“… only time will tell if I reawakened these songs or simply botched them up.” With those words Ester Rose introduces listeners to her EP of covers, My Favorite Mistakes. Covering songs by Sheryl Crowe, Nick Lowe, Roy Orbison and…
Awash in lo-fi reverb and the drone of a synthetic bass, Melissa Bel’s spin on country through ‘Can’t Go Home’ comes in abundantly modern light. At its crescendo, the country-pop tune is set aflame with a searing culmination of organic…
Only a few years back, Todd Warner Moore wrote his first set of lyrics for his ‘Birdsong’. Since, the artist has turned out well over sixty tracks. The philosophical troubadour of Hong Kong’s Lamma Island originally hails from across the…
Brooklyn’s Woods share heritage with the likes of Kevin Morby (their former bassist), Real Estate and Kurt Vile. But 11 albums into their career, Woods’ pastel psych-pop/folk remains more under the radar (in the UK at least) than their contemporaries.…
“Thought I was alone in the world, until my memories gathered round me in the night” Jason Isbell sings on ‘What I’ve Done to Help’, the opening track to Reunions. The rolling chorus repeated like a mantra towards the end,…
Like true, blue folkies, the Coo’s adventure began with a serendipitous meeting at an open mic in Amsterdam. Such is why the duo—comprised of Matt Arthur and Jara Holdert—meeting in an Amsterdam cathedral to perform their new EP, Amsterdam Moon,…
Long before there was a trilogy of albums on the history of Essex, the 2012 instrumental record inspired by Lidos, an EP of tunes inspired by diesel commuter trains, or Chants for Socialists, Darren Hayman used to specialise in songs…
We live in strange times. No one is more aware of that than Steve Earle. “One of the dangers that we’re in is if people like me keep thinking that everyone who voted for Trump is a racist or an asshole,…
“Every brick you’ve hurled, I’ll use to build the world” The Amazing Devil’s record begins, as all should do, with the wind howling and a low bass reverberation, with Joey Batey and Madeline Hyland’s spoken-word delivery. It then spills directly…
My Girl the River is the project of Louisiana singer and musician Kris Wilkinson Hughes. The band is fleshed out by her husband Joe and daughter Ruby on double bass and harmonies respectively. Cardinal in the Snow is the follow…