If it's better to be late to the party than not arrive at all, the opportunity to discover a band through their final album is as sweet as being in from the beginning. Conceived in grief and rum, the band has been around since 2006, starting out as a duo. An...
Making music is tough. Selling music is even tougher, so when you hear of an artist who pounded the streets to sell his CDs door-to-door, you know you've found someone with a passion to share their sounds. Blake Berglund is just such an artist, using the opportunity...
Describing her music as 'original indie-folk music to soothe the heart and soul', Catherine Scholz started out as a singer-songwriter by setting her favourite poems to music, which is intriguing. What's not to love about poetry? Especially Maya Angelou's work, but...
With her smoky-soulful voice and hypnotic, jazz-infused arrangements, Sophie Coran's "All That Matters" is a song of obsession...with a twist. The twist? It's not about love nor any of the usual subjects that haunt good music. No, it actually tells a story of the...
In the music industry, the dividing line between those behind the mixing desk and those behind the mike can seem like the boundary between two nations. Different cultures, different personalities, even different languages. The divide is gendered, too, with far fewer...
Think of a capella music and you may well bring to mind Pitch Perfect, The Flying Pickets or The Roches. What you won't expect is the complex variation provided by singer-songwriter Kate Dimbleby in Songbirds. Whilst this is her sixth studio album, it's the first that...
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...
Acquiring the title of "National Treasure" can be a double edged sword. A bit like a Lifetime Achievement Award, it implies that the best is in the past. But when it is offered with the respect and affection of BBC veteran music presenter Tom Robinson, it's an...
