Belgian singer-songwriter Nicolas Michaux is sharing his new single, ‘Harvesters’, the first to be taken from his new album Amour Colere which is due for release in September 2020 via Capitane Records. The new album will trail Michaux’s 2016-released debut album A La Vie A La Mort. Intimate and meditative, ‘Harvesters’, which was recorded and…
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[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…
MALI MALI – I Was Told To Keep An Eye Out (Home Alone Music, 2020)* Non è un luogo comune che la musica creata nel continente oceanico appartenga a “un altro mondo”. Nonostante la facilità di connessioni del tempo presente, Australia e Nuova Zelanda fanno spesso parte di un microcosmo a sé stante, dal quale…
[streaming] Carwyn Ellis – Cherry Blossom Promenade
New song by Carwyn Ellis. All proceeds from the sale of the song are going to Tarian Cymru, an organisation sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) for health and care workers in Wales. Carwyn Meurig Ellis (born 9 August 1973) is a Welsh singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist. He is known as the frontman…
[streaming] Jenny O. – God Knows Why
Taken from “New Truth”, out June 19th via Mama Bird Recording Co. Jenny O. is a singer-songwriter working in Los Angeles, California. Over the past decade, Jenny O. has sung on recordings by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Father John Misty, Conor Oberst and Jonathan Wilson. She’s also toured with an even broader range of artists, including…
CLARA ENGEL – Hatching Under The Stars (Self Released, 2020) Sulla scia del secondo volume delle “Bethlehem Tapes”, pubblicato meno di un anno fa, Clara Engel torna a dispensare una raccolta di tenebrose ballate al rallentatore, come d’abitudine catturate in presa diretta, per mantenere l’estemporaneità delle esecuzioni. Nelle nove dense tracce di “Hatching Under The…
[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/
[streaming] Mare Berger – The Moon Is Full
Taken from “The Moon is Always Full”, out May 1st. “The Moon is Always Full” is a song cycle for voices and string quartet, about the moon, loss, wholeness, and our interconnectedness. The song cycle is a reminder that we are always whole, even when we feel fragmented. We are always connected, even when we…
IAN WILLIAM CRAIG – Red Sun Through Smoke (130701 / Fat Cat, 2020) Si apre con un conciso ma evocativamente obliquo pezzo a cappella il nuovo lavoro di Ian William Craig che, reduce dall’avventura in duo di Minor Pieces (“The Heavy Steps Of Dreaming”, 2019), torna a sviluppare la propria peculiare formula in bilico tra…
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…
[streaming] Elan Noon – Spinning
You may have heard of Elan Noon, Keenan Mittag-Degala’s solo project in 2018 when his debut album, “Have A Spirit Filled”, was released on French label Field Mates Records. His second album is ready to come out. In the meantine, discover an unreleased track, “Spinning”, offered by Keenan from is confinement location in Victoria (British Columbia)….
[video of the week] Teitur – Clara
“Clara” is the second song from Teitur’s forthcoming EP, “Modern Era”, due April 17th. Co-written in Nashville Tennessee with American artist Griffin House and recorded in a studio in a church in the Netherlands by Dutch producer, Reyn. Teitur (Tie-tor), left his homeland, the remote, beautiful, wild and weather beaten Faroe Islands in the far…
MUTE FOREST – Riderstorm (Lost Tribe Sound, 2020)* Un inedito periodo di silenzio quasi assoluto, durato ben cinque anni, separa “Riderstorm” da “Deforestation”, primo album del progetto solista di Kael Smith sotto l’alias Mute Forest. Le note di copertina del nuovo lavoro raccontano delle vicissitudini personali intercorse per il musicista del Colorado, che ne avevano…
[streaming] Aleksander Waaktaar – Wait
For the past couple of years, Aleksander Sinding-Larsen Waaktaar has collaborated with producer and guitarist Martin Miguel Almagro Tonne towards his first solo album “All Wrong”. It will be released on the label Koke Plate on April 24th. “Wait” is the third single in anticipation of the album. Aleksander Waaktaar is an Oslo-based musician, arranger…
DANA GAVANSKI – Yesterday Is Gone (Full Time Hobby / Ba Da Bing!, 2020) È un percorso per certi versi inevitabile quello che spesso conduce musicisti di talento da una scarna dimensione casalinga a quella più articolata di produzioni professionali, volte ad amplificarne al tempo stesso soluzioni sonore e doti interpretative. L’esperienza insegna che tale…
[streaming] Gaze Is Ghost – Abacus
Gaze is Ghost was originally the pseudonym of classically trained Irish composer and singer-songwriter Laura McGarrigle. Two years ago she was joined by drummer Casey Miller (also of Zed Penguin), a veteran of the Scottish Music and Art scene, and Keith Mannion (from the electronic band, ‘Slow Place Like Home’). Their album shall be released…
[video of the week] Mr. Alec Bowman – Safe Mode
Taken from “I Used To Be Sad & Then I Forgot”, Bowman’s first release under his own name, out May 1st. English singer-songwriter Mr. Alec Bowman knows a thing or two about appearances and how they often differ from reality. As a professional photographer and filmmaker, he is attuned to the varied ways we interpret…
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