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Ned Collette moved to Berlin from his native Melbourne two years ago. A well known and respected singer-songwriter in his own country and in underground circles worldwide, he has toured Europe previously with the likes of Joanna Newsom, Akron/Family, Bill Callahan and Nina Nastasia. His early musical output was based mostly in experimental music, before he gravitated towards more traditional song structures. His new album "2" (his fourth album but his first outside of Australia) will be released in August. It is a mix of experimental pop songwriting, musique concrete and dark folky soundscapes. His current solo shows are performed with voice, nylon string guitar and samples. While comparisons have been made to everything from Leonard Cohen to Ghostface Killah, Collette remains tricky to define but instantly identifiable. Style: Independent

Record Label: Contrдr Style: Singer / Songwriter

Record Label: Borealis Style: Folk

Record Label: Borealis Style: Folk

The brand new album from James Yorkston, his first album of new material since 2008's 'When The Haar Rolls In'. Released on the 13th August 2012 the album is available on CD, 2 x 10 Gatefold with download codes & digital. Style: Singer / Songwriter

Consistently inventive, whether providing stately strings, purring pedal steel or psych-folk soundscapes" - The Observer UK. "A really stark and swirly instrumental blend of psychedelic influences held in check, as they might have been on a classic Elektra LP. The way they weave the acoustic guitar into the arrangements, really reminds me of mid-period Love." The Wire UK THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS & FRIENDS release "Folk Songs II", a continuation of 2009's "Folk Songs". The 12 track album, (also available as a special limited edition with 3 further tracks and postcards) features the following singers - Alasdair Roberts, Nancy Elizabeth, James Yorkston, Elle Osborne, Mary Hampton, Adrian Crowley, James William Hindle, Heather Ditch and Sharron Kraus; The musical arrangements were made by James Green (guitars /piano/ harp / zither / drums / percussion / organ / cello / glockenspiel / backing vocals), as well as Brian Ellis (bass guitar), David A Jaycock (synths / organ / drums), Paul Fletcher (percussion) and Lindsay Aitkenhead (viola). "Folk Songs II" by The Big Eyes Family Players & Friends finds the boat has been pushed out a little more. The songs and stories are more sprawling, and arrangements show further disregard for any folk tradition than the previous "Folk Songs" outing. James Green admits openly to not knowing much about folk music, or particularly having much time for folk authenticity. The aim was simply to illustrate the songs and the voices in the most appropriate way, and the only way that THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS & FRIENDS can. Formed as a more collaborative arrangement THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS & FRIENDS have worked with people like Jeremy Barnes (A Hawk And A Hacksaw), Terry Edwards (Gallon Drunk/Tindersticks), Rachel Grimes (Rachel's), James Yorkston, James William Hindle and many more. THE BIG EYES FAMILY PLAYERS are currently based in Sheffield, UK and they dwell somewhere within chamber music, folk music and perhaps pop music; guitars, strings, harmoniflute, organ, bass, drums, flute, sometimes vocals and other bits and bobs. Record Label: Static Caravan Style: Folk

Composer(s)	Mij,
Genre	Pop and Rock
Category	Pop and Rock
Label	ESP-Disk

Composer(s)	Traditional
Genre	Pop and Rock
Category	Pop and Rock
Label	ESP-Disk

CATHEDRAL' Ed Laurie's new album reveals the singer/writer, alongside his band, in singular mind: largely unrehearsed, improvised, few takes, no click-track ... the result is a raw, emotional record, and far removed from anything produced today. With a nominal budget Ed and co-producer Richard Neuberg headed to the North Italy to record this 3rd record with Ed's preferred band. Over one week in the heat of June they recorded unrehearsed, with no click track, improvising sections and relying on instinct above anything else - a few takes and out. Largely indebted to impressionistic works such as Astral Weeks and Paris, Texas this album is due for release in Europe early 2012 and in the UK through Ed's own label Moonpainter. More release details to follow. Record Label: Moon Painter Style: Singer/Songwriter

brandnew album from the german singer/songwriter Maximilian Hecker Record Label: Blue Soldier Records Style: Singer / Songwriter

