Folk & Singer-Songwriter

Jennifer Evans to release her debut album in November, hear new single ‘Colours Of Bruises’

Jennifer Evans has been an artist to watch for three or four years now but…

Slow Skies – ‘Bodies’

For their new EP, entitled Keepsake, Slow Skies (Karen Sheridan & Conal Herron) have amped…

Rhob Cunningham – ‘Quiet Song’

Rhob Cunningham’s 11-minute song ‘The Head Collector’ which features Cathy Davey and Conor O’Brien is…

SOAK – ‘B A noBody’

Young Bridie Monds-Watson is now 18 but she’s been on our radar over three years…

Damien Rice returns with first bit of new music in 8 years on ‘My Favourite Faded Fantasy’

Here’s something a lot of people have been waiting for. My Favourite Faded Fantasy is…

Sam Amidon – ‘Walkin’ Boss’

Vermont’s Sam Amidon is one of the few American folk singers who equally at home…

Seafret – ‘Give Me Something’

Coming on like a male-fronted cover version of Daughter, ‘Give Me Something’ is a gentle…

Premiere: Carriages – ‘Roots’

Having impressed at Hard Working Class Heroes last year with their experimental off-filter folk and…

Lydia Ainsworth – ‘White Shadows’

Lydia Ainsworth has spent much of recent history composing music for film, art installations and…

Staring At Lakes – ‘Consanguinea’

Staring At Lakes are a new band formed in 2011 as Raffiki but this year,…

Premiere: Jenn Grant feat. Buck 65 – ‘Spades’

Jenn Grant is on an Irish tour at the end of the month that sees…

Printer Clips feat. Lisa Hannigan – ‘Apparatchik’

Printer Clips is Paul Noonan’s new project where he teams up with Joan As Policewoman,…

I Have A Tribe – ‘Yellow Raincoats’

As a member of other bands prior including Slow Skies, Patrick O’Laoghaire struck us with…

Listen to SOAK cover Chvrches’ ‘The Mother We Share’

Here’s a really lovely acoustic cover of Chvrches’ ‘The Mother We Share’ from SOAK in…

Intro: Dustin Tebbutt – Aussie / Scandinavian falsetto folk

Not content with life in his home of Australia, Dustin Tebbutt looked north. Where many…

Wallis Bird – ‘Hardly Hardly’

I’m not sure if Wallis Bird is as popular here as she is in parts…

Album of the week: Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire For No Witness

When you have a voice so striking you could hang a hat on it, it’s…

SOAK – ‘Blud’

By now, readers of this site or any other site will have a rudimentary knowledge…

New music picks: Stine Bramsen, Childbirth & Farao

Stine Bramsen – Prototypical Danish band Alphabeat were either perfect pop music or like a…

Ghost Maps – The Ocean From The River (album premiere)

As a member of Halfset, Jeff Martin is no stranger to intricately constructed arrangements. It’s…