Posts Tagged ‘singer songwriter’

PIP HALL – ” Devil You Don’t “

Posted: January 22, 2017 in MUSIC
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Ludicrously young and talented in equal measures, Pip Hall is a sixteen-year-old songwriter from Preston. 2016 saw her release her debut EP, Sisters, and she’s set to return with a second effort, James, due out in March via My Little Empire.

Pip recently shared the first taste of James, with the sublime Devil You Don’t; Pip’s voice reminiscent of Lorde or Jesca Hoop, accompanied by fluttering electronics and pounding drum beat, it was a track that sounded like Fleetwood Mac, only without the multi-million pound budget. Showcasing maturity in both her voice and her songwriting, Pip Hall is a musician with the world at her feet. With plenty of people tipping her for big things, we wouldn’t be at all surprised if 2017 proves to be a break-out year for Pip, who is already to the best of our knowledge our favourite musician from Preston.

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BEC STEVENS – ” Maggie’s Lane “

Posted: January 22, 2017 in MUSIC
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Tasmania-bred, Adelaide-based singer-songwriter Bec Stevens has been building renown for the past few years, but especially so in recent months, garnering herself a growing, committed grassroots following around her excellent debut EP, which she released back in June 2016.

Bec Stevens has been a consistent performer since she was regularly gigging on the Apple Isle, but it’s really been the last little while that has seen a significant uptick in her recognition. Blessed with a killer voice, a penchant for intelligent, introspective lyrics and an endearing, earnest attitude, Bec Stevens is in a prime position to keep building on her existing groundwork and assume her rightful place on everyone’s radar.

NADIA REID – ” Unfuck The World ” Angel Olsen Cover

Posted: January 22, 2017 in MUSIC
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The seeds of Nadia Reid’s song writing were sewn while she was growing up in Port Chalmers New Zealand. Bob Scott, from The Bats, was her guitar teacher for a while but the pivotal moment came a little later. Reid and Hannah Harding, who plays under the name Aldous Harding, started to sing and write music together. One summer they had lived together. That led to performing together, and Nadia’s course was then set.

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TIA GOSTELOW – ” Vague Utopia “

Posted: January 19, 2017 in MUSIC
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When an artist breaks through despite the added challenge of living in a regional area, you know they’re probably something special. When they do it before their 18th birthday, you know they definitely are.

After nabbing a co management deal with Footstomp Music and Kadence Group in September, up-and-coming Queenslander Singer Songwriter Tia Gostelow is certainly worth watching eagerly, having already claimed a win in the triple j Unearthed High Indigenous initiative in 2016 (for her excellent single State Of Art), and earning a finalist spot in the wider Unearthed High competition.

She’s presently in the throes of her debut headline tour, enjoying some fresh buzz yielded by recent cut Vague Utopia. Freshly graduated from high school, 2017 could be the year that we see Gostelow follow up on those confident first steps and early acclaim to fully prove herself as an artist worth spending your energy and money on.

NADIA REID – ” The Arrow & The Aim “

Posted: January 19, 2017 in MUSIC
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Proving that Australia isn’t the only Oceanic island capable of producing a surprising array of alt-country and Americana, is New Zealander, Nadia Reid. Early this year, Nadia will release “Preservations”, the follow-up to her 2015’s debut, Listen to “Formation, Look for the Signs”, this week ahead of the release she’s shared her new single, “The Arrow & The Aim”.

The Arrow & The Aim walks a path through deathly, gothic-country, this track takes Nadia’s music into considerably more expansive territory than fans of her previous output might imagine. The chorus is huge, a swell of bombastic percussion, huge soaring guitar solos and constant naggingly beautiful piano chords; it’s pitched perfectly in the beautiful middle ground of Bill Callahan and Marissa Nadler. Whether this marks a departure in grandiose and intriguing new realms, or just serves as a stand-alone moment of darkness in an album of quiet beauty, well we can’t wait to find out. Getting the feeling that this new Nadia Reid album is going to be one that surprises me and I end up totally enamored with.

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The Arrow & The Aim is taken from the new album ‘Preservation’ out 3rd March 2017

ADAM TORRES – ” I Came To Sing The Song “

Posted: January 17, 2017 in MUSIC
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With last year’s album “Pearls To Swine”, singer-songwriter Adam Torres released a stunning collection of song Torres found an exponentially larger audience than ever before, and for good reason. It was his first album in 10 years and his first for Fat Possum Records, a deal that materialized after his cult favorite 2006 debut Nostra Nova was reissued by Misra Records. Torres, who is a gifted songwriter with a supernatural evocative falsetto vocal, Torres spent the time between albums in Austin honing his craft, developing an aesthetic as all-consuming as a gorgeously shot Western, his voice beaming brightly across a fiery barren landscape. The album realized all the stunning potential that had been hidden away for a decade.

