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Anaïs Mitchell – Flowers (Eurydice’s Song)
Righteous Babe Records ain’t so called for no particular reason as it is home to a bevy of serious female artists. Chief amongst them is Erin McKeown, Ani DiFranco and this Vermont singer songwriter...
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Jessie Kilguss – 31
Seems our Jessie is a chronicler of the human condition and I for one am tuned in to her missives. She occupies a less hostile space than Aimee Mann but in essence the pair are a very close match...
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Monarchs – Business Casual
Just last week I moved the blogging den upstairs so now instead of staring at a one coated bare wall in need of refreshment I look upon our heavily birded garden. The change has been instant, a sunny...
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Rozi Plain – Actually
They (the mp3s) may not be flowing forth as frequently from mp3hugger these days but it is a mere temporary turtling I can assure you. In the meantime activities can be best observed via a spotify and...
View ArticleAlexander Wolfe – Breaking The Fall
Alexander Wolfe may be new to all of us but this single of his is a prime example of what we’ve been missing out on. The shuffle is the first indication that we’re in for a treat but it’s those...
View ArticleMarcwa – Soft Serve Sunset
This is bright-eyed stuff from an Indianapolis artist, cinematic in many ways but definitely capable of whipping up a technicolour sonic treat. And that is down to a combination of hero vocals, from...
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Matt Spicer – Build You A Home
The arrangements here are quite something so even before the heartbreaking vocals emerge you may feel like you’ve succumbed to the mix of acoustics and strings. The layering on the vocals affords the...
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Dori Valentine – She Has Her Days
Within seconds the effortless grace was apparent, the words are barely birthed into existence but it still feels like they pack a sweep of emotive grandeur. The minimalism doesn’t detract from the...
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James Ollier – All That’s Good
‘All That’s Good’ is such a twinkler with the clean production allowing James Ollier’s vocals to shine in all of their glory. There is undoubtedly a folky resonance but one with genuine momentum...
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Max Helgemo & Juliet Sunflower & Andrew Goldring – Aqueducts
Why oh why do I feel like I’ve heard this before, I mean that is a good thing given that most songs we hear feel like we haven’t heard them before and will likely not want to hear them again. But in...
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Sammy Copley – To The Bone
Could hear the quality from seconds in – a singer who loves with all their heart and we hope that is recipricated because songs like To The Bone are as romantic as we’ve heard in some times. The...
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Oska – Too Nobody (It’s Normal to Shiver Version)
This is just too good to turn down, reminded me of Soak in that there is a subtlety to ins and outs that mightn’t have been that obvious unless you really concentrate. This austrian singer reminds me...
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Sofia Garcia – Head N Heart
‘Head N Heart’ harks back to another time alright, winter folk with a stirring passion that comes from within and is true because nobody could fake this kind of feeling. It marks Sofia Garcia out, the...
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Amelie Lucille – Mess
That voice sure does fly, no need for accompaniment when there is such grandeur and soul without embellishment. The melancholy is clear but so is the soaring character of a persona who won’t be taken...
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Slow Coast – Quiet Down
There is a slightly staggered quality to ‘Quiet Down’, gives the piece an identity and that is half the battle these days. That Matt Lawton of Slow Coast also manages to wrestle a fluid chorus out of...
View ArticleLucie Hill – Words on a Screen
Didn’t even need the words to know that there was a rumble through the vagaries of a full/empty/listing heart. On paper it might have beeb a hard one to keep us on board but Lucie Hill comes at ‘Words...
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