There has been a movement, in roots music, as of late, to get it back to its, well, roots. Amongst the drone of commercialization slapped with “folk” and “singer-songwriter” labels like it’s going out of style, there are still truth-tellers…
The term “folk music” and what it means to be a folk musician are both terms and ideals that have expanded exponentially since the genre’s foundation, arguably sewn in the roots of countrymen and women worldwide not aiming to be…
You wouldn’t quite expect it from singer-songwriters hailing from coastal Denmark, but the Aalborg-centric Danophone take the greatest pride in developing wistfully lugubrious soundscapes reminiscent of the modern folk and blues that has acted as the backbone of American workingman…
It has been a long journey from For Folks Sake’s first feature on Worry Dolls to here, and the release of Go Get Gone, their debut album. Back in 2013, the duo, Rosie Jones and Zoe Nichol, were not long…
Mark Eitzel shouldn’t need any introduction and his latest solo album, the first since 2012’s Don’t Be a Stranger, starts off on familiar ground for anyone who is a fan of American Music Club. One of the great, great lyricists…
It’s been a long, strange trip to Oczy Mlody for The Flaming Lips. With fifteen albums under their belt since 1986, there’s really nothing left to prove. Challenging conventions has been their methodology and they’ve gotten to be very good…
There’s a gentle revolution brewing and Will Varley is at the heart of it. With little more than a guitar and a song he’s changing the game and recreating a vocabulary that was going out of style. Kingsdown Sundown is…
Tanner Porter is an artist who can capture the listener’s attention with ease. Her voice can reach far and wide and The Summer Sinks… is a good representation of her abilities and potential to grow and blossom. It isn’t perfect…
This record feels like Hiss Golden Messenger (the alias used by M.C Taylor) has just picked up where it left off with it’s majestic 2014 album Lateness of Dancers. This record is filled with the same wonder and magic as…
To folk in the East Midlands area of England, Georgie is not a new ‘name’ to music. Having been gigging around the county over the past few years, including several big shows at the Nottingham Rescue Rooms, Georgie, backed by…