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....
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...
A solo artist from Turkey, based in London, In Hoodies had never studied music, and never shared his music with anyone, until one day, as he explains, he felt an inner power and a deep desire to send it to some producers. It caught the attention of Chris Potter and...
Spoken word music is a tough genre to get right. Mastering rhythm over melody is a complex art. Achieving that, and giving meaning to the words too, adds a whole other dimension, requiring authenticity honesty and courage. Yorkshire-based P.O.P.E. took on this...
Whether you are a fan of musical theatre or new to the genre, Dan and Laura Curtis's album "Overture" is the ideal bumper package. Bringing together 25 artists from the US and UK to record a double-album of brand-new songs inspired by the musicals is a stroke of...
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...
Finding music from across the world is one of the joys of the internet, which is how Angry Baby found Thessa Giska, all the way from Indonesia, and her song "Cemburu". Although the song is in Indonesian, the catchy rhythm and tune could well have you singing along...
Here comes Generation Z. All smartphones and self-obsession, exercising their social consciences from the safety of their bedrooms. Or so the media would have us believe. We're only a step or two away from welcoming this new cohort into the music industry. What will...
