Stables - Disagree

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Disagree’ - Stables

We love this track from London based indie-folk duo the Stables. They did a live version this year from Bob Harris’ UTAT sessions, which we will include below for you. The song is the second single from their album 'Reverie'.

The Indie-Folk duo have been playing together from their days at school; after forming the successful folk-pop band Keston Cobblers Club, with Daniel moving on to study architecture (whilst still involved in music) and Matthew continuing to write and perform with The Cobblers and composing for film. The two have finally decided to pair up and embark on a new musical journey.

'Beyond Brushes' (their debut album) was released to critical acclaim just nine months after, in August 2016, and was championed by the likes of BBC's Steve Lamacq, and BBC6 Recommends (amongst others), soon establishing them firmly on the circuit, with a growing fan base.

Just a month after the release Matthew and Daniel embarked on their first UK headline tour, followed by a small French headline. Stables put emphasis on 'energy' when playing live; switching instruments and producing the sound of a full band, with big harmonies and varied styles. Matthew says; 'I always wanted to create a simple sound that could then be taken further when needed, from a small folk club, to a large festival stage'. Stables have gone on to tour the UK further, performing at major festivals including Glastonbury Festival, and have now completed a very successful first European Tour in the Autumn of 2017.

Stables' second album, 'Reverie', was released at the end of February 2018, surpassing their debut. 'We're incredibly proud of this record and can't wait for people to hear it'. Matthew calls it an 'almost break up album' that he wrote whilst in a 'period of relationship unrest, which resolved during the process'. 'This is the album we always wanted to release when we first imagined Stables. We love our debut, but this feels like the sound we always set out to produce'.

https://www.stablesmusic.com/

Isak Danielson ft Ana Brun - Run To You

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Run To You’ - Isak Danielson ft Ane Brun

We head to Stockholm today is meet our next featured artist Isak Danielson, who is joined on this wonderful track by fellow Swede and singer-songwriter Ane Brun.

The captivating and mature sound of Sweden native Isak Danielson shows an old soul in a young man’s body and a talent reaching beyond his years. His voice has drawn parallels to both Anthony & The Johnsons and Hozier, but it stands out perfectly by itself as a new, measure on its own. His debut album “Yours” follows Isak’s breakthrough with track ’Ending’ being featured in Marvel’s ‘Cloak & Dagger’ which has pushed his Spotify stream count to over 18 million.

His debut album “Yours” was released in October 2018 and has pushed his Spotify stream count to over 18 million. The album includes the singles released 2018: “Broken”, “Always” and “I’ll Be Waiting” and 7 other tracks, putting his soulful, deep voice in focus. Once you’ve heard it, you don’t forget it.

http://isakdanielson.com/

http://anebrun.com/

Ashley McBryde - One Night Standards

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘One Night Standards’ Ashley McBryde

Our LCM featured track today is the latest single from one of the fast-rising Country stars of 2019 the wonderful Ashley McByrde. Watch out for new music coming soon.

Ashley has been recently nominated for two awards in the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards. She is up for Best Country Solo Performance for "Girl Goin' Nowhere" as well as Best Country Song for "Girl Goin' Nowhere."

“‘Girl Goin’ Nowhere’ is the song that keeps on giving,” Ashley reflects. “I was blown away by our first Grammy nomination for Country Album of the Year last year. And now ‘Girl Goin’ Nowhere’ gets two nominations?! Can’t keep her down. That’s the message Jeremy Bussey and I let off the leash. She’s a fighter. I’m so honored and proud to see this song stay alive.”

She also took home a CMA Award winning the coveted New Artist of the Year award.

https://www.ashleymcbryde.com/

Dougie MacLean - Caledonia

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Caledonia’ - Dougie MacLean

We go back into our archives for this wonderful anthemic live version of ‘Caledonia’ by Dougie Maclean.

Dougie wrote the song in less than 10 minutes on a beach in Brittany, France, feeling homesick for Scotland. He said: “I was in my early 20s and had been busking around with some Irish guys. I was genuinely homesick. I’d always lived in Perthshire. I played it to the guys when I got back to the youth hostel where we were staying and that was the final straw – we all went home the next day." He adds: "It took about 10 minutes but sometimes that’s how songs happen. I'm still amazed at how much it has become part of common culture. There’s not a pub singer, busker or pipe band that doesn’t play it."

