This follow up to The Wide, Wide River didn’t start life meaning to be a sequel to anything. James Yorkston – the now veteran of 10 or so albums, plus collaborations and books – found himself in early 2021 sitting in his studio in Cellardyke, composing songs on piano instead of guitar for the first time. He...
Delicate yet weighted with emotion, Juni Habel’s new release Carvings is a moment of pure intimacy. That is not surprising when you come to learn that this record’s journey began in Habel’s home; an old Norwegian school house in rural hinterland which she shares with her close-knit ‘musical’ family. Recorded between the school classroom, hallway and her...
For his annual birthday release, ‘foolhardy folk singer’ and latterly author Beans on Toast has channelled his creative passion into a series of children’s books with a companion album. From the singer who brought you ‘M.D.M.Amazing’, ‘F*** You Nashville’ and ‘Hippy Bulls***’, it may seem an unlikely move – but the more significant cut from his back...
Late November, and there’s a week to go until Sophie Jamieson releases her debut album. She shares a post on her Instagram. It is both an advert for the record, and a note of the sense of unease that comes from releasing something that takes your deepest insecurities, your greatest flaws, and puts them on display for...
The seasonal tunes that Mediaeval Baebes have uncovered for their newest collection MydWynter are not necessarily the seasonal songs we remember from our youth. Their focus is on a much darker reminder of the pre-Christian origins surrounding the winter solstice. Track after track illustrates examples of how what we know has changed over time. Rough edges have been smoothed...
You need to have a good fix on who you are and where you are going to name your band after the roommate who hates your music, but The Trials of Cato tend to be quite fearless. Their second long player Gog Magog is named after the mythical Arthurian giant and the Cambridgeshire hilltop that served as the...
A second release of the year from David Ford, and – there’s no getting around it – it’s a jazz album. And oh my lord, it’s a good one. Teaming up with saxophonist Ben Castle, pianist Mark Edwards, drummer Darren Beckett, bassist Arnold Somogyi and vocalist Beth Rowley, Ford recorded the seven songs in a single day...
When Caitlin Rose burst on to the scene in 2010 with her delightful debut album Own Side Now, followed up soon after with The Stand-In, her star instantly shone bright. Rave reviews heralded the arrival of a powerful new voice, but then came…nothing. Away from the spotlight, Rose was dealing with what she has now called “a...
“I am not from a family of tradition bearers, but my forebears hail from all over the British Isles and music is in my bones. I think song is a great medium to tell a story and it’s an amazing thing listening to a good singer living out a song / story…not to mention a good storyteller...
In a world that seems to be filled with so much hate and destruction all the time, it can be hard to escape and switch off from the negativity of it all, especially when our screens are built to almost fill us with so much agitation. Australian singer-songwriter Ziggy Alberts has helped us all to take a...
The late-night correspondent spoke with MAGA devotees in Washington, D.C. over the weekend Jordan Klepper spent his inauguration weekend...
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