Folk & Singer-Songwriter

Beirut – ‘East Harlem’ / The Rip Tide

The new Beirut song ‘East Harlem’ debuted while I was away last weekend and today…

New Bon Iver song & Irish gig in October

There’s no doubt, having heard the new Bon Iver album (self-titled) that it’ll be a…

Introducing: Tasseomancy – Austra’s folky backing singers

If you thought you recognised the backing singers and dancers in Austra, it might be…

Listen to The Middle East album sampler

Listen to three tracks from the The Middle East’s forthcoming album I Want That You…

Kurt Vile – ‘Baby’s Arms’

Taken from Kurt Vile’s new album Smoke Ring For My Halo.

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Listen to James Vincent McMorrow’s album – Early in the Morning

An album that certainly flew under my radar until April, Early in the Morning is…

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Mountain Man – ‘Soft Skin’

More sweetness from Mountain Man’s forthcoming album Made The Harbor which is out on the…

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Mountain Man – ‘Animal Tracks’

The wonderful Mountain Man who I caught at SXSW where “three girls huddled around a…

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Department of Eagles – ‘Brightest Minds’

Archive 2003 – 2006, a collection of unreleased songs from Department of Eagles will be…

Shugo Tokumaru’s new album – Port Entropy

The much-slept on Japanese folk artist Shugo Tokumaru deserves your eyes and ears. I first…

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Lissie covers Lady Gaga & plays Dublin this month

Lissie plays The Academy on the 26th April in support to Joshua Radin so consider…

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Jennifer Evans launches EP tonight

Salient Point is the new EP from the burgeoning talent of Jennifer Evans. You may…

Video: Laura Marling – Devil’s Spoke

New video shot in India from the new album I Speak Because I Can from…

The Middle East – The Darkest Side

A band that a lot of people are looking forward to hearing more of are…

Hear a song from Joanna Newsom’s new triple LP

Drag City are streaming ’81’, just one of the many, many Joanna songs heading our…

Three more albums you might have missed

Occasionally Barry Healy pops up to recommend three albums that may be under your radar.…

Introducing: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Stop what you’re doing. The award for the most joyous album of the month goes…

MP3: The Middle East – Blood

If I did a track of the week feature, The Middle East’s ‘Blood’ might well…

Introducing: Jennifer Evans

I met Jennifer Evans at a demo dip day thing I did earlier this year.…

Video: First Aid Kit – Universal Soldier

First Aid Kit, those two cute Swedish girls who covered Fleet Foxes last year are…