Caledonia" was first recorded by Dougie and published in his 1979 joint album also titled ‘Caledonia’ by Alan Roberts and Doug MacLean.

http://www.dougiemaclean.com/

Erin Enderlin - Tonight I Don't Give A Damn

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Tonight I Don’t Give A Damn’ - Erin Enderlin

We head to Nashville today to meet our next LCM featured artist Erin Enderlin. The beautiful ‘Tonight I Don’t Give A Damn’ is taken from her brand new album Faulkner County. We love the pedal steel on the song which gives a wonderfully heartfelt and melancholy vibe.

The last few years have been especially busy for singer-songwriter Erin Enderlin. While she first turned heads as a godsend to those aching for an artist with some golden-era country backbone, Enderlin’s acclaimed 2017 record ‘Whiskeytown Crier’ cemented her as something even more: a literary songwriter and superb vocal stylist with a knack for sharply drawn––and often sad––characters. Named a member of the 2018 CMT Next Women of Country class and recipient of the Arkansas Country Music Awards Songwriter and Album of the Year trophies, she has surged to the forefront of new artists rooted in the genre’s rich history. Enderlin is also a go-to writer for stars looking for heavyweight country with classic panache––Alan Jackson’s “Monday Morning Church,” Lee Ann Womack’s “Last Call,” Luke Bryan’s “You Don’t Know Jack” and a host of other songs recorded by Randy Travis, Joey + Rory, Reba McEntire, Terri Clark, Whisperin’ Bill Anderson, and more are all Enderlin-penned.

In a twist that stretches the possibilities of storytelling through song, Enderlin released a series of four digital EP in 2019, with each three-track collection based on a central character or theme. Her full-length album ‘Faulkner County’ was released on November 1, 2019.

“I’m obsessed with characters, and the idea of being able to take that to the next level really appeals to me,” she says. “It’s ambitious,” she says with a laugh before adding, “but I do think it’s going to be something really cool.”

https://www.erinenderlin.com/

Kendell Marvel - Let It Go

LCM Song Of The Day - ‘Let It Go’ - Kendell Marvel

We have been a fan of our next LCM featured artist for a while now. Kendell Marvel's reflective track "Let It Go" is taken from the new album ‘Solid Gold Sounds’ released via Easy Eye Sound.

Kendell Marvel wrote and recorded his new album, Solid Gold Sounds, in a matter of days, but it took a lifetime in country music to get there. Marvel and The Black Keys’ Auerbach co-wrote nine of the album’s 10 songs, drawing on the country sounds of the ‘70s as well as Marvel’s own experiences. Their songwriting collaborators include country legend John Anderson on the album’s first track, “Hard Time With the Truth.” A native of Southern Illinois, Marvel moved to Nashville at 28, shifting his goal of being an artist to raising his family while working as a songwriter. Marvel’s writing credits include Gary Allan’s “Right Where I Need to Be” and Chris Stapleton’s Grammy-winning single, “Either Way.” Brothers Osborne, Jamey Johnson, Jake Owen, Blake Shelton, George Strait, and Lee Ann Womack have also cut his songs.

http://www.kendellmarvel.com/

Robert Vincent - My Neighbour's Ghost

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘My Neighbour’s Ghost’ - Robert Vincent

We love Rob’s second single release taken from his forthcoming third studio album ‘In This Town You’re Owned’ set for release on Feb 14th. With Travelling Willbury’s and rockabilly vibes this track is sure to be a live favourite. The excellent video was filmed by the multi-talented Katie Nicholas, who many of you know.

Rob will be on his UK Spring tour in March and early April, with his London date at The Lexington on March 23rd

Of the new track, Rob comments, “There is so much we can all learn from life. ‘Life will take you, if you like it or if you don’t, so live it’. Do we sometimes take our lives for granted? Do we always live life to the full? Should we take in what is going on around us more?”

‘In This Town You’re Owned’ is produced by Ethan Johns and the central theme asks the difficult questions about everyday emotions.

“I’m just really interested in the human condition and how people react to things.” adds Rob.

Michaela Anne - By Our Design

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘By Our Design’ - Michaela Anne

With her excellent album ‘Desert Dove’ released in September via Yep Roc, our featured song today is the wonderful ‘By Our Design’ by Nashville based Michaela Anne.

