LONGFELLOW – Gabrielle

Longfellow’s latest release ‘Gabrielle’ is arguably London’s answer to bands like The Editors and Elbow. Taking unmistakable influence from these artists, along with other British icons such as Coldplay. Inevitably it creates a mixture of sound and styles resulting … Read More

ZERVAS & PEPPER – Lifebringer

Welsh duo Paul Zervas and Kathryn Pepper are singer songwriters who create sparkling ‘cosmic folk rock’ reminiscent of 1970’s California. In 2011 they released their fine debut album Somewhere in the City.

Their second album Lifebringer, released on 22nd … Read More

SECRET GARDEN PARTY 2013 – Live Review

How secretive is Secret Garden Party? Looking around the 30,000 hipster-wannabe-hippies, the majority of which have perfected that bizarre, British festivalite ability to look both glamorously trendy and impossibly wrecked, it’s blatant that the secret has been … Read More

TALK IN COLOUR – Rushes

Cello, harp, guitar, keyboard, drums and a clean and sensual voices are the elements that make peculiar Talk In Colour and their sound that the band dubbed Cinematic Future Pop; it sounds difficult combining so many different ingredients but … Read More

THE GUILTY ONES – Conquer The World

If you wonder how the pop from 60s and 70s would sound like today, you can have a go at ‘Conquer The World‘ from the London-based quartet The Guilty Ones.

The single – which will be launched … Read More

FOLK BY THE OAK 2013 – Live Review

Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, 21st July 2013

Folk By The Oak, set in the beautiful grounds of Hatfield House, is a one day festival with a very distinctive personality. The enchanting festival field, known as ‘The Queen Elizabeth Oak Field’, … Read More

THE JAR FAMILY – Jarmalade

The Jar Family –  a collective of musicians and songwriters –  just released their second album Jarmalade. The name of the band comes from the jar where they used collect money after the gigs and then give to the … Read More

DE STAAT – I_CON

The new release from DE STAAT band (Nijmegen, Holland) shapes a fresh creative path in the new European alternative rock music. I_CON embraces varied influences from 80’s new wave and songwriting to top electronic sounds and tribal rhythms, thus … Read More

ROBBIE BOYD – Painted Sky

Robbie Boyd grew up listening at the great names of classical rock Bod Dylan, Paul Simon and The Beatles just to mention a couple; he started busking on the streets of London and in the … Read More

DOUR FESTIVAL 2013 – Live Review (Part 2)

…Dour Festival 2013 Review Continued. Click here for Thursday & Friday (Part 1).

Saturday

Today was always going to be a blast, with the quality of the schedule beyond outstanding, and especially with Gilles Peterson’s Wordlwide buddy – Belgium’s … Read More