Austin Lucas has a new album coming out soon on New West Records. I’ve been a big fan since I heard his album Somebody Loves You few years ago. His two previous albums Somebody Loves You and A New Home in The Old World have both ended up in the top 10 on my end of the year lists. The upcoming album, Stay Reckless, will most likely do the same, because the three songs I’ve heard so far are all brilliant. This is the first single Alone In Memphis that you can already find on iTunes etc. Check out the other equally magnificent new Austin Lucas songs at New West Records Soundcloud.

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Austin Lucas Website

This summer, I haven’t really had much time to go through my mailbox. Therefore it is now full of promo emails and it would take hours to go through them all. I’m not prepared to do that. However, songwriter Will Schwartz from Queens and his New Haircut EP on Monkfish Records somehow managed to lure me into listening to the music and I kind of instantly liked his bedroom folk pop. Therefore it found it’s way on my playlist and have managed to stay there for several weeks. Well-written stories and well-crafted songs. New Haircut EP came out on Monkfish Records in june 2013. This is the opener Strangers.

Will Schwartz at Monkfish Records

A note to self. You need to get familiar with The Parson Red Heads. I’ve liked everything I’ve heard from them, but I still don’t own any of their albums. Something needs to be done. This just so my kind of music. In a way it feels like they’ve had the same musical education that I’ve had. A bit of The Byrds ,The Jayhawks, a lot of harmonies. And obviously it’s not just their style and the delivery. They are excellent songwriters. Here’s one proof. A wonderful song Times from their 6 EP that came out few months ago.

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The Parson Red Heads Website

If you were reading this blog back in 2009, you might remember that I was seriously addicted to young German folk singer-songwriter Haruko aka Susanne Stanglow. Her debut album Wild Geese received full five hearts and ended up as #5 on my best of 2009 list. It has been a while since that, but now there’s finally a new Haruko full-lenght Feathers & Driftwood out and available. During the first few weeks listening to this beauty, it has become quite clear that the relationship between me and Haruko’s folk songs was strong enough to battle through those few years without a new Haruko album. Sure that early crush and overexcitement of finding something new and thrilling might have faded away, but I still have deep affection towards her music. This is beautiful, hauntingly beautiful. This is the opener Come Home. Listen to / buy the whole thing on her Bandcamp.

Haruko Website
Haruko at Bandcamp