If you are in London you can see Michaela live as she plays at OSLO, Hackney on Jan 29th as part of the AMA UK showcases

Full of lush, sweeping arrangements and honest, deeply vulnerable self-examination, ‘Desert Dove’ marks a bold new chapter for Michaela Anne, both artistically and professionally. While the songwriting is still very much rooted in the classic country she’s come to be known for, the record (her first for Yep Roc) represents something of a sonic shift, incorporating more modern production elements than ever before in pursuit of a sound that owes as much influence to indie rock as honky-tonk. Despite the bolder, more adventurous arrangements, Michaela’s crystalline voice remains front and center on the album, a pure, airy beam of light shining bravely into the dark corners of loneliness, pain, and desire that we all so often to try to hide.

Produced jointly by Sam Outlaw and Delta Spirit’s Kelly Winrich and recorded with an all-star band that included guitarist Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakam, Jim Lauderdale), fiddler Kristin Weber (Kacey Musgraves, Margo Price), and drummers Mark Stepro (Ben Kweller, Butch Walker) and Daniel Bailey (Everest, Father John Misty), ‘Desert Dove’ is an achingly beautiful collection, with songs that frequently find themselves balancing optimism and fatalism in the very same breath. There’s an undercurrent of yearning in Michaela’s music (the melancholy “Be Easy,” for instance, chases a peace of mind that never comes, while the breezy “Child Of The Wind” longs for connection and permanence in the face of perpetual itinerancy), as well as a fiercely feminine perspective that’s assured in its power and unapologetic in its candor. The prostitute of the title track challenges the traditional perception of women as a source of comfort and service for men (“You love them all the way they want and they need / But tell me who does your heart wish to please?” she asks) and the spirited “If I Wanted Your Opinion” offers up an all-purpose response to gendered condescension.

Michaela first began garnering national attention with the 2014 release of ‘Ease My Mind,’ an old-school collection hailed by The New York Times for its “plain-spoken songs of romantic regret and small-town longing” and named one of the year’s best country albums by The Village Voice. After a move from Brooklyn to Nashville, Michaela followed it up in 2016 with the similarly lauded ‘Bright Lights and the Fame,’ which featured guest appearances by Rodney Crowell and Punch Brother Noam Pikelny. NPR said Michaela “works through weepers and hits the honky-tonks as every great country singer should,” while Rolling Stone compared her to Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, and Vice Noisey praised her as the antidote to commercial pop country, calling her “our saving grace, our angel, the person who will help usher us into a new age.” Songs from the record landed on high profile Spotify playlists as well as the HBO series ‘Divorce,’ and the album earned Michaela slots at Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Merlefest, and both the US and UK iterations of AmericanaFest, along with a seemingly endless series of dates across the States and Europe with the likes of Mandolin Orange, Courtney Marie Andrews, Joe Pug, Ron Pope, and Sam Outlaw.

https://www.michaelaanne.com/

Penny Riviera - Runaway

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Runaway’ - Penny Riviera

Our LCM featured track today is the brand new single from New Zealand born but London based Penny. It’s taken from Penny’s independently released debut EP, 'Whats going on'. Music & words by Penny Riviera and Dane Hartsell with music production by Simon Ellam. It was filmed on location at The Ned, London by Max Benoist.

The new single is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon Music and all good online music stores.

Discovered as a teen by the son of the late great American Country Music Producer, Paul Cohen (MCA Nashville); Penny spent formative years in Nashville, London, Sydney, Melbourne and Toronto training under the mentorship of a host of classic rock and country stars. Mid-way through her development she suffered from acute anxiety issues which forced her to come home and seek treatment. At the time she says it felt like the whole world had fallen in around her, but now she uses her experiences (and the tools that she learned to help her deal with these ups and downs) to help others; most recently fronting a concert for mental health organisation Retune.org, advocating the importance of talk therapies for those suffering with anxiety and depression. She was also invited to speak and perform at a concert to promote mental wellbeing and available care with Elton Johns original manager and an official Brit Awards charity partner.

Eager to make up for lost time, Penny Riviera has been on a ride of momentum for the past 18 months! She has released two singles in the past 18 months to acclaim by the UK country and performance scene and has been featured on London Live TV, Chris Country Radio and more. She has been performing across London to crowded venues including the Hard Rock Café, Mahiki, The Bedford and The Islington and was recently invited to open for multi-award winning, triple-platinum selling Irish band KEYWEST when they played in London.

Penny recently performed at The Ned in London and is set to perform at Indieweek music festival in Toronto this November.

