RM Hubbert returns with a brand new collaborative album called “Telling The Trees” featuring a host of stellar contributions from some of his favourite artists. “The Dog” was co-written by the fabulous, SAY Award-winning Kathryn Joseph and her vocal on this heartbreaking track (alongside Hubby’s) really make for something very special indeed. “Telling The Trees” is…
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JAYE BARTELL – Light Enough (Sinderlyn, 2016)* È una tipica storia da errabondo artigiano delle canzoni quella che negli ultimi dieci anni ha condotto Jaye Bartell dal Massachusetts a una serie di collaborazioni e di diverse residenze nell’area newyorkese. Nell’ultima di queste hanno trovato terreno fertile per germogliare le canzoni del suo quarto album solista…
[streaming] No King. No Crown. – Golden Silver
With the album “Without Yesterday”, No King. No Crown. releases ten beaufitul heart-warming new songs. Embedded in acoustic arrangements (cello, violin, guitars, piano, etc), the songs focus on the sensitive voice of frontman René Ahlig. Combined with his honest & authentic lyrics a melancholic and at the same time hopeful atmosphere is embracing the listener….
TROTTING BEAR – Places (Self Released, 2016) Gli ampi orizzonti fisici e la luce cangiante del crepuscolo immortalati sulla copertina del nuovo lavoro di Andy Berkhout costituiscono già metafora esaustiva della dimensione parzialmente nuova alla quale ha avuto accesso il cantautore di St. Louis, Missouri, ormai da tempo vera e propria anima di Trotting Bear,…
CHARLIE CUNNINGHAM – Heights E.P. (Dumont Dumont, 2016) Terzo Ep in sequenza per Charlie Cunningham, cantautore inglese già segnalatosi per la sua non convenzionale interpretazione della semplice formula chitarra e voce. Come già nei precedenti “Outside Things” (2014) e “Breather”, le intricate dinamiche del suo picking latineggiante sono protagoniste anche dei quattro brani del nuovo…
[streaming] Curlicues – Pink Blossom
Curlicues is the musical project of Bristol-based artist L.A. Foster. Long in gestation, his first EP, “Orchids”, sprang forth in 2013, its songs the sole remnants of a catalogue of private home recordings, made as The Plums in rural Warwickshire, yet returned to and heavily edited some time later whilst living in Saigon, Vietnam. “The…
[streaming] Claudio Cataldi – Here She Comes Now
Claudio Cataldi comes from Palermo in Sicily, creates warm, deep electronic and acoustic sounds, and this EP features three of his own compositions as well as a stunning cover of The Velvet Underground’s ‘Here She Comes Now’. Claudio describes his work as, “music from different times and places, but with the same inner mood, and captured…
[streaming] Dylan Mondegreen – Every Little Step
Dylan Mondegreen is a pseudonym for Norwegian recording artist Børge Sildnes. He has been releasing quality pop music since the mid-2000s and has acquired a very dedicated fan-base worldwide. His previous S/T album, released on Shelflife in 2012, was met with critical aclaim. Pitchfork has said “Indie-pop has entered its soft-rock phase and it sound…
[streaming] Allysen Callery – Crabapple
Track taken from the forthcoming album by Allysen Callery, “The Song The Songbird Sings”, out May 2016. Allysen Callery is self taught folk artist from Rhode Island, USA , her vocal delivery recalls the haunting style of the late 60′s early 70′s British Folk Revival. Her first two albums “Hopey” (2007) & “Hobgoblin’s Hat” (2010)…
[video of the week] Anoushka Shankar – Land Of Gold ft. Alev Lenz
Music video by Anoushka Shankar performing “Land Of Gold”. (C) 2016 Deutsche Grammophon. Sitar master Anoushka Shankar, who was trained on the instrument from an early age by her father Ravi Shankar, has created a protest album of sorts with her latest release, Land of Gold. Deeply concerned about the plight of the world’s refugees,…
[streaming] Jake Houlsby – Carousel
Newcastle-based singer songwriter Jake Houlsby is very pleased to announce the release of his folk-infused single “Carousel”. The follow-up to his debut EP, “Yannina“, “Carousel” sees the troubadour subtly exploring new territory with Ajimal and Bridie Jackson and the Arbour producer Mick Ross. Having steadily honed his craft since becoming the proud recipient of the…
[streaming] Mike Benecke – Astral Line
Taken from “Call The Waves”, debut album by Mike Benecke, slow, intimate and rich dream-folk songwriter from Los Angeles. From adolescence, mike wrote music, produced records, and toured with beloved “punk” and “indie” bands. Modern, melodic, heavy music. But must sounds rely on layers of distortion to make an impact? Can stompboxes and studio gimmicks disappear,…
DITTE ELLY – Songs (Self Released, 2016) Una raccolta di “canzoni”, che per potersi presentare come tale ha richiesto ben cinque anni di elaborazione e una campagna di finanziamento in rete; nulla di più semplice e al contempo complesso corrisponde alla natura di “Songs”, debutto autoprodotto di una giovane cantautrice che va a infoltire la…
WE/OR/ME – Everything Behind Us Is A Dream (Self Released, 2016) Non senza una buona dose di ironia, Bahhaj Taherzadeh si definisce un esempio pressoché unico di cantautore per metà irlandese e per metà iraniano. Ben probabilmente è così, ma non è solo questo dato anagrafico a caratterizzare le canzoni che da qualche anno a…
LONTALIUS – I’ll Forget 17 (Partisan, 2016) Un teenager nato alla fine del mondo, nell’era digitale: non potrebbe caratterizzarsi diversamente, in sintesi, il profilo del neozelandese Eddie Johnston, archetipo dell’artista “da cameretta” del ventunesimo secolo che, a diciannove anni, è per la prima volta uscito dai confini nazionali per la registrazione del suo album di…
CURLICUES – The Long Transition (Self Released, 2015) In uno spazio indefinito, sospeso tra passato e presente, tra musica e arti visive, sul finire dello scorso anno si è manifestata dalla campagna inglese la prima testimonianza concreta – una limitata edizione su cassetta associata formato digitale – della composita poetica di L.A. Foster, condensata nel…
TALONS’ – Work Stories (Self Released, 2016) Nel percorso di avvicinamento di Mike Tolan a un prossimo lavoro intitolato “After Talons’”, già annunciato entro la fine di quest’anno, il mini album “Work Stories” segna una tappa aspra e decisa, corrispettivo dalla più evidente grana elettrica rispetto alle narcolessie atmosferiche del recente “Growing Up”. Benché anche…
ASTRONAUTE – Petrichor (Zeal, 2016) La vibrante delicatezza e le cadenze compassate del loro Ep di debutto “Myriad” (2013) non aveva lasciato passare sotto silenzio la poetica umbratile dei belgi Astronaute. Adesso, seguendo tempi dilatati come quelli delle loro canzoni, il quartetto guidato dalla cantautrice Myrthe Luyten perviene al proprio primo lavoro sulla lunga distanza…
[streaming] David Åhlén – Hidden Light
It’s 2016 and the world is (still) in darkness. Big or small, the hurt is hurting everyone and this does not simply pass by David Åhlén just because he lives on a remote island in the Baltic sea. Together with his wife and five children, David is part of ‘Stenkumla parsonage’, a Monastic community and…
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