Dear Reader Cherilyn MacNeil is the super talented singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind Dear Reader. Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa she now resides in Berlin and has found a home on City Slang. When I met Cherilyn a few years ago in London I asked whether she felt any pressure to make music about the …
Lulu James Yup, Lulu James is a force to be reckoned with. The Tanzanian-born South Shields raised singer and all round super cool lass is set to make 2013 her own. With her own self-styled 21st Century Soul as her tag it’s a style and sound to be reckoned with. We caught up just as …
Valentiine Valentiine are Melbourne rockers Vanessa V, Erica E and Shelly K who are set to take the UK by storm on their forthcoming tour round these parts in June. Blending a love of all things dirty and grunge, listen to them in conversation here complete with actual Australian crickets making a racket in the …
Nadine Shah We gather at my tiny Hackney flat for this pod, minus two very important members of the team. Piney Gir had an Actionettes rehearsal she couldn’t possibly miss and Stef Schadenfreude couldn’t be with us because the showbiz she does as a living got in the way. She does however deliver one final …
Rhosyn Rhosyn is Rose Dagul, no she’s not Welsh as her monicker would suggest, but she made her beautiful debut EP Elbow of Capture whilst hunkered down in the Welsh countryside. The results are sublime. Hear her in conversation and live session tracks below: Rhosyn – Glass Rhosyn – Eurydice
Caitlin Rose It’s Nashville’s Caitlin Rose! I met up with her when she came through town on her latest tour supporting her fantastic new album The Stand In. Have a listen to our interview and the video for Only A Clown is well worth a watch. Interview Caitlin Rose – Only A Clown
London Grammar – Hannah, Dot and Dan London Grammar are a *ahem* London three piece whose uploads to Soundcloud at the tail end of 2012 led to a lot of buzz online and on air. With not much to go on, except that Hannah Reid is the silky delicate-voiced vocalist you can hear, there was …
Laurence Made Me Cry (Jo Whitby) Jo Whitby is Laurence Made Me Cry, a one woman music making machine. The name of the band came to her whilst paging through a tabloid one slow day working in a record shop. Apparently Laurence Llewlyn-Bowen, he of the lacey sleeves and bouffant hair, had made some lady …
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Wilsen Wilsen is an extraordinary ‘dream-psych-folk’ outfit based in New York, centred around Londoner Tamsin Wilson. The first release Dusk from last year sheer blew us away, the follow up single Anahita is equally as beautiful. Have a listen and check out the interview:
Dear Pariah Charlotte Hinchcliff is the angel-voiced singer songwriter behind Dear Pariah. She came into the studio at Amazing Radio to play us a few tracks including So Close The Divide, our firm favourite. We chat about Jeff Buckley, feeling like a ‘pariah’ and how 2013 is panning out. So Close The Divide Plea She …