Videos
Video: The Holy Innocents “Submarine”
A great new single from Americana UK faves Belfast’s Holy Innocents, light and deft and quite lovely. Excellent video as well.
Year: 2018
Live Reviews
Kim Richey, Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham, 19 June 2018
“I normally have my roadies do this” quips Kim Richey as she arrives and fumbles with her guitar lead, setting the tone for an intimate, folksy evening more akin to being in a friend’s living room […]
Album Reviews
Mean Mary “Blazing: Hell is Naked Soundtrack” (Woodrock Records 2018)
Mean Mary (Mary James), renowned multi-instrumentalist and lightning-fingered banjo picker, returns with her new album ‘Blazing,’ which is a soundtrack to accompany the novel she has recently written with her mother, Jean James. The novel, which […]
Album Reviews
Jessica’s Brother “Jessica’s Brother” (Fika Recordings, 2018)
Jessica’s Brother are a group from London formed in 2016, after drummer of The Wave Pictures’ Jonny Helm’s girlfriend (Jessica) introduced him to the man who would become primary songwriter in the group, her brother, Tom […]
Tracks
The Lied To’s “Millionaire” – Listen
Wow. Susan Levine’s vocals are just perfect on this song about how life, and family life in particular, can be so imperfect. With Doug Kwartler backing her up beautifully a song unfolds that’s full of weary […]