I’ll admit, I was late to the party with Jason Isbell. Since he departed the Drive-By Truckers in 2006, and went sober 7 years after, he’s led a widely successful solo career, but I didn’t come across him until his…
After her longing debut, Songs to the Ravens, and follow-up Orangefarben, about young love and broken-heartedness, Julie Ann Baenziger’s Build A Boat To The Sun feels mature, healed or at least healing. Opening song ‘Test Yourself’ is incredibly Californian, all surf, sun, ambient washes and the…
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Heather Woods Broderick is breaking out. One of Laura Gibson and Sharon Van Etten’s backing band members, as well as a past member of Efterklang, it makes sense to finally be listening to her first full album, moving out of…
Emily Portman is, without a doubt, one of the world’s most magical contributors to the folk scene, and is also arguably England’s strongest in the industry by a wide margin. Embracing traditional sounds and themes with open arms, she innovates…
Lucy Rose’s second album might not feature anything too challenging, any radical twists or changes of direction, but you don’t need to scratch too far beneath the surface to find Work It Out full of wondrous charms, sweet melodies and…