rescuing musical virtue in distress.
Not masses of music being written about over the last week, for obvious reasons, so I have added a few more local artists and people that I am working with to help promote them, their music and their tours. So check it out, explore the artist's music further, buy their albums, spread the word, and... Continue Reading →
As usual, loads of cool music and groovy people have wandered under the pen and onto the page. Please support these artists by buying some merch, liking the page, playing their music. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45nij9JU2vQwOWoumedsda?si=b422b122f71b41c3
A bit late but stil the usual collection of cool grassroots music, off the radar songs and about to happen artists. Buy merch, like pages, go to a gig…you know the drill. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xKnQisD3MlxsraQgpmEpA?si=f5e2ba19222a4f9c
Plenty of great new music for you to check out this week. As always, if you want to make sure that grassroots cretives such as these survive and flourish why not buy some of their music or merch. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WBcpzgrOiXBWFkbTpj4jW?si=e80081b8fae349dd
Again, it has been a while between playlists so expect this one to be longer than usual, but no less full of great music to listen to and new artists to explore and support. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2wO76d9FVz3D0o4vMUynkk?si=c00144261673454e
If ever you needed proof that the only thing that separates music genres is the labels and divisions that we make for ourselves, especially now that geography is no longer an issue, this latest single from Chris Murphy is it. Try to find the place where folk merges with country, Celtica with Americana, blues vibes... Continue Reading →
The last time I had Chris Murphy under my pen it was to discuss the understated, cinematic and ambient creations of Seven Crows. This time out it is for a return to his more signature sound…if someone as creative as Chris could even be said to have a signature sound. Sovereign sees him back in... Continue Reading →
Musicians often rely on the sonic sucker-punch, the gimmick or the quick and obvious saccharine hit to hook the listener and draw them in. And then there are musicians who are smarter than such that. Violinist Chris Murphy has turned his hand to almost every conceivable style of music over the years, from classical to bluegrass,... Continue Reading →
Chris Murphy’s musical mastery seems to spread itself across any number of genres, styles, eras, instruments and tastes, a troubadour in the truest sense, a storyteller, a communicator and an entertainer. Here we find him in the realm of rootsy folk-blues but rather than the cliche ridden sounds that many modern artists wandering similar sonic... Continue Reading →
Folk music, roots music, world music, Americana…all terms which only go a very small way to describing what Chris Murphy does, for in many ways they are terms far too loaded down with implication to do the job efficiently. This is about seeing the wood for the trees, and Murphy’s wood is as much about... Continue Reading →
