THIS WEEK: LONESOUND Lonesound is an Indie Guitar Pop act based in Dalston, London - in which James Ewers writes and arranges the songs - and also plays everything, bar the drums. James is blessed with a gift of a voice that sounds great on record, on radio and (alright, this is an educated guess) live too, I'm willing to bet. It sounds like The…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK : GREG BLACKMAN Greg Blackman is a soul singer,songwriter & musician based in Colchester,Essex. As well as being an independent singer, songwriter and professional musician in his own right, GB also forms one half of 'The Paragons Of Goodness' with long-time friend & collaborator Nathan Wacey of Long Track Studios and works as a songwriter and vocalist with and for DJ Vadim, Nightmares…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK:PAPER AEROPLANES Paper Aeroplanes are Folk-Pop duo Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn from West Wales. I fell in love with their music when I first heard 'Flee' (below),a simply gorgeous song in tone,intention and delivery. They make wonderfully crafted music with heart,body and soul.This is music to sit down to and appreciate,to wrap around you like the warmest croquet blanket in front of a…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: ORWELL Orwell is a pop band from Nancy, France headed by Jérôme Didelot and I've been enjoying their music for a while now. I find it brilliant, interesting, warm, melodic and inspiring. It has the feel of movement, of journeys, of colour (Technicolor) and, yes, sweet blissful melody. And enjoyment should be shared :-). They are label mates of mine on one of the…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: MAN ON THE MOON Man on the Moon is Arvid Lizell from Stockholm,Sweden and he makes lovely homemade indie folk music. There is something blissfully beautiful about the music of Man on the Moon,its got that warm & toasty feel I speak of so often. Its charming,gentle & endearing but not overly twee,more a natural sound that invokes a mindset of yet to be…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: LAURENCE MADE ME CRY Laurence Made Me Cry is multi-instrumentalist Jo Whitby, a West Country girl at heart but now making roots in Cardiff. I have fallen in love with her voice very recently: the tone and the delivery relaxes me. Like Tracey Thorn's early work, Jo's voice the same sense of a journey being undertaken - of restless emotion & connection being delivered:…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK: RACING GLACIERS Racing Glaciers are Danny, Tim, Simon and Matt - a 4 piece band based in Macclesfield who make gorgeous brooding landscape-filling indie-folk. Their lovely song South is a real box ticker for me and meets the criteria set by my ears and heart. It builds, glows, builds and shines. If their upcoming releases are as strong as this and Talking About…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK : ADY JOHNSON Ady Johnson is a singer/songwriter originally from Sudbury in Suffolk and now firmly based in London. This is a man with fire in his belly,poetry in his heart and a bitter sweet bite in his voice. I've had the pleasure of knowing Ady personally for a little while now & catching him live he has never been less than outstanding.…
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THIS WEEK-THE SHALLOWS The Shallows are a 4 piece straight up indie band from London. The line up is Tom Skelton(songwriter,lead vox and guitar) ,Michael Rendall (songwriter,bass, keys, bv's.),Russ Cragg(guitar and bv's) & Timmy Rickard(drums and bv's)-Gotta love everyone taking some vocal duties:). They have released a debut e.p -'About Time Vol.1' with 2 more e.p's planned in the near future. They first came to FOTN's attention…
Read MoreTHIS WEEK:CHAILO SIM Chailo Sim are an Alt/Folk band based in Pembrokeshire, Wales To be fair it was Tom Robinson who did it,he went and played Chailo Sim on his saturday night radio show on BBC 6 Music recently and I was instantly smitten-hook,line & sinker. I love the way they sound like they have all the time in the world,the space they leave as well…
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