Sofia Talvik

Jingle Bells Friday – surely it’s a bit late for stir-up Sunday?

December 12, 2025 Jonathan Aird 0

And now we’re less than two weeks away from the big celebration and all the signs confirm this – the weather is taking an upturn and if that means no White Christmas then it also means […]

Mince Pie Mondays – Is there any Brandy Cream left?

December 16, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Another dip into the seemingly bottomless well of more or less Americana-ish / country / singer-songwriter / folk offerings that celebrate the most wonderful time of the year. Still a dearth of directly Solstice themed songs…we’ll […]

Video Premiere: Sofia Talvik “Desert Nights”

January 31, 2024 Andrew Frolish 0

In her new single, Swedish singer-songwriter Sofia Talvik genuinely captures the sound and feel of the sun going down. ‘Desert Nights’ features Janne Manninen’s gently pulsing bass and hypnotic instrumental layers from Drake Duffer on mandolin […]

Solstice Songs Thursday – Let us to the darkened woods

December 21, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Well, this really is it – the final batch of seasonal songs for the year. Apologies to all those we couldn’t fit in, we’ve really done out best. And what have we today? Darkened woods, the […]

Sofia Talvik “Meanwhile In Winnsboro” – Listen

May 18, 2020 Jonathan Aird 0

There will be, at some time in the future, a genre redefinition which gathers as a new sub-genre all the songs inspired by isolation, social distancing, working from home and fear of a highly contagious and […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers