Selvacava is a small village in Central Italy, home to Luke Papini's (aka LAPP) family and where he returns each year; it also lends its name to his latest release, a double album filled with a myriad of sounds and influences that will keep you on your toes from start...
New Scottish duo Forgotten Garden (Ines Dias Rebelo and Danny Elliott) have embraced the art of writing about that most universal of themes, love, by producing a tight four track EP that tells the story of a break up from initial implosion to a glimmer of a hopeful...
When Robb Murphy releases something new, we know that we're going to be treated to the best that Belfast's contemporary folk scene has to offer. He's known for the meaning behind the music. Whether its April Fool's Day fun or the nostalgia of prom-days, Murphy has a...
There's been some heavy lifting happening in the music-making department of Snippet HQ. It's just six months since Johnno Casson, aka Snippet released his magnum opus Future Melancholy Pop Music, yet here he is again with another stonker of an album Human Good. And...
Occasionally an artist shows up who is absolutely, definitely, poised for something special. Roxanne De Bastion fills that category perfectly. Oozing potential through the sweeping soundscapes of her music and the totally relatability of her lyrics, Roxanne is already...
Born at the turn of the millennium, into a family whose singing roots blend English church choirs with harmonies from the Welsh Valleys, Beth really is the child who could sing before she could talk, happily cooing along to her favourite CD. Not the Tellytubbies for...
Place a Belfast-born folk-singer-songwriter into Italy for the summer and what do you get? The answer is an uplifting, pop melody that transports us into ‘Dolce far niente’ - the sweetness of doing nothing. "Italian Dreams" is that song, from the pen and studio of...
