Emily Wells’ debut offering, Mama, is an intriguing thing. A double album, the first disc is a subtle combination of lo-fi hip- hop, sparse electronica and folk, whilst the second reworks these songs into bare, acoustic renditions. With the same…
Over the course of ten years, Norway native and Swedish resident, Ane Brun, has steadily built an impressive musical career. The experimental, theatrical artist has been at the forefront of the recent surge of Scandi folk artists to make serious…
Farao may have only released one single so far but we’re already smitten. ‘Skin’ is everything you’d expect from the burgeoning Scandi folk scene – alternately icy and warm, ever so slightly gothic and perfectly executed. And, as her show…
Behind every great festival is a great person – Glastonbury may have Michael Eavis, but Cambridge Folk Festival has Eddie Barcan. Now Manager and Artistic Director, his involvement began in 1990, since which time the festival has grown into the…
Magic Arm – AKA Marc Rigelsford – has an a distinctly lo-fi attitude to music production. After releasing his first EP, a truly bedroom affair, he ventured into the studio to record debut full-length, Make Lists, Do Something, an electro-folk…
Some artists are destined to spend their lives playing second fiddle to other, better-known singers and songwriters. Not so Pete Roe. Having spent several years as solid multi-instrumentalist and vocalist in Laura Marling’s band he has finally emerged from his…
We were lucky enough to first see Husky Rescue in their native Finland last year, playing to a sophisticated crowd in a well-known Helsinki art spot. The audience were reclining on pillows while the band performed in-the-round on a raised,…
We fell in love with Denai Moore when we stumbled on the video for ‘Gone’. Raw, honest, and with a few edges still intact, Moore’s voice gets into your soul and stays there. We’re clearly not the only ones who…
We’re really excited to have this exclusive video interview with Brian from Stornoway offering insights and musings on ‘The Bigger Picture’. Check it.
We all know that some of the best music comes from heartbreak, pain or a really rough time. There may be great artists out there who’ve never had their souls torn asunder, but we’d be hard pushed to name them.…