’s Swedish chanteuse Linnea Olsson who, with…
Interview | Introducing…Sophie Hunger
Love jazz-inspired folk with a dash of Portishead? Course you do. In which case you need to check out Sophie Hunger who, having conquered her native Switzerland, released The Danger of Light to generally ecstatic reviews last year. Please make…