Movement is important to Yvonne Ambrée. Born behind the wall in East Berlin, she knows better than most about the meaning of boundaries and borders. Under the name Panteon, she makes music which aims to break down such barriers, inspired…
Lookman Adekunle Salami has already been given the Bob Dylan Curse. For those who consider him to be the “next Bob Dylan” the question really is why can’t he simply be the first L.A. Salami? Based on The City of…
Alela Diane’s fifth record Cusp is her best to date. A touching reflection on motherhood, it tackles the complex topics of family and relationships. It is filled with moments of pure beauty, among them the rumination on the passage of…
Laura Veirs is an accomplished songwriter based in Portland with 20 years of experience under her belt. Her proficiency and attention to detail shine through in this album to create a palette of emotional depth and lightness. This is a…
Folk music has always provided a bastion for aching slices of real-life tales to be digested by a greater audience. In this sense, it’s always been ‘street music’, wherein troubadours brought their stories near and far for all ears to…
Belonging to a very specific scene can be a double-edged situation: everybody knows what to expect from you in terms of sound and style; also, especially when this scene is very localized (in time and/or space), there will be a…
We’ve discovered a new drug. We’re not yet sure of its name, but it’s delivered through the fingers and the voice of harp-extraordinaire Linda Vogel. The Swiss is following up her debut EP with a new single ‘Isis & Osiris’,…
Comprised of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Darren Guyaz and Beth Wesche, March to May incorporates a broad palette of harp, piano, strings, and horns into their sound. Together, they develop a delicate world set somewhere between that eternal, magnetic push and…
Benjamin Dean Wilson’s newest single, ‘The Smartest Person in the Room’, opens with a compelling swirl of the fiddle. Its warm, full sound may indicate that more of the type of chestnut folk or bluegrass music that you’ve grown up…
Every so often, an artist emerges from the woodwork with music so brilliant that you can just tell that they are headed places. Such was the case with the likes of Orange Room-era Ed Sheeran or Hozier from the moment he dropped…