December 2023 – Page 8

Muireann Bradley “I Kept These Old Blues”

December 18, 2023 Tom Harding 0

A new voice born from the old blues. When Bob Dylan released his first album at 20, there was something otherworldly in hearing one so young deliver blues as bleak as Blind Lemon Jefferson’s ‘See That […]

Mince Pie Mondays – is that a thing now?

December 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

What’s this? What’s this? Mince Pie Mondays…could it be…can it really be… back-to-back Christmas tunes in an Americana / Folk mode? Yes, it is. It really is. You’ll recall that last Friday we had the last […]

artwork for All The Bees album "All The Bees"

All The Bees “All The Bees”

December 18, 2023 Chas Lacey 1

Exquisite nature-inspired alt-folk from innovative collaboration. One of the most astonishing things about the duo that comprises All The Bees is that Kirsty McGee and Gitika Partington have met on only a few occasions. Even those […]

Katherine Priddy “Does She Hold You Like I Did” – heading west on new single

December 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Katherine Priddy’s latest single is an escapee from the soon to be made Western ‘The Bad Guns Ride West’. Actually, that’s not true – listen to the song though and you’ll understand the confusion. In fact […]

Video Premiere: MOONRIIVR “Mother to Me”

December 18, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

The latest single from Canadian group MOONRIIVR is short but beautifully formed and performed. The combination of James Robertson’s twanging electric guitar and Ben Whiteley’s woozy upright bass is sublime and, with Lyle Molzan’s shuffling rhythms, […]