Photo credit: Dylan Weller

https://rhizamusic.com/artists/penny-riviera.html

Saskia Griffiths-Moore - For You

Song Of The Day: ‘For You’ - Saskia Griffiths-Moore

Recorded in the famous Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studio our LCM featured track today is the beautiful ‘For You’ by London based singer-songwriter Saskia and her backing choir of loyal fans and supporters. The track was released in partnership with London charity Music For Mental Wealth.

The session was filmed by Fieldgate Studios.

Lyrics:

If you have a home to go to, a door that's always open for you

Family and friends who know your name

Living in an ever after, spending all your time together

Knowing things will always be the same

And if you find that you've nowhere to go

All that you need is right here for you

For you, for you, for you, for you

If your past is out to get you, you're struggling to find a way through

Losing strength while fighting your way back

Take a minute to imagine, words are nothing without actions

Step away coz' opposites attract

And if you find that you've nowhere to go

All that you need is right here for you

For you, for you, for you, for you

Don't worry, you'll find it

For you, for you, for you, for you.

http://www.saskiagm.com/

Hattie Briggs - Lost and Found

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Lost and Found’ - Hattie Briggs

Perfect for a Sunday our next featured track is the beautiful new single from London based singer-songwriter Hattie Briggs. The artwork and video was hand-painted in Virtual Reality by Kayleigh Eliza Art.. It was co-written and recorded with Angus Parkin, Patch Boshell and Conan Mac with wonderful strings by Jasmine Scott Neale.

Photo credit: Ian Wallman

Jenn Bostic - Wrestling

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Wrestling’ - Jenn Bostic

‘Wrestling’ is the anthemic and reflective new single from Nashville based indie singer-songwriter Jenn Bostic. The song is taken from her brand new six-track EP ‘Take My Hand - Part 1’ .The song was written Jenn Bostic, Lauren Christy & Benj Heard

Jenn Bostic is a soulful singer/songwriter with a hint of blues, soul, country, pop and gospel. Her emotive songwriting and powerful vocals have been touching hearts around the world. “Jealous of the Angels,” written for her late father, was championed by both Smooth Radio and BBC Radio 2. She has performed the song on BBC Breakfast, Weekend Wogan, Good Morning Sunday and Songs of Praise, and the music video has over 3 million views on YouTube. She has had 4 singles playlisted at BBC Radio 2, the most listened to radio station in Europe.

In 2012 she won five Independent Country Music Association Awards including "Best Songwriter," "Best Musician," and "Overall Winner." Bostic was also named “International Touring Artist of the Year” in both the 2017 and 2018 British Country Music Awards. In 2018, she co-hosted the event with UK Male Vocalist of the Year, Gary Quinn, and was also nominated for "International Album of the Year" and "International Song of the Year" for Revival.

She has performed sold-out tours across the United States and Europe, and has opened for the likes of Richard Marx, Christian Kane and The Band Perry. Venues have included The Grand Ole Opry, The Ryman Auditorium and Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. She currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee, where she has just released her new album "Revival" with six-time Grammy Award winner Paul Salveson.

Photo credit: Sara Kauss Photography

http://jennbostic.com/

James Smith - Rely On Me

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Rely On Me’ - James Smith

We are big fans of Essex based singer-songwriter James Smith here at LCM HQ. Our featured track is a wonderful live acoustic version of his new single ‘Rely On Me’ . Super vocals and super smooth heartfelt piano ballad. Enjoy!

Sasha Sloan - Dancing With Your Ghost

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Dancing With Your Ghost’ - Sasha Sloan

Originally from just outside Boston but now LA-based Alexandra Artourovna Yatchenko is better known by her professional name Sasha Sloan. We love this atmospheric and reflective live acoustic version of ‘Dancing With Your Ghost’ taken from her latest EP ‘Self Portrait’ released in October.

In 2015, Sasha was featured in the song "Phoenix" by Kaskade, as well as being credited for songwriting. She continued her career by writing for artists including Idina Menzel, Maggie Lindemann and Camila Cabello. In 2017, Sasha was featured in the song "This Town" by Kygo, which she also co-wrote.

Her debut EP ‘Sad Girl’, was released by RCA on April 18, 2018. Her second EP ‘Loser’, was released by RCA on November 29, 2018. On the same day, she announced her first headlining tour to support the album. Her single "Older" from the album was performed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on February 6, 2019.

