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PJ Harvey image for 'I Inside the Old Year Dying' album tour

A SLIGHT RETURN – ‘I Inside The Old Year Dying,’ PJ Harvey’s First Album In Seven Years, Is A Spooky, Stripped Back, Ethereal Song Cycle

July 14, 2023

I Inside The Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey‘s first proper album in seven years follows a period of intense introspection. One of the UK’s…

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SJ’s ‘Dance To Sleep’ Is A Soothing Lullaby

January 4, 2019

‘Dance To Sleep’, from alt folk artist, SJ, comes from his new EP, ‘Nikki’, released in December. The EP is the singer’s first original release since 2013.

Kazyak – ‘Belmonte’

November 15, 2018

Kazyak are an alternative folk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their latest track, ‘Belmonte’, is taken from their new album, ‘Reflection’, and features an experimental video shot in a graveyard.

Wildwood Kin Release New Single ‘Steady My Heart’

January 29, 2018

Acclaimed indie alt folk band Wildwood Kin released their new single, ‘Steady My Heart’ on January 26, through newly relaunced Sony Music imprint, Silvertone. The track comes form their debut album, ‘Turning Tides’, and the single is a newly recorded version, produced by Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane) and mixed by Dave Bascombe.

Common Jack Hooks Up With Producer Harper James On New Track ‘Restless’

October 1, 2017

Born in rural Virginia to an opera singer and a folk music lover, John Gardner, aka Common Jack, grew up with his parents’ eclectic musical tastes shaping his sound and imagination. It was this musical foundation, and his training as an actor at Ithaca College, which prepared for the role of a lifetime, in the Broadway show, ‘Once’.

runabay Set To Release New Single, ‘You I Know’

November 22, 2016

Having taken a break to write and record new music, runabay are set to release their second single of 2016. The track is entitled, ‘You I Know.’

Julia Jacklin Doesn’t Let The Kids Win With New Single ‘Leadlight’

September 17, 2016

When you hear ‘Leadlight’ by Julia Jacklin, you’d be forgiven if you’re surprised that she’s Australian, born and bred in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, and currently living in Sydney’s inner city.

Singer/Songwriter Absent Minded Daze Asks ‘Why Did We’ And We’re Glad He Did

July 13, 2016

Singer /songwriter Absent Minded Daze, from Melbourne, Australia is set to release his debut single, ‘Why Did We’, on July 29, ahead of a launch show on the 31st of July.

The Small Change Diaries – ‘Protest Songs’

May 22, 2016

Leeds-based band, The Small Change Diaries, released their EP, ‘Protest Songs’, on 18 May.

Women On The Beat – We Talk To Mongoose

April 19, 2016

In our March Essentials playlist for Tradiio, we featured ‘Slow-Burning Feeling’, by Dublin band Mongoose, as one of our songs to watch out for. Now we’ve caught up with the band themselves for a chat.

Essential Covers: Velvet & Stone – ‘I’m On Fire’ (Bruce Springsteen Cover)

February 24, 2016

Alt folk trio Velvet & Stone bring us this week’s Essential Cover, ‘I’m On Fire’, by Bruce Springsteen.

James Edge and The Mindstep Tell Us ‘Where We Are Going To’

February 16, 2016

James Edge and The Mindstep are a London based progressive folk trio. Stating their influences as Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell, among others, they describe their music as “Weird and dark jazzy alt-folk”.