Folk rock artist Leo Sawikin's new album, Row Me Away, is a look into the world around us from the point of view of an old soul in a young body. Feeling simultaneously old and new, familiar and strange, the songs are full of angst and a longing for something more and...
Sometimes an album hangs together so coherently that it becomes one piece of music; Irish singer songwriter Davie Furey's new album, Haunted Streets, is one such album. Featuring some of Ireland's top musicians, including Steve Wickham (The Waterboys), Darren Holden...
Australian singer and songwriter Sarah Jane has made a name for herself in the world of alt rock and her second album, Tainted Timeline, released on 23 October, is another venture into this genre, with more than a smattering of folk tones added to the mix. Written and...
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...
Think of small fishing villages in Essex and you don't normally think of psychedelic alt rock bands but that is exactly where The Wicked Ravens hail from. It's also where they recorded their latest album, In Search of a New Land; the studio consisted of an eight...
Fans of folk music will probably be familiar with Folkstock Records, a prolific boutique label well known for championing new, acoustic folk and roots music. We've come to expect excellence from them, but rock? That would be unexpected. Expect the unexpected....
When indie music's national treasure Johnno Casson describes an artist as "very nice and very talented too" there's every chance they're worth a listen. It's not the first time Anna Pancaldi has received acclaim from those in the know. BBC Radio 2's Dermot O'Leary...
Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Phenomenal Creature claim a modern folk genre, but deliver well beyond its traditional boundaries.There’s a touch of rock, a snippet of classical, a moment of punk and even a sprinkling of electro, delivered through strings of all...