The unexpectedly introspective album that instantly became a fan favorite ++ 1st Time On Vinyl ++ Includes Digital Download of 15 bonus tracks, 10 never before released ++ Gatefold 2xLP - 180 Gram Vinyl ++ Produced, arranged and mixed by Chris Von Sneidern and John Wesley Harding ++ John Wesley Harding's New Deal, originally released by Rhino in 1996, and here released for the first time on vinyl, was the songwriter's first album away from Sire, after the early 90's trilogy of Here Comes The Groom, The Name Above The Title and Why We Fight. Left to his own devices, on his own dime, determined (for the first time) to make precisely the record he wanted, Harding produced an unexpectedly introspective album that instantly became a fan favorite, and coincided with a sharp turn towards the acoustic in his career, inspired less by Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and The Lovin' Spoonful, and more by the more baroque folk stylings of Cat Stevens, Duncan Browne and early Bee Gees. The title, which seemed to refer to the end of his association with Sire, also signaled a change of intent. The Sire records were partly successful because of their almost absurd stylistic variety, but on New Deal, Harding seemed for the first time to find his authentic musical voice on a record that worked precisely because of its cohesion of expression. The record was made at Chris von Sneidern's Ordophon-upon-Avon studio in San Francisco in almost ludicrously laid-back conditions, one or two days a week for many months. Parts weren't recorded until particular friends happened to pass through town. At the mastering session, the engineer asked what the almost inaudible squeak was on some of the tracks: "Well, probably the mattress," said the singer. "I did most of the vocals sitting on a bed." The focus here is the songs themselves, with their simple, rich, emotionally direct arrangements. It was the first time a John Wesley Harding production married form and content; each song seemed to have the perfect setting; no instrument was unnecessary. Drums were used on only two songs, and only at the end of one of those. It was as though Harding, with the shrewd guidance of von Sneidern, was learning how to make a record as he recorded this one. Though Harding didn't want to clutter the vinyl, or alter the presentation of the original record, with unnecessary associated material, this version comes with a digital download of 15 bonus tracks, including every extant acoustic demo of the songs on the album, numbering ten, all previously unreleased, recorded 6/7/94 for a tape called "The Sayonara Sessions". Also included are five bonus tracks from the Other People's Failure CD5, including two out-takes (Let Us Now and Death of The Ghostwriter), live versions of Kiss Me, Miss Liberty and The Secret Angel, and the classic, prophetic When The Beatles Hit America, in its finest incarnation, recorded live for KSCA, LA. John Wesley Harding's New Deal is regarded, among Harding's fans, as his finest record, and it will never sound better than on this, its first release on vinyl, spread over two 33 1/3 rpm records for the perfect listening experience Style: Singer/Songwriter

FANTASTIC 140 GRAM DOUBLE VINYL REISSUE OF THIS LEGENDARY LIVE PERFORMANCE. RARE LIVE RECORDINGS FEATURING SOME OF BOB DYLANS EARLIEST PERFORMANCES COMMITTED TO TAPE. Recorded at the home of Bonnie Beecher in Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 1961 RUN TIME: 79 MINS APPROX Record Label: Let Them Eat Vinyl Style: Folk

Record Label: Headshot Style: Singer/Songwriter

Record Label: Talitres Style: Singer / Songwriter

Silver Silver is LA-based singer-songwriter Simone White’s most affecting and ambitious album yet. In contrast to her folk/country-tinged 2007 debut, I Am The Man, and 2009's quiet offering, Yakiimo, Silver Silver has White's soft voice framed by complex arrangements: there are pulsing, speaker-rattling bass tones, delicately layered vocal harmonies, and exquisitely lush washes of sound. It is also the singer's most personal record to date: ‘A lot of stuff happened during the production. Two deaths, a breakup… fell in love. Silver Silver was a year in the making, and White worked with Samuel Bing and Julian Wass of Fol Chen at their L.A. studio. The record features guest spots from Andrew Bird, Thao, and Victoria Williams (all musician friends White met through touring), and for the first time mixes songs with instrumental segues and textures — including a manipulated field recording of neighbourhood street sounds. (Listen hard and you might hear an ice cream truck.) ‘There's space th Style: Singer/ Songwriter

Style: Folk

Style: Singer / Songwriter

Troy Donockley is a highly gifted multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger most noted as one of the leading exponents of the uilleann pipes, the national bagpipe of ireland. Record Label: Lantern Style: Folk/Pop

Record Label: Jack To Phono Style: Folk

Record Label: Aimless Style: Singer / Songwriter