Laurel Canyon Music

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For fans and musicians of Folk, Americana, Country, Blues, Singer-Songwriter, Rock, Roots & Acoustic and music from the Laurel Canyon late 60’s/early 70’s era.

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A Problem Of Our Kind - Gilmore And Roberts (12/10/18)

August 27, 2018  /  Gary Smith

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  • Artist: Gilmore & Roberts
  • Release Date: 12th October, 2018
  • Genre: Folk
  • Record Label: GR Records
  • Tracks: 10
  • Website: https://www.gilmoreroberts.co.uk/

A Problem Of Our Kind is the fifth studio album from award-winning folk/roots duo Gilmore & Roberts – their first release since 2016's live album In Our History, which celebrated a decade of performing together. 'Most of songs on the album deal with different aspects of being human – some negative, like selfishness or materialism, and some more positive, like our sentimental side or philanthropy" explains Jamie Roberts (vocals, guitar). "Us humans are pretty complex" continues Katriona Gilmore (vocals, fiddle, mandolin). "Somehow it made us want to present these songs in quite a simple way."

Recorded at the duo's home in South Yorkshire by co-producer Ben Savage (well-known on the UK roots scene for his own acclaimed musical output with The Willows and Hannah Sanders), A Problem Of Our Kind contains some of the most stripped-back arrangements of Gilmore & Roberts' career, alongside full-tilt band numbers featuring their festival rhythm section of Fred Claridge (drums) and Matt Downer (double bass). From the heavy yet sparse groove of gutsy opening track 'Gauntlet' to the quietly insistent country-tinged heartbeat of 'Things You Left Behind' and the contemplative ebb and flow of 'On The Line', Gilmore & Roberts delve deep into the human psyche with their songs, holding their findings – good and bad, dark and beautiful - up to the light. "People and their stories have always been our main inspiration for writing songs" says Katriona with a smile. "Thankfully there are enough amazing humans to keep us going for a long time yet!"

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categories / Folk Music, Contemporary Folk
tags / Gilmore and Roberts, A Problem Of Our Kind, LCM New Releases 2018, October 2018

Botany Bay - Kelly Oliver (28/09/18)

August 24, 2018  /  Gary Smith

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  • Artist: Kelly Oliver
  • Release Date: 28th September, 2018
  • Genre: Folk, Singer-Songwriter
  • Record Label: Wipeout Music
  • Tracks: 10
  • Website:

Botany Bay is the third studio album by Hertfordshire based singer-songwriter Kelly Oliver. It's a full, traditional English folk album, with all the songs collected from Kelly's home county of Hertfordshire. With production from Stu Hanna and all the songs arranged by Hanna & Oliver, this album is a new, contemporary take on the English folk tradition. The album also features
Phil Beer (fiddle), Toby Shaer (flutes, whistles, harmonium), Jamie Francis (banjo), Lukas Drinkwater (double bass), Evan Carson (bodhran, percussion) and Stu Hanna (mandola, piano). 

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categories / Folk Music, Singer-Songwriter
tags / Kelly Oliver, Botany Bay, LCM New Releases 2018, September 2018

Careless - Fred's House (26/10/18)

August 23, 2018  /  Gary Smith

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  • Artist: Fred's House
  • Release Date: 26th October, 2018
  • Genre: Folk-Rock, Pop
  • Record Label: Cracking Tunes
  • Tracks: 11
  • Website: https://fredshousemusic.co.uk

The exciting third album for the multi-award winning Fred's House featuring 11 tracks, presented in a scrapbook style packaging with lyric booklet.

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categories / Folk Music, Folk-Rock, Rock Music, Pop Music
tags / Fred's House, Careless, LCM New Releases 2018, October 2018

The Tree Of Forgiveness - John Prine (12/04/18)

August 23, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: John Prine
  • Release Date: 12th April, 2018
  • Genre: Folk, Contemporary Folk, Singer-Songwriter
  • Record Label: Oh Boy Records
  • Tracks: 10
  • Website: https://johnprine.com/

John's wonderful new album is the first of new original material in almost 13 years. A album to be loved and savored.

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categories / Folk Music, Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
tags / John Prine, The Tree Of Forgiveness, LCM New Releases 2018, April 2018

Under My Skin - Gabrielle (17/08/18)

August 23, 2018  /  Gary Smith

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  • Artist: Gabrielle
  • Release Date: 17th August, 2018
  • Genre: Pop, R&B and Soul
  • Record Label: BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd
  • Tracks: 12
  • Website: http://www.gabrielle.co.uk/

The excellent brand new album from London singer-songwriter Gabrielle is her first in 11 years. It marks 25 years since the release of her debut single, 'Dreams'. The #1 single stormed the charts all over Europe and Australia, going gold in the UK and cementing Gabrielle as one of the most exciting new names in pop music. Two and a half decades later, Under My Skin, is sure to remind the world of Gabrielle's signature, heart-warming, soul-stirring voice.

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categories / Pop Music, R&B, Soul Music, Singer-Songwriter
tags / Gabrielle, Under My Skin, LCM New Releases 2018, August 2018

Runaway - Passenger (31/08/18)

August 01, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: Passenger

  • Release Date: 31st August, 2018

  • Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Folk

  • Record Label: Black Crow Records

  • Tracks: 10

  • Website: https://passengermusic.com/

Mike Rosenberg is Passenger, the Brighton-born singer/songwriter known for busking his way to the global hit "Let Her Go", which topped the charts in 19 countries. Produced by Mike, along with longtime collaborator Chris Vallejo, his tenth studio album ‘Runaway’ is largely inspired by the North American landscape and geography, both musically and lyrically and taps into Rosenberg's family roots in New Jersey. This brings a fresh new approach and sound and speaks to the road going traveler in all of us. He explains that epic opener "Hell Or High Water," "... was the first song I wrote for this new record. It's a song about trying to get you're head around the complexities of relationships and why, ultimately, a lot of them don't work out."

