SHANNON WRIGHT – Providence (Vicious Circle, 2019)* Sono trascorsi esattamente dieci anni, degli ormai oltre venti di attività di Shannon Wright, da quell’”Honeybee Girls” che aveva in qualche misura segnato la svolta espressiva della musicista di Jacksonville, da inquieta e rabbiosa ragazza con la chitarra elettrica del primo arco della sua carriera a interprete capace…
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[streaming] Thomas Méreur – The Road That Leads To Our House
Taken from “Dyrhólaey”, debut album by French singer-songwriter-composer Thomas Méreur, out October 18th via Preserved Sond. Combining the poignant simplicity of Erik Satie-esque piano and ethereal Sigur Rós-style vocals, Thomas Méreur’s debut album “Dyrhólaey” brings his memories of the landscapes he saw on a recent trip to Iceland back to life. There are two themes…
[video of the week] Will Samson – Ochre Alps
Will Samson has announced details of his fifth album, “Paralanguage”, his first for Wichita Recordings, which will be released December 6th and is available to preorder here. Samson has shared a striking video for the album’s first single “Ochre Alps”, directed by Lily Marks and Eren Kaplan. “Paralanguage” was inspired by Samson’s first – and…
ALASDAIR ROBERTS – The Fiery Margin (Drag City, 2019) Continua a sussistere una straordinaria continuità tra il recupero da parte di Alasdair Roberts del canzoniere della tradizione scozzese e i brani originali scaturiti dalla sua penna. Pur ascrivendosi a quest’ultima categoria, le canzoni che formano “The Fiery Margin” trasudano il medesimo lirismo e la medesima…
JOAN SHELLEY – Like The River Loves The Sea (Dead Oceans, 2019) Giunta al quinto album, Joan Shelley si è accreditata quale una delle voci più misurate e sensibili di un folk che non smette di rinnovare la propria tradizione anche attraverso personalità come la sua. Lo confermano le dodici canzoni del nuovo lavoro, il…
[streaming] Lea Thomas and John Thayer – Lost As I’ve Ever Gone
Taken from “Blue of Distance”, the new album by Lea Thomas, featuring electronics and field recordings by John Thayer, out October 4th via Spirit House Records. Lea Thomas is a songwriter raised on Maui, Hawaii, and now based in Brooklyn, inspired by nature and tells stories that explore emotional landscapes as mirrored by the physical…
I AM OAK – Osmosis (Snowstar, 2019) Come già nel caso del precedente “Our Blood” (2016), è nuovamente intercorso un intervallo piuttosto lungo affinché Thijs Kuijken tornasse a condividere un nuovo capitolo – il sesto – della sua personale vicenda artistica, sempre contrassegnata dalla sigla I Am Oak. Alla dilatazione temporale dei lavori del cantautore…
[streaming] Boduf Songs – Gimme Vortex
“Gimme Vortex” is the opening track of “Abyss Versions” by Boduf Songs, out October 4th 2019 via Orindal Records. Boduf Songs’ seventh album and first on Orindal Records marks the Ohio-via-Southampton home recording project’s most detailed production yet, voyaging into deeper recesses than ever before. Abyss Versions will see the light of day on October…
[streaming] Mr Magpie – Bulrushes
“Bulrushes” is the opening track of “The Magical World of Mr Magpie”, the first release by Mr Magpie. Mr Magpie is many things: a talking bird, a time-travelling mystic, and the commander-in-chief of a new Sheffield band, whose other members include local musicians Matt Alexander (Matt Alexander & the Belljar Band) and L.A. Foster (Curlicues)….
KELE GOODWIN – Moonbug (Oscarson, 2019) Kele Goodwin, chi era costui? Può in effetti capitare di ricordare poco più di un nome, a tanti anni di distanza da un lavoro semplice e ricco di splendide canzoni folk com’era stato “Hymns”, nell’ormai lontano 2010. Eppure, sono sufficienti i primi accordi acustici e le delicate interpretazioni dell’artista…
SANDRO PERRI – Soft Landing (Constellation, 2019)* Tra i profili più compositi e rappresentativi della scena alternativa canadese, Sandro Perri ha appena raggiunto il ventennale di attività, attraversando mondi sonori dall’elettronica al folk, mantenendo sempre immutata la curiosità della scoperta e la sperimentazione di soluzioni mai scontate. È appunto in piena coerenza con questa linea…
[streaming] Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton – Love For Myself
“Love For Myself” is the first track taken from “Take The Reigns” by Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton, out October 18th via Osborne Again and Bobo Integral. When Emma Russack and Lachlan Denton write songs together something inexplicable happens. ‘I don’t know how to explain it,’ says Lachlan. ‘The way we make music and the…
[streaming] Vetiver – To Who Knows Where
The first single off Vetiver’s forthcoming album ‘Up On High’, out November 1st on Mama Bird Recording Co. Vetiver is the long running stage and recording name of San Francisco’s Andy Cabic, who since 2003 has released over 6 albums and toured around the world supporting artists such as Wilco, The Shins, Fleet Foxes and…
[video of the week] Sumie – Moon
Taken from “Mirou” EP, released digitally September 13th 2019 via Bella Union. Having released her sophomore album back in late 2017, Sumie has today announced the release of her upcoming EP titled ‘Mirou’ which features five brand new tracks. The first track to be shared from the EP is ‘Moon’, described by Sumie as “a…
RUTH GARBUS – Kleinmeister (Orindal, 2019)* Non è un semplice album di cantautorato femminile il secondo lavoro sulla lunga distanza di Ruth Garbus, artista del Vermont che da solista ha pubblicato un altro paio di Ep nel corso di oltre un decennio, nel quale è stata tra l’altro voce e batterista degli Happy Birthday, band…
[streaming] Serafina Steer – Provides Common Ground
Taken from “The Mind is Trap”, out September 27th via Vitamin Concept Records. “A solitary glass bead game of an album,” is how English composer Serafina Steer describes her new solo record, The Mind is a Trap. Like the classic novel by Herman Hesse, Steer’s music offers a kind of crystalline grace, richly allusive and…
[streaming] Itasca – Bess’s Dance
“Bess’s Dance” is the first single out of “Spring”, the new album by Itasca, out November 1st via Paradise of Bachelors. In the fall of 2017, a year after the release of her acclaimed 2016 album “Open to Chance“, Kayla Cohen, the songwriter and guitarist who records and performs as Itasca, left her home in…
[streaming] Rachael Dadd – Cut My Roots
Taken from Rachael Dadd‘s new album “FLUX” – which is out 08 November 2019 via Memphis Industries. “Starting out as a solitary trickling stream of songs and then growing in momentum through some life-affirming collaborations, “Flux feels” ready to fledge at this timely time. It’s been quite a journey, and not just the making of…
SHANNON LAY – August (Sub Pop, 2019)* Nel volgere di appena un paio d’anni, la vita e la dimensione artistica di Shannon Marie Lay sono mutate in maniera significativa: l’artista californiana è infatti transitata dal microcosmo delle produzioni su cassetta a etichette indipendenti di prim’ordine, prima grazie al fiuto di Kevin Morby, che ne ha…
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