Arny Margret, Iceland’s remarkable and poetic upcoming singer-songwriter, is due to release her second album I Miss You, I Do on March 7 via One Little Independent Records. The follow-up to 2022’s celebrated, minimalist folk debut they only talk about the weather sees her working with new producers in America to develop…
meka is the guise of American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Melissa Lingo whose transcendent musicality and utterly exquisite vocal transports the listener back to the hazy sweet spot of 1960’s-70’s folk. File under the likes of Joan Baez, Vashti Bunyan and Nick Drake’s Bryter Layter, alongside more contemporary artists who embody that yesteryear…
Leeds’ Sunflower Thieves release their brand new single ‘So Far So Good’. 'So Far So Good' is the third single from the band’s upcoming EP, Same Blood, due for release on October 30. The duo say of the track: "During the first lockdown, a church near Amy’s house put up a sign…
Laura Marling releases her new album, Patterns in Repeat, on October 25 through Chrysalis/Partisan Records. To coincide with the announcement, Laura shares the record’s first single, 'Patterns', which is streaming now. Patterns in Repeat was written, recorded and produced by Laura at her home studio in London. If 2020’s acclaimed Song For…
In 2015, the gorgeous folk songs that featured on Flo Morrissey’s debut album Tomorrow Will Be Beautiful inspired glowing comparisons with Joanna Newsome, Cat Power and Vashti Bunyan. Three years later, she married the artist Benjamin Clementine and welcomed three children so it was only natural that music took a backseat as…
Toronto singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abigail Lapell will release her highly anticipated new album Anniversary via Outside Music. Recorded in a 200-year-old church in Ontario, the project is an evocative collection of original love songs that balances buoyant earworms and poignant ballads, ultimately emerging as an earnest celebration of commitment. Ahead of the…
Shannon Lay shares new single, 'Mirrors', a peaceful and gentle tune which explores the idea of learning to recognize what we are holding and decide if it is serving us or not. Says Lay on the track, "It takes radical vulnerability to see and recognize your whole self in a compassionate light.…
Toronto singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Abigail Lapell unveils her new single and video 'Count on Me,' a spellbinding duet with the acclaimed indie-folk band Great Lake Swimmers. It’s the latest track from her upcoming album Anniversary, out May 10 via Outside Music. A love song for both weddings and funerals, 'Count on Me'…
Em Spel, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Emma Hospelhorn, releases 'My Oldest Friend,' a haunting avant-folk story, today through Carillonia Records. "Come to a tunnel… hello, tunnel… hello," sings Em Spel, over delicate acoustic guitar and slowly morphing drones. Midway through the song, as the narrator meets the titular oldest friend, the…
One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino. Due for release on May 26, it showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, most from traditional sources but others from favourite writers of hers. The first song to…