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categories / Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk
tags / Passenger, Runaway, LCM New Releases 2018, August 2018

Namer Of Clouds - Kitty Macfarlane (21/09/18)

July 20, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: Kitty Macfarlane
  • Release Date: 21st September, 2018
  • Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Folk, Contemporary Folk
  • Record Label: Navigator Records
  • Tracks: 11
  • Website: http://www.kittymacfarlane.com/

"Time and tide wait for no man," so the saying goes. But ever since her EP, Tide & Time, came out in 2016, many have been waiting expectantly to hear Somerset singer-songwriter Kitty Macfarlane's debut album. On September 21 the wait will be over as this fine young acoustic artist unveils the beguiling release 'Namer Of Clouds.' Produced by fellow musicians Sam Kelly and Jacob Stoney and released on Navigator Records, this is a captivating album.

Her sharply observed narrative songs are pure poetry, rich with visual imagery and written with an eco-eye – woven loosely together into a theme of mankind's relationship with the wild. Gathering inspiration from the sky to the seabed, Kitty's lyrics touch on intervention and rewilding, climate change and migration and one singular song which is a magical aural tapestry of woman's historical relationship with textiles and the land. The album is augmented by all kinds of 'found sound' recorded in locations from Somerset to Sardinia – birdsong, waterfalls, the click of knitting needles- and is bookended by sounds of the wild.

Recorded partly at The Cube near Truro in Cornwall and partly at Get Real Audio in Bath, 'Namer Of Clouds' features not just the clear, confident voice and finger-picked guitar of Macfarlane but also the in-demand Radio 2 Folk Awards 'Horizon' award winner Sam Kelly on guitar, mandolin and harmony vocals, with some of his talented Lost Boys band members also on the roll call –Graham Coe on cello, Archie Churchill-Moss on melodeon and Jamie Francis, surprisingly not on his trademark banjo, but on electric guitar.

Kitty was a semi-finalist in the BBC Young Folk Award. More recently she has supported Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman on tour, as well as Blair Dunlop.

Now the Bristol-based performer is coming into her own with some remarkably mature songwriting, a marked empathy with the environment and a strong sense of place. Cerebral and classy, honest and immediate, these are not throwaway lyrics or everyday melodies but thought-provoking and evocative compositions with wonderfully crafted soundscapes.

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categories / Singer-Songwriter, Folk Music, Contemporary Folk
tags / Kitty Macfarlane, Namer Of Clouds, LCM New Releases 2018, Debut Album, September 2018

For Everything A Season - Gitta De Ridder (23/03/18)

July 19, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: Gitta de Ridder
  • Release Date:
  • Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Pop
  • Record Label: Little Moments Records
  • Tracks: 12 (+1 bonus track on deluxe ed)
  • Website:

'For Everything A Season is a collection of four seasonal EPs, that stand as a metaphor for the cycles we move through in life. A release of quality and depth from the Anglo-Dutch singer and songwriter, this is her second release following her well received debut 'Feathers' in 2016. Best described as high-quality alt-folk, with lyrical and musical complexity, de Ridder has a gift for a memorable hook, and a pop sensibility infuses the work. A deluxe box set containing 4 CDs in wallet with fold out page lyric booklet/mini poster.

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categories / Singer-Songwriter, Contemporary Folk, Folk Music, Pop Music
tags / Gitta de Ridder, For Everything A Season, LCM New Releases 2018, March 2018

Just 3 EP - Little Sparrow (13/07/18)

July 13, 2018  /  Gary Smith

  • Artist: Little Sparrow
  • Release Date: 13th July, 2018
  • Genre: Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic, Pop
  • Record Label: Little Sparrow Music
  • Tracks: 3
  • Website: http://www.littlesparrow.org/  

Having released her debut album ‘Wishing Tree’ to critical acclaim and spending the next couple of years building on this through many successful live performances, Little Sparrow then decided to take some time out to write and record towards her highly anticipated follow up album, which she plans to release in 2019.

Her inspiration for creating the ‘Just 3’ EP was taken from the opportunity she was given in 2016 to perform on the Tim Peaks Diner stage at Kendal Calling as part of an event hosted by BBC Radio 6 & Radio 2 presenter Chris Hawkins.

Also appearing at the festival was much respected composer and musician Robin Dewhurst and suggestion was made by the organisers that Little Sparrow & Robin (along with cellist Sarah Dale) should create & record their own interpretation of 1980’s Madness single ‘Baggy Trousers’ and in addition perform it at the festival.

When performed live the team at Kendal Calling & Tim Peaks FM had this to say: “Little Sparrow & Robin performed the song live to a spellbound crowd on Chris Hawkins Tim Peaks
FM Show, creating a real ‘Kendal Calling’ moment. (It is) one of the best cover versions we have heard in years!"

Having enjoyed the experience they decided to seize this special opportunity to collaborate again and so, with the addition of two Little Sparrow originals, they have created a new EP entitled ‘Just 3’.

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categories / Singer-Songwriter, Acoustic Music, Pop Music
tags / Little Sparrow, Just 3 EP, LCM New Releases 2018, July 2018

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