THIS WEEK:THE PAPER SHADES The Paper Shades are a Folk duo comprised of Sarah Dollar and Jon Rixon from Southern England. They deliver blissful understated harmonies & gentle guitar refrains that dance in & out of subtle rhythms and 'Light of the Day 'will have you swaying,dreaming & toe tapping all in one full swoop. (more...)
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Dear Pariah - So Close The Divide Charlotte Hinchcliff is Dear Pariah a London based singer, songwriter and musician with a voice that will honestly send shivers down your spine. If not, well then you're soulless I'm afraid ;) Originally from Somerset but now based in the big smoke, Charlotte's donned her mantle as she says, when she was at University making music, she felt…
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Ruth Kilpatrick (A&R/Content Creator at Amazing Radio) Here at Fresh On The Net we're all about promoting new music to the masses. It's something that we're passionate about. But we're not alone in feeling that way. There are plenty of others out there working tirelessly to find the next big thing, push the best emerging artists and develop new talent. So, for a new year…
Read MoreWoodpecker Wooliams - Sparrow Woodpecker Wooliams says she's just 'titting around', we beg to differ! Some serious music making is going on here, the result being the debut album The Bird School of Being Human out now on Robot Elephant Records. Gemma Williams is a Brighton resident who sings, composes and plays, well, everything frankly: rest assured there are harps, whistles and chimes aplenty. It…
Read MoreNatalie McCool - America We're big fans of young Widnes guitarist and singer songwriter Natalie McCool, signed to Grammy Award winning producer Steve Levine's label Hubris Records. Writing gorgeous big pop ballads that reveal a mind and musical sensibility far beyond her years, inspired by our favourite TV show Game Of Thrones (listen for the references in Fortune, below) and having spent an afternoon brainstorming…
Read MoreSeaming has a massive voice. In fact the British-Chinese singer is operatically trained and boy can she play piano. This track Sodaslow (sipped) is soaring, otherworldly and frankly fantastic, she’s playing some shows live soon with her Mum, that’s how she rolls. At 1'22" it's goosebump central. (more...)
Read MoreAndi Dvorak runs Viennese label Fettkakao which is an absolute gold mine of interesting leftfield music from Austria. First discovery is Plaided, a duo Veronika and Julia whose first album Playdate is just out. The pair got to know each other through organising Ladyfest Vienna in 2005, they say that all the motivated people in that DIY community inspired them to start a band of…
Read MoreRebecca Jade - Well Rebecca Jade is a Welsh guitarist and songwriter living in London and, lucky for you, she's just released her debut album The Distaff Muse. This video was made by shouting out to followers on Twitter who were each featured alongside one line of the song. It's charming, DIY and completely suits the slightly shambolic off-kilter vibe of the track. This ain't…
Read MoreMevrouw Tamara - Leiden Musician Adam 'Finglebone' Varney often sends tips our way and when he does they're always a winner. Take Mevrouw Tamara for example, guitar picking Amsterdam native who makes beautiful simple folk music singing her in home tongue. The Guardian got in touch after she was featured on The Other Woman and made this fantastic video about her as part of their…
Read MorePisces - Voodoo Sarah Negahdari is the guitar-toting frontwoman of LA psych-rockers Happy Hollows who themselves have a new album on the horizon but more on that later. This is her side project, more whimsical folk and psychedelic than what she does with HH, Pisces is what you'd get if you stripped back the noise and chaos of HH with Sarah's voice fore-fronted. Beautiful stuff.…
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