New digital single from A Lilac Decline, ‘Sunset Song’ is a hazy, psychedelic song for the coming of summer and is the first fruit from the not-so-difficult second A Lilac Decline album, ‘Shelter From The Shadows’, which is currently being tweaked ahead of its release on Rusted Rail later on in 2020. A Lilac Decline,…
Tag: alt-folk
[streaming] Commoners Choir – Singing Together Apart
“Singing Together Apart” is the final track of “Music Over Distance”, a compilation featuring 22 collaborative tracks recorded between two or more artists occupying different households during the COVID-19 lockdown period, to raise money for personal protective equipment for NHS workers: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/masks4nhsheroes. The results are fascinating and eclectic featuring unique collaborations across the miles. Great…
[video of the week] Buck Curran – Ghost On The Hill
“Ghost On The Hill” by Buck Curran from the new album “No Love Is Sorrow” (April 2020). Video filmed and edited by Shylah Curran. Film Location: Maine The third solo album “No Love Is Sorrow” by Buck Curran (of the duo Arborea) Buck Curran (of the duo Arborea). Since 2005, Buck has recorded and performed…
[video of the week] Meg Baird – Cross Bay
“Cross Bay” was recorded in early March 2020 at Louder Studios in Grass Valley, CA. “Cross Bay” is available to purchase on Bandcamp with proceeds benefiting Glide, Homeless Prenatal Program, St. Anthony Foundation and Las Casa de Las Madres. A note from Meg Baird about “Cross Bay”: “The mix dates for my upcoming solo record…
[streaming] Natalie Jane HIll – Emerald Blue
First track out of “Azalea”, released May 15th 2020 via Dear Life Records. “Azalea” is Austin-based folk musician Natalie Jane Hill’s debut record release. A Central Texas native, Natalie began writing songs once moving to the Blue Ridge Mountains in 2013. While being immersed in the folk and primitive guitar scene, she started creating her…
[streaming] Juni Habel – Frightened Hearts
Juni Habel is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, playing and creating folk-like, melodious, playful tunes. https://www.facebook.com/junihabel/
MATT ELLIOTT – Farewell To All We Know (Ici D’Ailleurs, 2020) All’ottavo capitolo di una storia solista sviluppatasi in maniera inizialmente sorprendente, non è certo più una novità lo spirito del tempo presente che anima i lavori di Matt Elliott, al pari della sua osservazione acuta (e proprio per questo densa di inquietudini) di una…
ANNA CORDELL – Nobody Knows Us (Self Released, 2020) Al tardivo debutto con l’Ep “These Walls” (2015) segue finalmente il primo album vero e proprio per Anna Cordell, artista di Melbourne che per registrare le undici canzoni di “Nobody Knows Us” si è recata in quel piccolo crogiolo di perle folk che da qualche anno…
YANI MARTINELLI – Astral (Fox Food, 2020) La grande sensibilità della cassette-label inglese Fox Food per le voci femminili (Dana Gavanski, Captain, Cade) offre un pur limitato crisma di ufficialità alla nuova raccolta di canzoni di Yani Martinelli, cantautrice spagnola di nascita venezuelana. Nei suoi lavori, a partire da “Bubble Station” (2012), Yani ha sempre…
[streaming] Marla Hansen – Of Us All
Premiere of “Of Us All”, the second track available from “Dust”, the first solo album by Marla Hansen in twelve years, out March 6th via Karaoke Kalk. Working as a creative collaborator can be a triple-edged sword: Helping others explore the jungle of ideas inside their heads can be both inspiring and challenging – but making time…
[streaming] Cabane – Take Me Home (Part II) (feat. Bonnie “Prince” Billy)
Cabane’s first album is the outcome of Belgian composer Thomas Jean Henri bringing together the American Will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy) and English musician Kate Stables (This Is The Kit), to perform some songs arranged by Sean O’Hagan (The High Llamas); a dream line-up for this collection of tunes, bordering on both folk and orchestral…
[streaming] Brona McVittie – The Green Man / Eileen Aroon
“The Green Man/Eileen Aroon” is the new single from Irish singer-songwriter Brona McVittie, a hint of what’s to come from her forthcoming sophomore album which follows her January 2018 debut “We are the Wildlife“. The new single features Brona’s original composition (“The Green Man”) alongside a novel interpretation of traditional Irish ballad “Eileen Aroon”, showcasing…
[video of the week] Nadia Reid – Get The Devil Out
Taken from the new Nadia Reid album, ‘Out of My Province’, due for release March 6, 2020, on Spacebomb Records. No one ever got anywhere by standing still. As an artist, you must move to grow. It’s a sentiment Nadia Reid knows well. Leaving her beloved New Zealand for America to record her third album…
GENEVA – Cocorillo (Woodland Recordings, 2019) Benché non venga del tutto spontanea l’associazione tra Germania e folk, non è nemmeno il caso di risalire a Sibylle Baier per ritrovare esempi di musicisti tedeschi (anzi, soprattutto di musiciste) che hanno incarnato in maniera eccelsa tale binomio. Mentre da ormai troppi anni non si fa sentire l’evocativa…
OSTREA LAKE – Don’t Sway Above Me (All We’ve Got, 2019) Le coste sferzate dai venti atlantici della Nova Scotia, i sentori salmastri e selvaggi dell’estrema propaggine continentale del Canada sud-orientale fungono da cornice ideale per le canzoni dense di pathos e atmosfera degli Ostrea Lake, terzetto al debutto sulla lunga distanza, dopo tre Ep,…
[streaming] Fair Mothers – Rainfall, Canada
Taken from “Separate Lives”, releases February 14th 2020 via Song, By Toad. Fair Mothers: “We got the core of all those songs in just the one afternoon on my accoustic, but it was cold that Spring and I kept gravitating over to this squeaky old black piano next to the stove, which relaxed me and…
VETIVER – Up On High (Mama Bird, 2019) A quindici anni dall’omonimo disco di debutto, i Vetiver di Andy Cabic continuano a creare canzoni con la naturalezza che va di pari passo con l’approccio del songwriter californiano, rilassato e mai sovraesposto nemmeno nel periodo di maggior auge della riscoperta dei linguaggi folk da parte della…
[video of the week] Paul Mosley and the Red Meat Orchestra – The 1970s
Taken form the album “You’re Going To Die!”, out on Red Crow Collective. Video shot and edited and directed by Alec Bowman. Riding high after his ground breaking folk opera ‘The Butcher’ Mosley’s plans for the follow up faltered when his personal life unexpectedly had to take priority for a year. Now he returns with…
[streaming] Alex Bayly – Animal
Alt-folk troubadour Alex Bayly returns with his delicately weaved new single “Animal”, out now. Poignantly earnest from the offset, Animal yet again showcases Bayly’s ability to pen richly emotive tracks that are stunningly intricate. Bayly’s distinctive, baritone vocal oozes with passion as it soars over the atmospheric soundscapes created from the gorgeous layering of instruments…
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