Rating: Canadian Swedish singer-songwriter Sarah MacDougall has a lot of prestige to her name as winner of the Western Canadian Music Award, and one of Sweden’s best artists according to Nöjesguiden. Nearly four years after her last album, MacDougall settled…
Rating: Singer songwriter Emma Ballantine‘s recent EP release, Tourist, is the follow up record to her debut, Flying Machine – and is full of optimistic, folksy, melodic outpourings. Recorded at Monnow Valley Studio in Wales, and released on her own label (Shut Up Jo),…
Although his debut album’s title hints at a more wintery vibe, Sorren Maclean’s record easily translates to a British summer’s day, with its delicate, folky, acoustic tracks that emulate lazy, hazy midsummer. Winter Stay Autumn is the latest release from the…
When Googling Reichenbach Falls, you are presented with the Swiss waterfalls (of course) and the popular Sherlock Holmes stories. Folk duo Reichenbach Falls have some work to do to get themselves to the top of that search but – after hearing…
It’s pretty tough to find some really good alt-folk at the moment. Mumford & Sons are releasing crappier music by the day, and the only other demonstrations are from up and coming duos like Hudson Taylor or the increasingly average James Bay….
“This song is about someone who goes out into the woods to meet their love. But their love never arrives… so they just lie down and die…” As far as introductions go, Marika Hackman has got them nailed. Since the…
It was nice to see in the fourth Thursday night of the month at Chalk Farm Folk at The Monarch. It was a mixed crowd of people (including ex Aston Villa and Crawley Town manager John Gregory) who’d come for…
Based in the cold North in Aberdeen, Scotland, Best Girl Athlete is producing music with a warmth and maturity beyond her 15 years. The singer-songwriter, aka Katie Buchan, has a youthful innocence contrasted sharply with the experience in music she…
At the nucleus of any self-respecting artist is a DIY ethos, and for many, in the manner of which they started their careers alone, they are wont to come full circle. Understandably, David Ivar – the sole creative force behind…
At 16, I was pretending to care about my GCSEs, going to the park and just generally being not very productive. Declan Mckenna is 16 and he’s already getting spot plays on Radio 1. I definitely need to try harder….