Perseverance. Patience. These are essential tools in any musician’s survival kit. Anna Cordell knows these disciplines all too well. It’s been a long time coming for her debut album and it’s a gem. I feature a stunning track which is already in running for a favourite for this year! She plays tender yet deceptively complex folk music heightened by her penchant for the minor key. As well, a brilliant new release from Ryan Power, sparse melancholic electronic folk from Keeley Forsyth and the return of the Gadflys!
INTRO: Rio Beach (excerpt)
Artist: Bodikhuu
Release: Rio / Bodianova
Label: Farsi Records
Track: Square Ruled Pages
Artist: Halfway
Release: Shake Yer Popboomerang Volume 3
Label: Popboomerang
Track: Sweet Thing (Painted into a Corner)
Artist: The Gadflys
Release: Love and Despair
Label: Self Released
Track: Tried So Hard
Artist: Anna Cordell
Release: Nobody Knows Us
Label: Self Released
Watch the amazing video for her song here featuring her Daughters, Mum and Grandmother
Track: Look To Yourself
Artist: Keeley Forsyth
Release: Debris
Label: The Leaf Label
Track: Silent Partner
Artist: Ryan Power
Release: Mind The Neighbors
Label: Feeding Tube Records
Track: Birdsong
Artist: Wax Machine
Release: Earthsong of Silence
Label: Beyond Beyond is Beyond
Track: Polar Onion
Artist: Allah Las
Release: Lahs
Label: Mexican Summer