Sorry, been a bit busy evenings of late, only just spotted this.
One I bought recently is Agnes Obel’s new album Citizen Of Glass, which is lovely.
I’d second Heidi Talbot, I’ve got most of hers, and she’s fantastic live, too.
I have to mention Kris Delmhorst, she has a wonderfully warm voice, and is a superb songwriter too, I started with her third album, Song For A Hurricane, which I bought after seeing her supporting her friend Erin McKeown.
There’s also Smoke Fairies, Paper Aeroplanes, and Bryde, the offshoot solo project of Sarah Howells, singer with the Aeroplanes.
Then there’s Aimee Mann, Alice Gold, Hattie Briggs, Ane Brun, Angus & Julia Stone, Patty Griffin, Inara George, Hem, Jesca Hoop, Jenny Queen, Emma Pollock, Karine Polwart, Lisa Hannigan, Hannah Peel, who does wonderful things with a hand-cranked mechanical music box that uses punched cards, that Hannah makes herself.
Oh, and Gemma Hayes, a criminally underrated Irish singer/songwriter who’s career I’ve been following for fifteen years; she’s got a beautiful voice, is a terrific songwriter, and is a really lovely person to talk to, all of her albums are worth checking out.
There’s loads more out there.
Enjoy! 😀
Of course, someone mentioned the lovely Eddi Reader, whose entire back-catalogue is worth investing in, but also there’s the band she started with, Fairground Attraction, who only released one album, but a beauty, First Of A Million Kisses, which is getting a long-overdue re-release, remastered, with a bunch of additional material.
The original release sounds a bit muffled, the sonic equivalent to looking into a really dusty mirror, it’s been crying out to be remastered, so I’m chuffed that it’s finally happening.
I’ll be able to get Eddi to sign this one as well! 😉
