Loving You is a reflection on the life and music of Bobbie Nelson by Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Amanda Shires. Shires’ mission in making Loving You is to pay respect to the only woman she saw working in a band and pursuing a career as a sideman. “I first saw Bobbie playing when I…
This chilly week we’ve got six spring stunners to warm you up inside, starting with Eilen Jewell, who has been hailed by American Songwriter as “one of America’s most intriguing, creative, and idiosyncratic voices.” She rises from the ashes on her captivating new album, Get Behind the Wheel, picking up the pieces of her shattered…
P J Harvey’s tenth studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, marks her first new release in seven years. On this album, which was recorded with long-time creative collaborators John Parish and Flood, P J Harvey builds a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life’s opposites, and between recent history and the…
Josh Ritter kicks off this week’s soaraway six with his 11th album, Spectral Lines, in which he finds shared experiences in songs that push beyond the bounds of his previous work. Recorded with longtime collaborator Sam Kassirer producing, it’s an album full of wonder and light as Ritter considers the ideas of love, devotion and…
Shadow Kingdom presents Bob Dylan performing revelatory 21st-century versions of songs from his storied back catalogue, including fan favorites like ‘Forever Young’ and ‘It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue’, plus deep catalogue gems such as ‘Queen Jane Approximately’ and ‘The Wicked Messenger’. Originally reinterpreted for an exclusive streaming film event, which aired in July 2021,…
Here are this week’s six stormers. When Paul Janeway learned he was going to be a father, he felt struck by divine inspiration. Following the tradition of greats like Aristotle, William James and John Steinbeck, who wrote letters to their future sons, the singer decided to scribe his own thoughts – of joy, of fear,…
Starcatcher was written and recorded by Greta Van Fleet alongside Grammy-winning producer Dave Cobb at the legendary RCA Studios in Nashville, using the large recording room to capture the pure energy of their world-renowned live performances. “We didn’t really have to force or be intense about writing, because everything that happened was very instinctual,” Jake…
Dexys are back! 11 years since the release of their last album of original music, the acclaimed One Day I’m Going to Soar, the band return with a stunning new record, The Feminine Divine. This is Dexys’ fifth album of original material produced once again by Pete Schwier, along with acclaimed session musician and producer…
This week’s spring sparklers start with Drop Cherries, which was recorded entirely on tape in Somerset and Wales late last summer and which marks the very first time that Billie Marten has both written and co-produced (with Dom Monks) one of her records. The title is taken from a tale she heard from a friend…
It’s fair to say that Seán McGowan has been ‘grafting’ since day one. Since 2009, the Southampton born singer has toured over 20 countries and performed at numerous festivals, all while juggling reality with jobs such as barman, cleaner, kitchen porter, tour manager and, most recently, barber. Unafraid of getting stuck in, McGowan is still…