Message To Bears are a folktronica outfit from Oxford that have been making a big furry name for themselves. The panel stepped up to check out their sound. Eala McAllister: Message to Bears is the name of Jerome Alexander’s solo…
Album: Anna Calvi — Anna Calvi
The opening track of Anna Calvi’s eponymous debut, ‘Rider to the Sea’, is gloriously filmic, a Western in two-and-a-half minutes, complete with rattlesnakes, rumbling drums and gongs. Calvi’s vocals enter only as a crescendo at the end; it’s like meeting…
Editor’s picks… Sibylle Baier, Sharon Van Etten, The Extra Lens, Nancy Elizabeth, Laura Veirs
1. My friend Anika reminded me of the fascinating story of Sibylle Baier recently. Sibylle lived in Germany in the 1970s and wrote and recorded simple, beautifully melodic songs tinged with darkness. But she didn’t release anything – deciding not to…
Freezing In Fressin
Southampton duo Freezing In Fressin bring you acoustic folk in the form of their first, self titled, EP. They take their name from a productive trip to Fressin in France. The panel dropped in for a listen. James Robinson: ‘Sweetly sardonic’…
Live: Roddy Woomble @ Black Box, Belfast – 30/01/2011
Roddy Woomble needs no introduction or support on a bright but chilly Belfast afternoon. We’re full of Sunday lunch and optimistic anticipation of a great show as the occasional Idlewild front man graces the stage with Seonaid Aitken on fiddle…
Goodtimes, Goodtimes
Goodtimes, Goodtimes is the moniker of London singer-songwriter Franc Cinelli, who put out his debut album late last year. The panel went in to see if the times are, er, good. Alice Knapp: The influences of this London-based musician clearly…