Calm, creatively soothing songs for cold dark nights. Jeb Loy Nichols is a musician, writer and artist who has lived on a remote smallholding in the Welsh hills for the past twenty years. Born in Wyoming […]
All through 2022 I’ve been banging on about what a great year it has been for new music. I looked back at the scores I’ve given and overall, they are higher than in 2021. Have I […]
The important thing to note about this song is that it is a true tale drawn from life, as Melanie St-Pierre of the band explains: “‘Yards’ is a song I wrote about my childhood house burning […]
Experimental folk artist Joshua Burnside has received much acclaim in recent years. Championed by the likes of The Guardian, Clash, BBC 6Music and regional radio in the USA, Burnside is known for an unlikely blend of […]
There are plenty of reasons to describe ‘Undercurrent’ as a ‘Classic Americana Album’, but we might as well start with the official ones. In 2016, the album won two Grammys, one for ‘Best Folk Album’ and […]
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