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We’re seeing more stories of hardship and distress surrounding zero hour contracts and Universal Credit. Therefore, contemporary folk singer Ange Hardy continued the tradition of documenting and protesting in song.
"It's as if Jenny Lewis and Lana Del Rey's styles had been fused on the streets of Camden."
See Ya Later by Katy Hurt is the perfect summer song for our times: direct, assertive and catchy as hell!
"...another cracking Liv Austen song, surely destined to be her third Chris Country radio A-list single in a row..."
"...it turns out that plenty of people can't resist free food and Liv Austen!"
"...a great night of music and laughter..."
"...Zimmerman picked up the electro-acoustic and absolutely smashed it (and basically everything) with her slide guitar skill. Moment of the festival right there on day one..."
"I left at 18 and vowed I'd never return. Then I became a singer-songwriter...so I had to pop home"
"...Emily Faye, Vic Allen and Beth Keeping had been inspired to tour the country to celebrate and showcase female songwriters after learning that only 17% (!!) of UK songwriters are…
23 May, 2018: Lisa Wright at 229 The Venue, London “I’m so bloody glad to be here!” Lisa Wright started with a song that set the tone, Rising Strong. The…
"...Aldridge's vocals were beautiful, the lyrics introspective, and the way she harnessed silence as an instrument in a pin-drop quiet room was masterful..."
Spirit of Minnie by Will Varley “Breaking news I can’t hear anymore/lines in the sand that we used to draw/looking for another kind of war” It’s rare that an album…
"the exquisite uncanniness of feeling familiar with her songs even if you've never heard them before"
Tuscumbia by Belle Adair The record starts rich but tender, the harmonies setting up an album of chilled musings. Long Fade Out has a 90s modern rock vibe somewhere between…
"...the music zings and shudders and Leigh burst in with a vocoder. It's a shot in the arm..."
"Some people are saying they want to make the world great again, but we never lost our greatness. We just strayed into division."