Sasha released her third EP ‘Self-Portrait’ on October 18, 2019. She stated that "this EP is more about being OK with the fact that I have a lot of anxiety, and that I don’t want to go to parties."

https://www.sadgirlsloan.com/

Cerian ft Robert Taira Wilson - Our Love Is

CERIAN ft. Robert Taira Wilson Single "Our Love Is" - Released 29th November 2019 Written and performed by Cerian Vocals, piano - Cerian Vocals, acoustic guitar - Robert Taira Wilson Recorded, engineered and mixed by John Merriman at Crown Lane Studios Mastered by Dave Turner at 360 Mastering SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aooKI3Cby3gNI0qYu5kLX?si=36j710WKQmehz_9gQBURJA INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/cerianmusic/ FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/cerianmusic TWITTER: twitter.com/CerianMusic YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/Cerian SOUNDCLOUD: @cerianmusic LYRICS - OUR LOVE IS Time before I knew you is time I didn't know How you could make the time stand still, And never let it go. Suddenly out of the dark, and out of the crowd, Suddenly out of a spark, I didn’t know how It seemed as if the hour were one, sent from beyond the skies Which scattered from above the sun a light of paradise. For our love is a firmament of light, you know, Our love is more boundless than the depths of night, And our love is where I’ll lay me down to stay because Our love is purer than the day. Sing to me, sing to me more: Our love is strong, our love is sure. Sing to me, sing to me more: Our love is strong, our love is sure. Time before I knew you is time I couldn't see How dark could make a brighter light Yet to be. Suddenly out of the dark, and out of the now, Suddenly out of my heart, I didn’t know how It seemed as if the hour were one, sent from beyond the skies Which scattered from above the sun a light of paradise. For our love is a firmament of light, you know, Our love is more boundless than the depths of night, And our love is where I’ll lay me down to stay because Our love is purer than the day. Sing to me, sing to me more: Our love is strong, our love is sure. Sing to me, sing to me more: Our love is strong, our love is sure. Sing to meeee, Oooh, sing to meeee, Ooooh, ooooh. It seemed as if the hour were one, sent from beyond the skies Which scattered from above the sun a light of paradise. For our love is a firmament of light, you know, Our love is more boundless than the depths of night, And our love is where I’ll lay me down to stay because Our love is purer than the day. Sing to me, sing to me more: Our love is strong, our love is sure. Sing to me, sing to me more: Our love is strong, our love is sure. For our love is a firmament of light, you know, Our love is more boundless than the night.

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Our Love Is’ - Cerian ft Robert Taira Wilson

We are thrilled to share with you the latest single released today from the wonderful London singer-songwriter and friend Cerian. We had the privilege of premiering her debut single the fantastic ‘Wasteland’ and this great new track also features the excellent Robert Taira Wilson.

Cerian comments "‘Our Love Is’ is the fourth single to be released from my upcoming EP "Caught in the Dark." In contrast to the exploration of the darkness in my previous singles, Our Love Is is a celebration of love and light. I took inspiration and quotations from the poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley, and recorded this song as a duet with fellow artist Robert Taira Wilson. I wanted to keep the production on this song simple, with just acoustic piano and guitar, so that the focus of the song is the interplay of the two voices, both in harmony and unison, and the way they work together to tell the story of the lyrics."

You can catch Cerian live in London as part of the HEARD collective on December 2nd in Covent Garden and also on December 8th as part of the Joglaresa extra London Christmas Concert at St. Bartholomew-the-less.

Photo credit: Tom Leishman Photography

You can purchase Cerian’s new single below >>>

Daisy Chute - Give Thanks

Give Thanks - by Daisy Chute Recorded at Konk Studios Release 28th November 2019 Pray for your mother when you sleep Pray for the friends you’ve lost and weep Pray for the family you’ve known Pray for the lovers long gone Give Thanks for the skin that holds you in Thanks for the mysteries therein Give Thanks for the time you’ve had so far Give Thanks for all that you are Love like you’ve never loved before Choose like you’ve always been sure Live like you’ve never lived a day Die like you’ve lived them all that way

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Give Thanks’ - Daisy Chute

‘Give Thanks’ is an Americana song written and performed by LCM favourite London-based Scottish/American artist Daisy Chute. This wonderfully rich track features Daisy singing and playing banjo and her band consisting of cello, pedal steel, double bass, drums, piano, guitar and plenty of harmonies. It was recorded at Konk Studios owned by her mentor Sir Ray Davies (of The Kinks).

