DAUGHTER OF SWORDS – Dawnbreaker (Bella Union, 2019) Per Alexandra Sauser-Monnig delle Mountain Man, Daughter Of Swords rappresenta un nuovo inizio, dal punto di vista sia personale che artistico. A margine del lungo periodo di silenzio intercorso tra i due album del terzetto femminile, Alexandra ha intrapreso la ricerca di una propria autonoma personalità, dapprima…
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[video of the week] Joan Shelley – Cycle
From “Like The River Loves The Sea”, fifth solo album by Joan Shelley, out August 30th 2019 via No Quarter Records. Artwork and animation by Douglas Miller. About the album: “It was that Lee Hazelwood Cowboy in Sweden record. It was learning that the Atlantic Ocean spreads by about an inch each year, pushing apart…
FLORIST – Emily Alone (Double Double Whammy, 2019)* L’ancor breve esperienza di Florist sembra seguire una parabola creativa di progressiva sottrazione di elementi, per arrivare allo spoglio nocciolo dell’ispirazione di Emily Sprague. Terzo capitolo della serie, “Emily Alone” presenta appunto in quasi assoluta solitudine la sensibilità della musicista newyorkese, da poco trasferitasi sulla costa pacifica…
[streaming] Sea Lion – Bloom
New single by Sea Lion, out July 19th 2019. Sea Lion is the pseudonym of singer/songwriter Linn Osterberg who was born on January 30th, 1989, in a small coastal town of Sweden. She is known for writing and producing ambient and moody indie/folk songs and for her introverted yet captivating live performances. Sea Lion’s debut…
intervista: LUCY ROLEFF
La musica di Lucy Roleff è una sintesi di distanze: fisiche, per la sua posizione geografica a Melbourne, nel sud dell’Australia, espressive, per i rimandi a un folk ridotto alla propria essenza di antico intimismo, e tematiche, visto il parziale affrancamento da una dimensione esclusivamente solitaria intercorso tra il suo album di debutto, “This Paradise”…
interview: LUCY ROLEFF
Lucy Roleff’s music is shaped by distance: physical, as she’s based in Melbourne, of musical style, for her connections to an ancient minimal folk, of themes, given her partial move from the intimate loneliness of her debut album “This Paradise” (2016), to the wider dimension of the new “Left Open In A Room“. Your songs…
[streaming] Ruth Garbus – Strash
First track available from Ruth Garbus’s long-awaited second album, “Kleinmeister”, out August 30th via Orindal Records. Kleinmeister, the new album by Ruth Garbus, is a rarity, the holy wastewater of folk-rock decanted into the Lake of Avalon by a provincial plebe, turned into wine. It is sublime, and absurd, and infused with the green hills,…
BEN MCELROY – They Told Us Not To Wonder, As They Encroached Ever Nearer (Self Released, 2019) Il radicamento di Ben McElroy nella tradizione acustica è da sempre stato evidente anche nelle sue opere di più chiara matrice ambientale. Accanto ad esse, l’artista inglese non ha tuttavia mai abbandonato un profilo di scrittura e arrangiamento…
[streaming] David Åhlén – Morning Without Clouds (Mit Tim remake)
The Swedish artist David Åhlén, who has been called the Arvo Pärt of indie pop, releases a new single with the track Morning Without Clouds taken from his most recent album Hidden Light (2016) – now with a new remake by Mit Tim. The single is produced, mixed and mastered by Manne von Ahn Öberg…
EMMA RUSSACK – Winter Blues (Osborne Again / Spunk, 2019)* È il cuore dell’inverno australe il momento ideale per Emma Russack per licenziare il suo quarto album, che fin dal titolo si presenta improntato a una desolata introspezione personale, che rimanda alle ombre delle brevi giornate invernali e all’accogliente rifugio nel calore domestico. Nonostante si…
DAVID ALLRED – The Cell (Erased Tapes, 2019) Per quanto ci si dovrebbe ormai essere abituati, la delicata naturalezza con quale David Allred costruisce le proprie canzoni continua a lasciare incantati in occasione di ognuna delle sue peraltro frequenti uscite. “The Cell” segue infatti di poco più di sei mesi il precedente “The Transition“, atteggiandosi…
[video of the week] Maija Sofia – Edie Sedgwick
First track available from Maija Sofia debut album “Bath Time”, that will be released in November via Trapped Animal Records. words, music & video by Maija Sofia recorded and mixed by angelic Chris Barry in Alfionn Studio Cello- Laura McCabe Lapsteel – Niall Murphy “A real timeless quality is rare in so much of modern…
RIMA KATO – Sing-Song (Flau, 2019)* Se “Faintly Lit” (2015), debutto solista di Rima Kato, possedeva tutta la fragile grazia delle arti giapponesi, declinata in un’essenziale chiave folk, il suo secondo album “Sing-Song” è il frutto di una ben più ampia sintesi tra arti e culture differenti. Si tratta innanzitutto della trasposizione in musica di…
[streaming] a. harlana – If I’m A Bird
New single by a. harlana. a. harlana, formerly know as Ada Belle, is the recording project of Juno Roome, creating music/film and various other artforms. “(party music for philosophers or philosopher-wannabes.)” https://aharlana.com/
SISKIYOU – Not Somewhere (Constellation, 2019) Per il quarto album di Siskiyou, Colin Huebert ha cercato di ricreare le sensazioni di spartana immediatezza dell’omonimo esordio del 2010, all’epoca condiviso con Erik Arnesen (già suo sodale nei Great Lake Swimmers). Le canzoni di “Not Somewhere” sono frutto di una creazione personale di Huebert, rimaste nel suo…
[streaming] I Am Oak – Swells
I Am Oak is known for their modest and calm songs with guitar at the core originally. But with their upcoming album ‘Osmosis’ they reinvented their sound, writing songs on the piano as a starting point, which can really be heard on their new song ‘Swells’. Thijs Kuijken about the single: “In the song Swells…
FOUR EYES – I’d Rather Be Ghost Hunting (Self Released, 2019) Per fortuna, nello spazio infinito delle autoproduzioni delle quali sono costellate le piattaforme musicali online, esiste qualche ottima bussola che di tanto in tanto permette la pur tardiva scoperta di piccoli gioielli. Se non fosse stato per una recensione tanto breve quanto efficace, infatti,…
[streaming] Carol Anne McGowan & Richard Bolhuis – Eve
Music and lyrics written by Richard Bolhuis Performed by Richard Bolhuis (guitar) & Carol Anne McGowan (vocals) Recorded by Erik Hulshof Additional recordings by Carol Anne McGowan Release date: July 2nd 2019 Photography: Joséphine Kurvers “Eve” was written to commemorate 20 years of broadcasting Cian Ó Cíobháin’s radio show An Taobh Tuathail https://www.richardbolhuis.com/ https://soundcloud.com/carolannemcgowan
[video of the week] Sadie Horler – Washed Up Mermaid
New single by Sadie Horler. “Washed Up Mermaid” is a track about plastic pollution in our oceans. Video by Matt Austin. Since her first live appearance in 2014, Exeter based singer-songwriter Sadie Horler has quickly established herself as a popular act on the South West festival circuit. With her intricate guitar picking and effortless vocals,…
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