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If Deep C Divers has always made music with a certain clever understated quality to it, here they wind things back even further and prove that less is certainly more, familiarity is a fine quality for music to have and that music doesn’t have to be big when it can instead be clever. And this... Continue Reading →
If you are not enchanted by Ingraham’s gorgeous, crystalline voice right from the start then head straight for the Accident and Emergency department of your local hospital, there is something seriously wrong with your heart. And with most of the music going on behind her being tastefully stripped back and delicately woven around, you have... Continue Reading →
It’s great after a day of reviewing mumbly, bedroom rappers and kids who still worship at the feet of Oasis to be presented with something a bit different, a bit original, a bit unexpected. And Momma Told Me So is all of those things. It has one foot in the past soul and r&b sound... Continue Reading →
If her debut album Butterfly put her on the map via a suite of classic covers reworked for a modern pop audience, Smile will probably be the song which shows what Sofia Evangelina can do when she has free rein over the songwriting. Co-written with Kimberly Taylor Smile is the perfect song with which to open... Continue Reading →
London based singer-songwriter Elena Flury, has a unique talent for bringing vintage sounds and styles into the 21st century. She has immersed herself in the capitals vibrant Neo-Soul and Jazz scene that’s emerged over the past few years. Steadily building a following around London with her live performances, this year Elena took the step to... Continue Reading →
Blending the soothing qualities of soul, the simple, though far from simplistic, approach of traditional folk and a certain pop accessibility…not to mention hints of gospel and blues, Lifeline is an oasis of sweetness and light in a world of overly earnest pop-pushers and cliched rock bravado. Mutlu is clearly someone who understands music’s past... Continue Reading →
Roots music, like most generic labels, is too broad a term to really convey anything useful to the listener. It covers all sorts of world, folk and traditional sounds, sounds that seem to lie at the beating heart of one culture or another and also seems to imply a nostalgic backward glance to a sound... Continue Reading →
It’s difficult to tell from this song whether Jo Oliver is a rocker who happens to write very melodic and infectious songs or is a pop artist trying to build a more robust and memorable sound. Not that it really matters that much because either way you look at it Shine On works a treat. If... Continue Reading →
Even on the first play of this album you come away with the feeling that these are songs forged by a very skilled writer and recorded by an experienced band. And you would be right, just one look at Mats Ronander’s resume reveals that he not only has a pile of solo albums behind him... Continue Reading →