by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on Albums | Ryan Adams – Ryan Adams
Over his 14 year solo career since leaving Whiskeytown, Ryan Adams has released 14 albums, ranging from the Americana sounds of 2011’s Ashes & Fire to the rather more obscure metal of Orion. Adams is a modern day musical chameleon, hopping…
by Dominic J Stevenson • • Comments Off on Album | Lucinda Williams – Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone
Lucinda has surely cemented her eternal place with the greats of country blues rock over the past years. Having recently got married you might forgive her for laying low and having a quiet time of it. Not so, for the…
White Flowers begins with ‘Espera’, which means waiting/hoping/expecting, and sounds like an open window on a cold sunny morning: bright, pure voices, and a buzzing hum which could be a harmonium or a discordant amp. The song lyrics throughout have…
Palme is short, compact, stunning. It’s a record a little like a music box, with ballerina popping up and spinning intoxicatingly, especially to those who let themselves become one with it. It’s like a fragile and wonderful little universe. Artists…
by Joe Sweeting • • Comments Off on Album | Perfume Genius – Too Bright
Mike Hadreas, operating under the Perfume Genius moniker, returns with Too Bright, his third record and his best by some lengths. After the underground success of Learning and Put Your Back N 2 it, this record should be the one to…
by Dominic J Stevenson • • Comments Off on Album | Justin Townes Earle – Single Mothers
Earle Junior’s latest album starts with the gorgeous ‘Worried Bout The Weather,’ and the chilled out country vibe instantly impresses. This apple didn’t fall far from the tree. In fact, this track by way of an introduction to the artist…
The new Moonface release feels like both an album and an EP. There are five songs here, with the final two totalling over 19 minutes and the stretched-out length doesn’t feel much like an EP as we know it. But…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | The Travelling Band – The Big Defreeze
The album from Manchester’s Travelling Band is full of emotionally driven, instrumentally catchy and lyrically powerful songs. As The Big Defreeze was my first experience with the band, I can say with certainty I will be taking a trip through…
by For Folk's Sake • • Comments Off on Album | Adam Cohen – We Go Home
When I first heard about Adam Cohen I greeted both he and his music with a subtle expectation and a preconceived idea of what he should be as an artist. When Leonard Cohen is your father – a Canadian national…
Sean Rowe’s voice is an astonishing instrument. It has soul, it has a deep, warm, raw animal energy, and it has a magnificent bluesy timbre. Yet, it is also focussed and beautiful. It’s hard not to be totally overwhelmed by…