Caitlin Rose has announced details of the follow-up to her stunning 2010 debut album Own Side Now. The Stand-In will be released on the 25th February via Names Records. The opening track from the album, the warm and rousing No One To Call is streaming for your undoubted listening pleasure below. To mark the release of The Stand-In, Caitlin will be playing four UK headline … Continue reading Caitlin Rose Announces New Album
We’ve grabbed ourselves a whole host of free stuff recently from Noisetrade, Insound and American Songwriter that is just too good not to share. Noisetrade have put up free downloads from Said The Whale, Josh Rouse & The Long Vacations, Rachael Yamagata, The Kansas Bible Country and Joshua James (with a free download of his brilliant 2009 album Build Me This). Insound’s latest free mixtape features (amongst … Continue reading Lots Of Free Stuff
Lowe Country presents 13 artists–most of them up-and-coming and/or left-of-center–interpreting songs from Nick Lowe’s 4½-decade career. They are the leading lights of a new generation of artists who use classic country music as a springboard for their unique musical explorations. Have a watch…Buy here. a a a a Continue reading Videos of the Day: Nick Lowe Covers
Fronted by Alex Casnoff, former keyboard player for Dawes and PAPA, Harriet released their debut EP Tell The Right Story for free download earlier this year. The five song offering straddles the line between classic Americana songs and the sonic experimentation of electronic music and earned the band praise from many sources including us. The band is currently supporting AC Newman on a run of … Continue reading Free Download From Harriet
The Miami release Ring Shouts, an EP of stark reinterpretations of African-American slave songs, gospels, hymns, and traditional lyrical poetry. Available on cassette thanks to tape label Prison Art or via Bandcamp. a Continue reading MM Shorts 259: The Miami
Daytrotter have posted up some absolutely top-notch sessions recently – although to be fair this is what they generally do pretty much 100% of the time – however, the last few days have seen some real gems. Our friends at Rollo & Grady have already beaten us to the post with their Deer Tick session post, but it is so good we thought we’d cover … Continue reading Daytrotter Delights
Denver “folk & roll” songstress Esmé Patterson is releasing her solo album, All Princes, I, on the 20th November via Greater Than Collective. Described by Patterson in an interview as “raw,” the record is greatly influenced by Van Morrison’s Astral Weeks and Feists’s Metals. Featuring guest appearances from many musician friends we have a couple of tracks for you to check out, My Young Man … Continue reading Introducing >>> Esmé Patterson
We first picked up on Yellow Red Sparks last month, via a single song (My Machine Gun) on one of the many Insound free digital mixes. Here is another, Monsters With Misdemeanors, which is the first single from their self titled debut due at the end of January – Filter Magazine called it stunning and we’re more than inclined to agree. Stunning it is. Have … Continue reading MM Shorts 258: Yellow Red Sparks
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