Finding an artist just as they are emerging into the spotlight of the music business is always a delight. Especially when there's the feeling that this is someone with something important to say, and someone who is going to find a massive audience to say it to. Meet...
Blending Irish, Balkan and other folk traditions. Francesca Romana Fabris describes her songs as 'folk-pop, influenced by latin rhythms, with a large use of improv and some jazz arrangements'. She writes in both English and Italian. Her European heritage, where...
Any brand-new label would be excited by their first release. Newbies Inherent Sounds have every right to be proud to kick off their roster with Sadness Is A Gesture from APHRA, the electropop alter-ego of Philadelphia’s Rebecca Waychunas. With unexpected depth to her...
Just when you thought you'd heard everything, Benji Tranter and The Well Adjusted Individuals put a new spin on things with At The Launderette, four tracks of fun that transform everyday mundanity into a collection of quirky delights. Jazz, blues, rock, country, pop,...
With all the hype and mystery that surrounds the music industry, sometimes it's good to get back to basics. At its heart, music is a creative expression that's best when shared between friends. When a group of friends who make music come together to share their work...
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...
Sometimes music arrives on the scene that defies categorisation. Quasarmoto from The Bud Collins Trio is such an offering. Sounding throughout as though the vocals have been mixed to the wrong track, this shouldn't work. Yet strangely...deliciously...weirdly...it...
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...
