by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Lila Blue – The Dead
Lila Blue’s folk marches to its own beat. Intrinsically idiosyncratic in nature, the singer-songwriter is not only known for crossing genre lines, but for doing so in ways that define her and no one else. It’s a bold claim to…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Jeremy Ferrara – Ourselves
Though he’s been working and running experiments on his musical mind from the precocious age of 11, Jeremy Ferrara credits his time away at uni for the moments that led to his full artful bloom. Whilst in the midst of…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Melanie Penn – Psalm 23
Melanie Penn’s brand of pop is based in roots—of music, of humanity, and of faith. Grounded in an aim to comfort those lost in the struggles of our new and uncertain times, Penn’s ‘Psalm 23’ speaks to those most afflicted…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Chance Emerson – A Different Dark
Currently attending Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Chance Emerson got his start in Asia. Born in Taiwan to a Taiwanese mother and an American father, Emerson grew up in Hong Kong before traveling to the States and pursuing music.…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Brett Altman – ‘Sweet Sweet Water’ + FFS 5
Over the past year and a half, Brett Altman has been honing in on his silky smooth folk-pop stylings. What began as wowing audiences with the tongue-in-cheek summertime love tune ‘Vacancy Signs’ in late 2018 has become an establishment. The…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | Julie Amici & Dean Mueller – ‘Daddy’
Julie Amici & Dean Mueller run the roots gamut on their upcoming album, I Loved You So. Nestled comfortably in the soles of old-school Americana, the kind of music that they create transports listeners into home-sewn stories of family, life,…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Premiere | The Glass Heart String Choir – ‘Stars’ + FFS 5
The Glass Heart String Choir is as big as its name implies, yet all at once produces a sound that is larger than the sum of its parts. Comprised of only Ian Williams and Katie Mosehauer, the duo succeeds in…
by Jonathan Frahm • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Vanita Joines – A Dangerous Game
In some ways, Vanita Joines’ new EP, A Dangerous Game, is a natural expansion from her work on her previous release, Fiction. Therein, the singer-songwriter honed-in on her vision of crafting an enveloping atmosphere with her music whilst getting to…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Video premiere | Junkboy – Fulfil
Junkboy’s sixth career album Trains, Trees and Topophilia brought widespread acclaim on its release in August. The instrumental record from Mik and Rich Hanscomb, their first since 2014’s Sovereign Sky, was inspired by travel (by train, of course) around the…
by Ian Parker • • Comments Off on Premiere | Molly Linen – Outside EP
Let’s step Outside. Molly Linen releases her debut EP this week and it’s a gem. On this five-track collection for Lost Map’s PostMap Club series, the Shropshire-born, Glasgow-based artists has weaved a subtle but engagingly rich tapestry of sounds to…