On listening to ‘Dear Walter’, the second EP from Lucy Grubb, one cannot help but be transported to the rivers and grasslands of the Norfolk Broads. She may be influenced by a traditional country and western sound but it is clear that her East Anglian roots have wrapped around her music to create a distinctContinue reading “Lucy Grubb – Dear Walter EP”
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Kitty MacFarlane – Namer of Clouds Tour
On a cold Autumn evening, I ventured through the country lanes of North East Wales to the village of Gwaenysgor. It seems a very innocuous place to attend a gig with one of folk music’s brightest upcoming stars. Yet the small village hall, nestled in a corner just off the main road, was the perfectContinue reading “Kitty MacFarlane – Namer of Clouds Tour”
Rend Collective – Good News
I’ve just finished reading a chapter from the book Jesus > Religion by Jefferson Bethke in which he states that The problem with the… Christian subculture is that our art and glorification of Jesus begin to weaken because we lose all sense of comparison. For example, a lot of Christian musicians no longer shoot toContinue reading “Rend Collective – Good News”
Geoff Evans – Paper Planes
I’m stepping rather close to home this week in recommending a listen to a North Wales-based singer-songwriter. His name is Geoff Evans and he has just released his new EP Paper Planes. For someone who is still a relative unknown outside of his immediate locality, this four-track collection could be the one that takes himContinue reading “Geoff Evans – Paper Planes”
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