‘Blossom‘ was recently released by Sudanese-Scottish artist Eliza Shaddad, and it’s a timely song that captures the rapture of the awakening of new growth that is the annual miracle of Spring. There’s an echo, perhaps, of another awakening as the world looks forward a little more hopefully to the future and Shaddad sings “I’m turning over leaves and searching for renewal.” Maybe we shouldn’t read too much into that though, as Eliza Shaddad has claimed that the song was “born from a burgeoning love of house plants and sixties Sudanese records floating through the house.”
There's no-one like Eliza Carthy, what a singer and musician and what an innovative reshaper of traditional songs. Is it fair to say the reigning queen of English folk? Yeah, why not. Celebrating thirty years as a professional musician, with the release of a new album 'Queen of the Whirl'…
Eliza Edens has a new album, her second, out soon (October 14th to be exact) - it's called 'We’ll Become the Flowers', which is a line from today's song. Gentle finger-picking accompanies a musing on existence - and on the end of existence - which finds some acceptance in the…
Spending time with his album allows it to reveal its tender, contemplative charms - not immediate but very rewarding. Eliza Edens describes her second album as “existentially-minded”. It “seeks to understand what happens after the end. Whether grappling with heartache or a loved one's mortality.” ‘How’ leads the album with…
Sure, I could climb high in a tree, or go to Skye on my holiday. I could be happy. All I really want is the excitement of first hearing The Byrds, the amazement of decades of Dylan's music, or the thrill of seeing a band like The Long Ryders live. That's not much to ask, is it?