With the upcoming release of their eponymous debut record case/lang/veirs, these three titans of modern alternative folk have shared ‘Best Kept Secret’, a slice of orchestral beauty. Breezy and bright, the track is a homage to L.A, and is destined…
Mara Simpson calls Watamu, Wellington, Berlin and Brighton home, which might explain why her sound is so difficult to pin down. Big, soulful vocals play out over a blend of folk and blues, while she uses her unique background to…
In this eponymously-titled album Eric Bachmann has made a conscious break from his previous post-Archers of Loaf project Crooked Fingers and produced what he describes as the most raw and honest record of his career. But don’t let that mislead…
Radical Face, AKA Ben Cooper, will release The Family Tree: The Leaves next week, the third and final instalment in his Family Tree series which has documented the lives of a fictional family spanning over a century (The Roots was…
Sean Watkins has gradually become more and more of a household name amongst Americana-loving families throughout the years, and for good reason. The fledgling virtuoso who first came onto the roots scene in the first iteration of Nickel Creek way…
If you find yourself frustrated by a sense that the ‘folk’ label has been snatched by more and more mainstream artists and twisted into something bland and unadventurous, a catch-all label for anything with an acoustic guitar, how do you…
Due to an error or something, I found out in December that I had 17.5 days of holiday left to take from work before the end of April. In January, I was offered a three-week tour of Germany in March.…
Michael Gallagher is the Mining Co. and the music he creates has a timeless, lived in quality. With drums counting the way in and a pedal steel ringing out ‘Country Heart’ establishes a mournful, melancholy opening gambit. This is music…
Two years on from Little Giant, Dorset-based Roo Panes returns with his second full-length album Paperweights. Where Roo described his debut as being about “encouragement, about small revelations of great significance”, he says the themes of the new record are…
Fans of Stealing Sheep and others may be familiar with this chap from a handful of support slots around the UK, but for the uninitiated, allow us to introduce southern California’s Gonzalla. Actually a chap named Cody, Gonzalla grew up…