In the first of our end of year reviews, Louisiana Joyride guitarist and songwriter Owen McNulty chooses his Top 5 records of the year. And so, in no particular order, here we go… Gillian Welch: The Harrow & the Harvest A full eight years after her last album, Ms Welch returned this year with a [...]
UK Release Date: 12th December 2011 Label: Turf Records When Bella Union boss Simon Raymonde hails you as an “outstanding talent with a voice sent from above” you can be fairly certain you’ve made that leap from the quirky kid with lots of plays on Soundcloud and YouTube into something a little more special. London’s [...]
UK Release Date: OUT NOW Label: Independent There’s always something comforting and familiar about a good country or Americana track even if you haven’t heard it before. The simplicity of the open chord change, the conversational narrative, and that age old tale of riding into town, having a heart break, looking for the Lord or [...]
An excellent new charity single will be released tomorrow [Thursday 8th December] by Duncan Campbell & The Duty Paid Society. It’s a lovely little piece of folk pop and every copy bought on the night will raise funds for The Welcome Organisation which is a homeless charity based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Playing well thought [...]
We’re back in the interview groove again and we’re taking five minutes to put five questions to the lovely Allie Bradley. Who is Allie Bradley? I am a singer sonwriter from the sticks! I lived in Belfast for six years (studying and working full time as an account manager) but have recently moved back to [...]