Acclaimed songwriter David Rotheray (Beautiful South) returns with his beautifully crafted new solo album ‘Answer Ballads', a collection of songs in which Rotheray, and his collaborators, take twelve classic pop songs and attempt to formulate an ‘Answer Ballad' for each one. Taking existing...
This spring, ‘The Oaks They Will Bow' has emerged from The Sitting Room's cedar frame. The debut full length album from Christchurch duo The Tiny Lies; a work of altfolk- country-noir. ! The Tiny Lies will be hitting the road in November 2013 and bringing their work to the stage in a National tour....
I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight signals the arrival of a very singular musical talent in singer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Franc Cinelli. On this warm, strong album, Franc's insightful, reflective songs are delivered in a deep, gravelly, ‘well-travelled' vocal style and his...
Home Alone Music is proud to announce the release of ‘Fragments Fine', the debut album from Wellington chamber-folk band City Oh Sigh. Combining unique cello-laden instrumentation with subtle elements of folk and minimalist pop, City Oh Sigh have crafted ten soulful songs that will capture...
Ground of Its Own is the striking debut release by Sam Lee, a young musician who is busy forging a unique path in the future of folk song. Ground of Its Own is an 8-track release (produced by Gerry Diver and with mixes by John Wood, of Nick Drake fame) comprising traditional material, largely...
Light In The Attic and the legendary folk/blues/roots label Vanguard Records are proud to begin a series of collaborations under the umbrella Vanguard Vault. The series will explore the vaults of Vanguard and see the reissuing of obscure nuggets, psychedelic weirdness and just some good...
Peter Walker is an American original, as eclectic and enigmatic as the songs he writes. The legendary seventy-five year old raga/psychedelic/folk acoustic guitarist, who was schooled by masters such as Ravi Shankar, and Ali Akbar Khan, has been described by Larry Coryell as, "One of the most...
When the singer/songwriter movement boomed in the mid-1990s, Catie Curtis was at its core. A veteran artist with a 15 year career, Curtis has recorded nine solo albums and has toured with the Lilith Fair as well as Dar Williams and Mary Chapin Carpenter. Her songs have appeared in numerous...
Featuring Edgar Meyer (bass), Chris Thile (mandolin), Mike Marshall (mandolin), Kyle Sanna (guitar), Bodek Janke (drumset & percussion), Tristan Clarridge (cello), Brittany Haas (fiddle), Natalie Haas (cello), Tyler Duncan (bodhran), Andrew Kratzat (bass), Cali McKasson (piano), Nic Gareiss (foot...
Fun Lovin' Criminals frontman, songwriter, broadcaster and actor Huey Morgan releases his eagerly awaited debut solo album Say It To My Face. Say It To My Face is drenched with the same omnipresent effortless cool of Morgan's famous gritty vocal style and blues licks. Morgan abundantly explores the...
This latest addition to Topic's now-essential Voice of the People series features 60 recordings of traditional dance music from Northumberland and Cumberland. In 1954, there were no other collectors, corporate, professional or amateur, prepared to explore the nature of English traditional dance and...
The BBC, for whom Peter Kennedy was working part-time in 1955, had more or less left Orkney alone in its recording activity, except for some recordings about local customs and beliefs made on location in 1954. At the time, Orkney was seen as being at the extreme edge of Great Britain, and was...
Wenlock Hill is the new release from Merrymouth, the three piece folk-orientated band formed by Ocean Colour Scene's frontman Simon Fowler along with long time OCS band member Dan Sealey and acclaimed keyboard player Adam Barry. Wenlock Hill is the follow up to their critically acclaimed debut,...
Brand new studio album, includes songs written with Beth Nielsen Chapman and Gretchen Peters. Album guests include Duane Eddy. Trouble & Love, Mary's first studio CD since 2010, was co-produced by Mary with Patrick Granado (whose credits include Grammys for a Delbert McClinton record he produced...
Following his exclusive Record Store Day single release, Pete Molinari is back with his new solo album ‘Theosophy'. Theosophy sits at that point where, as Muddy Waters put it, the blues had a baby and they called it rock ‘n' roll. Here soul, country, blues and rockabilly collide in perfect...
The Moulettes return with their third studio album, and their first for Navigator Records, ‘Constellations'. The album features a host of guest performances from legends Arthur Brown ("God Of Hellfire"), Herbie Flowers (Lou Reed/David Bowie) and contemporaries Blaine Harrison (Mystery Jets), The...
Solitude Standing concert film by Suzanne Vega on DVD. Filmed at the Rome Auditorium in July 2003, Suzanne Vega performs some of her greatest hits, alongside other more contemporary songs, at this intimate concert The concert is interspersed with moving poetry readings which are translated on stage...
3 Boxes are CLIVE GREGSON (Any Trouble, Gregson and Collister), MARK GRIFFITHS (The Shadows, Al Stewart, The Everly Brothers)) and ANDY ROBERTS (Pink Floyd, Richard Thompson, Kirsty MacColl). A trio all featured in Guitar Player's "Greatest guitarist" list, they all contribute their unique "box"...