It must be a big deal for songwriters – often solitary by nature – to land on a partner, or muse, who can push them to new peaks. Damien Jurado’s collaboration with Richard Swift began to bear fruit over a…
From the start, folk music has been harboring a rebellious spirit; it’s a key part in an artist’s unfettered ability to bear the truth. To that degree, Y. Dan Rubinstein is a genuine folkster, unmoved by outside denominators when taking…
This week’s session is with Laura Gibson. We caught up with Laura before her recent solo show at St. John on Bethnal Green, London. The song is taken from Laura’s 2018 album, Goners. The whole record is honest, open and…
Since the days of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie, modern folk music and organized religion have had a tenuous relationship at best. Yet, there’s also the twist and turns that the genre has shared with gospel hymns, present in every…
“You only had your Olympic girls/The frosted sheen of leotard twirls/Running revolt and winning gold/For the TV screen/Before being led back to the cells.” So sings Hollie Fullbrook on the title track of her third album under the name Tiny…
Lovely and strange is the perfect way to describe Wild Sight, the debut album from Swimming Bell. Enthralling vocals layered one upon another combine with simple instrumentation, treated to create otherworldly blends unlike virtually anything else. Katie Schottland, who records…