The song is a Thanksgiving anthem - it is a tribute to her American family and is set to be released today on Thanksgiving Day (28th November). It starts with a rich vocal harmony section in free-time, before it kicks into tempo led by the banjo. At a mere 2 and a half minutes, this infectiously joyful song leaves you wanting more.

Daisy’s new single can be downloaded or streamed on all platforms

https://www.daisychute.com/

HAIM - Hallelujah

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Hallelujah’ - HAIM

Our LCM featured song today is the wonderful latest single by LA sister trio HAIM. It’s a song about family, love, loss, and being thankful for it all.

http://haimtheband.com/

The 1970's - Paul Mosley and the RMO

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘The 1970’s’ - Paul Mosley and The Red Meat Orchestra

Taken from his excellent new album ‘You're Going To Die!', ‘The 1970’s’ is a nostalgic look back at memories and Paul’s family life in the 1970’s. Joined by the wonderful RMO and featuring BBC2 Folk award winner Josienne Clarke, this track is in another great addition to Paul’s musical catalogue.

Paul comments “When you were young did you ever say to yourself 'I will remember this moment for ever' and try, really try to memorise everything about that 'now' to keep in your head for all time? I think I did, and I think it was when we were driving, as a family, at night, in the 1970's. My Dad, My Mam, My sister, my brothers and me. That is who we were. And now we've lost one of them and those memories have a different feel. But in a version of our life thats as real now as it was then you and you and you and you and you and me, we are family, and it will always be, the 1970s”. Me and Josienne Clarke relive those car journeys, balloons, laughs, fights, Tupperware of sandwiches, the lot.”

https://www.paulmosley.com/

Sarah Daring ft Ward Thomas - Divide

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Divide’ - Sarah Darling ft Ward Thomas

‘Divide’ is the wonderful latest single from LCM favourite Sarah Darling. The song also features the multi-award winning sister duo Ward Thomas, who add their rich and ethereal backing vocals. We think the song really has a Stevie Nicks vibe.

Sarah comments ‘This song is truly a collaboration between people that I love. Inspired in the Rocky Mountains, It felt like this was supposed to release now, my own personal ‘Landslide.’’

Sarah will be headlining at The Union Chapel on December 2nd with some very special guests including Jamie Lawson. This is a perfect venue for Sarah’s music. Don’t miss it. If you are going I’ll see you there.

https://www.sarahdarling.com/

Amy and the Calamities - Trouble

LCM Song Of The Day: ‘Trouble’ - Amy & The Calamities

London based singer-songwriter Amy Wawn is originally from Bulawayo in Zimbabwe. Amy’s style ranges from lively foot-stomping folk rhythms to the dirty-delicious sounds of delta blues on the slide guitar, accompanied by a dark, brooding vocal range, lilting melodies and thoughtful lyrics. Our featured track today is a wonderful live version of ‘Trouble’ taken from a ‘Go Out Of Tune’ session filmed in August, Amy has also recently joined on the Talentbanq roster

If you would like to see Amy live you have plenty of options in London: 20/11 Hard Rock Cafe, Oxford Street, 24/11 The Finsbury, Manor House and 25/11 Green Note, Camden.

The ‘Calamities’ was coined after Amy’s first open mic night in Cape Town, South Africa in 2014. It's about the unplanned mistakes that make art unexpectedly great, life's breath-taking synchronicities.

In 2018 Amy was invited to play on The Den Stage at The Cambridge Folk Festival which headlined artists Patti Smith and First Aid Kit that year. She released her debut EP The Suspects in February 2018 in collaboration with exquisitely talented violinist Georgina Leach, who is now a full time member of the band. Georgina was recently nominated as ‘Instrumentalist Of The Year 2018’ by the Americana Music Association. She is an accomplished artist in her own right and has performed with Seasick Steve and Ethan Johns and the Black Eyed Dogs, to mention only two.

‘The Suspects’ EP has been met with some great reviews. Indie Band Guru recently described it as an EP that, "perfectly showcases a musician who has a lot to offer. With an impressive range of sound, a lyrical depth and sublime vocals, all the right boxes are ticked."

Amy is now based in Camden Town where she performs regularly at Spiritual Bar, one of London’s more intimate and eclectic live music venues. She was invited in 2017 to be an artist on the Spiritual Records label.

http://amyandthecalamities.com/