Category: Folk

Acoustic, Alternative, Electronic, Folk, Indie, Music, Pop, Rock

Mojo’s Free Cover Disc – Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Revisited

The latest copy of Mojo has just dropped through our letterbox and the free cover disc is another in their series of classic albums re-imagined. This time it is Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 classic Rumours with the eleven tracks covered by artists including The Besnard Lakes, Dylan LeBlanc, Yeasayer, Julia Holter, Dutch Uncles, The Liars, The Staves, The Phoenix Foundation and more. Mojo is available from … Continue reading Mojo’s Free Cover Disc – Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Revisited

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Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (23rd November)

Team Hawley set out in the Dooper on Wednesday evening amidst such heavy rain and flooding, an ark would have been more helpful. Sadly, Sweet Mrs Stanley (SMS) couldn’t make it so we were just a gang of three. The bloody British weather and traffic hindered the journey and we missed King Charles – cue much gnashing of teeth. First Aid Kit were Swedishly good … Continue reading Mrs Mackerel’s TFI Friday (23rd November)

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Americana, Folk, Indie, Music, Rock

MM’s 5:1 Interview No 3: Communist Daughter

A few years ago John Solomon walked away from music. After a long struggle with addiction and a brief stint in jail he broke up his critically acclaimed band Friends Like These and moved to a small town in Wisconsin. And supposedly that was that. Even though Solomon left music, music never left him. After a long hiatus, he called some friends to come to … Continue reading MM’s 5:1 Interview No 3: Communist Daughter

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Alternative, Folk, Indie, Music, Psychedelic, Punk, Rock

David Cronenberg’s Wife Release Don’t Wait To Be Hunted To Hide

David Cronenberg’s Wife first crossed our radar when we heard the brilliantly skewed-folk drone of My Date With Jenna Bush from their debut long player Bluebeard’s Room. A wonderful combination of contempt, slyness, black humour and barbed viciousness – we loved it. So we have been waiting eagerly for the release of their latest full length, Don’t Wait To Be Hunted To Hide, which seems to … Continue reading David Cronenberg’s Wife Release Don’t Wait To Be Hunted To Hide

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Americana, Country, Folk, Music, Rock

Kites & Crows Release More For The Mender

We are much later posting about this then we ever intended – in fact Ashland based indie folk band Kites & Crows new album, More For The Mender, came out on September 28th. Taking inspiration from Shakespeare, specifically a production of Coriolanus, where the recently banished battle hero is hiding out “…under the canopy…in the city of kites and crows…“, the band expertly blends rootsy … Continue reading Kites & Crows Release More For The Mender

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Introducing >>> Kjartan Bue

Kjartan Bue is a songwriter and folk musician living in Copenhagen, Denmark. His debut release, Man Riding Backwards, is out on the 25th of November 2012 as a Pay-What-You-Want deal (digital only). He has been compared to everything from an early Neil Young to a rough Townes Van Zandt, and it was after a couple of years of drifting he decided to move home to … Continue reading Introducing >>> Kjartan Bue

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