Having a sense of humour in the music business helps, and Kenny Bates, who trades as Quitter, definitely has one. Which is why his album Monument Road has been credited with being recorded in, “flats, homes, cupboards, bedrooms and burnt old mansion houses.” The settings aren’t luxurious and what emerges is a ramshackle disc that feels like...
For fans of Margo Cilker’s splendid 2021 debut Pohoryville there’s good news. The follow-up to that album, Valley of Heart’s Delight, offers eleven more songs in the same rich musical vein. Acoustic guitar, bass and drums are joined most prominently, as before, by piano, with generous splashes of organ and accordion (all three instruments are played by...
Devendra Banhart is no stranger to anyone who reads these pages. Flying Wig sees the Houston-born musician and songwriter releasing his 11th album into the wild. He is 21 years deep into a recording career and shows no slowing down in the exploration of pushing the boundaries of his sound. Flying Wig is a hypnotic and captivating...
Perennial means to last eternally, to return time and time again with each year, to flower, or to emerge with the seasons. It’s an apt moniker for this new release from Brooklyn psych/folk ensemble Woods, who seem almost organic themselves. Half band, half tree. Starting with ‘The Seed’, this album blooms from layered samples and weaving melody...
It’s hard to mention Buck Meek without also mentioning Big Thief, his critically acclaimed folk group whose shivering melody lines and uncanny lyrical turns have earned them an almost supernatural status amongst fans and critics alike. But this album isn’t about Big Thief, it’s about Buck Meek, and it’s arguably his most lucid and most tender rendering...
Worlds collide on Clementine Valentine’s new album The Coin that Broke the Fountain Floor. Creating a sound that combines synths with guitars and layers of vocals, Clementine and Valentine Nixon construct a hybrid based on song stylings that go back hundreds of years. This hybrid is the result of their isolation during the pandemic on the Coromandel...
It’s been thirteen years since Anna Brønsted’s band Our Broken Garden released their last album, the swooning Golden Sea. For the longest time, it seemed even to Brønsted as if the record – critically-acclaimed though it was – would be their last. Behind the scenes, her life was falling apart. The end of a long-term relationship was just...
Introspection. That moment when we sit down on the sofa and are alone with our thoughts, when we delve down into the depths of our emotions, mull over memories and are reminded of our inner battles. When we decide to invite a friend onto the sofa and let them in, show them what is going on inside....
It’s a bold move to put your catchiest song near the end of an album, where fickle listeners might well miss it. But on her new record, Caitlin Canty takes that chance. It is, indeed, a gentle and generous boldness that characterises Quiet Flame, which spurns electric instruments and drums, and which, in doing so, draws the...
Gregory Alan Isakov is one talented fellow. He writes bruising songs, sings in a weathered voice and has a knack for writing a melody that stays with you for a long time. He also has heart, a deep lying sense of community and a keen eye for doing the right thing. Back in 2012, when his song...
In what has become a November tradition, Guru Singh – the Fretboard Journal‘s favorite guitar-loving yogi and spiritual...
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