Discovery Of The Week: Balloon Ascents
According to the old folk, teenagers can only drink, be violent or make crappy pop music. Even I, as a fellow young adult, find that many bands of my age group simply want to be the Arctic Monkeys and have…
Tag: folk
ALBUM: Beck Goldsmith ‘Lustre & Curve’
Rating: About five tracks into Beck Goldsmith’s new album, Lustre & Curve, I stopped asking myself what I thought. That can be good or bad depending on how you look at it; on the one hand, you have a perfectly…
PREVIEW: Shhh – A Day Of Quiet Music
Now in its eighth year, London’s quiet music festival Shhh makes its much-anticipated return and it is certainly something to shout about… or perhaps not, as the case may be. Shhh was developed by London music hub The Local and…
Discovery Of The Week: Martin Callingham
Sometimes, music comes right when you need it most. Like a movie, where the princess has been captured, with a knife to her throat: suddenly, the protagonist comes to save her right in the nick of time. These scenarios don’t happen…
Bellowhead LIVE @ Shepherd’s Bush Empire, 20.11.14
Rating: As the imposing silhouette of Mr Jon Boden appears on stage against a dark backdrop, cheers and woops fill Shepherd’s Bush Empire: the curtains lift, the unmistakable figure of Boden appears – donning a typically glitzy hot pink suit…
INTERVIEW: Brett Dennen
Currently supporting stunning singer Paloma Faith on her UK headline tour, Gigslutz managed to catch up with folk-pop artist Brett Dennen to talk touring, the world today and climbing mountains. Gigslutz: Firstly, how has your time in England been so…
ALBUM REVIEW: DAMIEN RICE – ‘MY FAVOURITE FADED FANTASY’
Rating: There’s nothing quite like an existential crisis to stoke the embers of a new album. Show me a folk artist who hasn’t had some sort of breakdown and I’ll show you Liam Gallagher not being a tit. Damien Rice…
ALBUM REVIEW: Yusuf Islam ‘Tell ‘Em I’m Gone’
Rating: Yusuf Islam, ‘Cat Stevens’ to those that fear change, returns this year with a new offering of original and cover songs. Accompanied by some top-draw musicians like Richard Thompson and co-produced by the busiest producer in rock, Rick Rubin…
Science Of The Lamps and co. perform ‘CANDELA’ LIVE @ Williamson Tunnels, Liverpool, 18/10/14
Rating: Liverpool. It’s a bustling metropolis, known worldwide for its rich musical heritage. However, before the groundbreaking days of the Cavern Club, there lay another mystical underground hollow. Buried deep beneath the city streets, under the passing feet of oblivious…
ALBUM REVIEW: Vashti Bunyan ‘Heartleap’
Rating: Vashti Bunyan’s nomadic wayfaring has taken her to some extraordinary places. ‘Heartleap’ her third and final album, is the sound of an artist discovering their musical homeland after forty-four years of personal pursuit. A recluse by nature, the songwriter’s…