I just happened to be listening to this first full album from Broken Boat on a calm day last week after the British storms had passed, and the fact that the songs created a perfect backdrop to my setting tells…
Album | Broken Boat – Small Defeats
Album | Loudon Wainwright III – Haven’t Got The Blues (Yet)
Loudon Wainwright’s voice is still in sharp and fine fettle. Not only that, but the meaning the words seem to carry is both profound and delightful. A man, in his late sixties, with bitter and joyous memories, and a voice…
Album | Emma Tricca – Relic
The Italian-born folk songstress Emma Tricca returns with her second album, Relic, following on from the delicate and hushed Minor White, released back in 2009. Whereas the tracks on Minor White were sparsely arranged, with the emphasis purely on Tricca,…
#509 Paul Spring – Conversation of Mass
Conversation of Mass – Paul Spring from Paul Spring on Vimeo. ‘Conversation of Mass’ is taking from State of the Union, the 2013 album by Minnesota musician Paul Spring. Over the winter, which lasts a while in Minnesota, he chose…
Album | Stephen Steinbrink – Arranged Waves
While this is Stephen Steinbrink’s first release, either solo or as part of French Quarter, in the UK, the Arizona-born singer-songwriter has been around for some time. Arranged Waves marks his seventh solo album of artful pop, and one of…
Album | King Creosote – From Scotland With Love
King Creosote’s love letter to Scotland could not have come at a better time with the eyes of the world turning north for the Commonwealth Games and the upcoming independence referendum. But don’t expect a collection of rousing anthems –…