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Vetiver – Tight Knit

Andy Cabic’s Vetiver rose to prominence on the back of the poorly coined freak folk movement, that included such luminaries as Devendra Banhart, Joana Newsome, Animal Collective, Akron/Family and Espers. In fact Vetiver sometimes features Banhart amongst Read More...

Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 8:32 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: CD, Reviews, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsome, Animal Collective, Espers, Akron/Family, Vetiver

In search of the miraculous: Lucky Fonz III @ Back 2 Basix

All Photos: COPYRIGHT Lisa Skinner Last night I witnessed something truly miraculous. I saw one of the finest singer/songwriters walking the planet deliver a performance so spellbindingly beautiful, it made me angry that there were only fourteen other Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:04 PM by Lloyd | 4 Comments

Filed under: Johnny Cash, Bright Eyes, M Ward, Bob Dylan, Devendra Banhart, Leonard Cohen, will Oldham, Lucky Fonz III

Roll up for the Magical Mystery Tour

Cape Town’s Ella Joyce Buckley has turned South African folk music on its head with her debut album. Watching Ella Joyce Buckley perform her sweet, delicate songs is a window on to a naive, childlike, enchanted forest, a hybrid of CS Lewis’s The Chronicles Read More...

Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 12:02 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Devendra Banhart, Karen Dalton, Righard Kapp, Ella Joyce Buckley, Joanna Newsome, Kate Bush, Vashti Bunyan

Remembering tangerine trees and marmalade skies: Sgt Peppers 40 years on

So Michael Waddacor contacted me about a month ago, offering me this new issue of Strange Brew to put up on my site. He wanted it up in time for the 40th anniversary of The Beatles landmark album Sgt Peppers. Due to various reasons I couldn't get my shit Read More...

Posted Thursday, July 12, 2007 5:23 PM by Lloyd | 6 Comments

Filed under: Devendra Banhart, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Strange Brew, Frank Zappa

Attachment(s): 06 Pepper 40 (2007-05) MJW.pdf

Another hidden gem - Karen Dalton

I picked up the new Mojo magazine the other day, not only does it have a tribute to Pink Floyd's mercurial one album band leader, Syd Barret, but also a spread on the late eighties/ early nineties Dylan albums and his subsequent revival from what many Read More...

Posted Monday, September 18, 2006 12:14 PM by Lloyd | 3 Comments

Filed under: Bob Dylan, Devendra Banhart, Nick Cave, Karen Dalton

Quiet is the new loud: The Nu Folk Festival is set to thrust local alt-country stars into the limelight.

The world of folk, blues and country seems to have gained a new lease on life; nothing like a near-death experience to bring on a hive of activity. With a spring in its step, it has been churning out wonderful albums by young artists such as Devendra Read More...

Posted Tuesday, June 27, 2006 3:59 PM by Lloyd | 234 Comments

Filed under: The Sick-Leaves, The City Bowl Mizers, SA Bands, Elvis Presley, Bright Eyes, M Ward, My Morning Jacket, Interview, Sonic Youth, Josie Field, Jim Neversink, Gram Parsons, Devendra Banhart, The Clash, Feature