Torres is back next month with I Came To Sing The Song, an EP of four songs recorded during the Pearls To Swine sessions. Or as Torres put it via email, “The idea behind the song and EP is finding purpose in one’s work, and having to adjust to the lightness and darkness of that search.” The title track is a gentle ballad featuring Torres’ peerless vocals backed by guitar and violin. Upon pressing play, your heart will be stirred.

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VIC CHESNUTT – ” Texas Hotel + New West Records releases “

Posted: January 15, 2017 in CLASSIC ALBUMS, MUSIC
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All Reissues on Vinyl (Shipping as it's released)

Throughout 2017, New West Records is proud to be reissuing Vic Chesnutt’s albums from the Texas Hotel years, along with his New West Records albums, all on exclusive heavyweight 180g colored vinyl. Each of these albums is painstakingly remastered from original source material, and come in colored editions not available anywhere else!

James Victor “Vic” Chesnutt (November 12, 1964 – December 25, 2009) Singer songwriter from Athens Georgia. His first album, Little, was released in 1990, but his breakthrough to commercial success didn’t come until 1996 with the release of Sweet Relief II , which was a charity record of alternative artists covering his songs.

Chesnutt released 17 albums during his career, including two produced by Micheal Stipe Of R.E.M and a 1996 release on “About To Choke” . His musical style has been described as a “skewed, refracted version of Americana that is haunting, funny, poignant, and occasionally mystical, usually all at once”.Injuries from a 1983 car accident left him partially paralyzed; he used a wheelchair and had limited use of his hands. Kristen Hersh wrote a book entitled, Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt, which was released on October 1st, 2015

Little, produced by Michael Stipe (January 2017)
Drunk (February 2017)
Is The Actor Happy? (March 2017)
MYSTERY RELEASE (April 2017)
Silver Lake (May 2017)
Ghetto Bells (June 2017)
MYSTERY RELEASE (Late 2017)

We’re so excited to finally put these phenomenal Vic Chesnutt vinyl releases out into the world. Thank you for being a part of it.

LAURA MARLING – ” Wild Fire “

Posted: January 14, 2017 in MUSIC
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Laura Marling – Wild Fire

The second track to be taken from upcoming album “Semper Femina” Laura Marling’s brand new track ‘Wild Fire’ is a song which oozes charm and showcases the ever impressive songwriting ability of Marling.

With her recent single ‘Soothing’, Laura Marling moved into sparser instrumental territory to create a bold, attention-grabbing first taste of what to expect from ‘Semper Femina’. On new single ‘Wild Fire’, she’s moved swiftly back into alt-folk territory, but the results are no less arresting.

Perhaps that’s because Laura has never seemed so confident in her songwriting, tackling identity and femininity through the lens of her relationship with an unspecified muse. On the surface it’s a tale of love and friendship, but scratch that surface a little and a deft examination of the gaze and perception is revealed.

When her friend says that she wants to write a book, the part that interests Laura most “is about her time spent with me” because “wouldn’t you die to know how you’re seen”. Elsewhere, she claims that her muse loves her most when “I don’t know when I’m being seen” even though she doesn’t really know what that means. By turns vulnerable and confident, ‘Wild Fire’ might be one of Laura’s most thought-provoking and beautifully written tracks to date.

Taken from Semper Femina, the new album by Laura Marling

DONOVAN WOODS – ” Slow Country “

Posted: January 14, 2017 in MUSIC
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Juno and Polaris Prize-nominated singer-songwriter Donovan Woods released a deluxe edition of his fourth album, Hard Settle Ain’t Troubled , back in August that included four bonus live performance tracks. Woods’ profile is rising quickly and making his hometown of Toronto proud as he’s become an in-demand songwriter in Nashville with his plainspoken but universal lyrics.
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LYDIA AINSWORTH – ” The Road “

Posted: January 10, 2017 in MUSIC
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Lydia Ainsworth  is a Toronto based artist, composer and producer .Lydia has just announced her new album, “Darling of the Afterglow”, which will be released on March 31st via the wonderful Bella Union Records.

“Darling of the Afterglow” is Lydia Ainsworth’s sophomore record and follow up to the Juno-nominated and critically acclaimed “Right From Real”.

The album features a team of local Toronto musicians, woven into Ainsworth’s programming, samples and string arrangements. “I usually have to be out of my element to get that spark of inspiration,” she says of songwriting. The songs on Darling of the Afterglow were all begun away from home, before being brought to fruition in her hometown.

The Video is Directed by Lydia’s sister Abby Ainsworth,

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