Laura Naukkarinen - aka Lau Nau - is a Finnish singer songwriter and composer based in Kimito, Finland, 160km west of Helsinki. A self-taught multi-instrumentalist, devoted sound designer and record collector, Lau Nau seamlessly blends elements of Finnish folk with modern classical, ambient and experimental music using both ... [Continue Reading]
Folk
Birds on a Wire: Ramages
Sur la place où tout est tranquilleUne fille s'est mise à chanterOn the square, where everything is quietA girl has started singing Jacques Brel Franco-American singer songwriter Rosemary Standley and Brazilian-born singer and cellist Dominique Pinto (aka Dom La Nena) released their enchanting self-titled début Birds on a ... [Continue Reading]
Brigid Mae Power: Head Above The Water
Following a first self-release in 2014 and two magnificent solo studio albums to date for Tompkins Square, namely her self-titled début in 2016 and The Two Worlds (2018), Galway and now London-based Irish visual artist and singer songwriter Brigid Mae Power has been ploughing her own furrow as an individual voice on the ... [Continue Reading]
Inni-K: the hare & the line
Born in Kildare and based in Dublin, Inni-K is an indie folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who also performs as a traditional Irish fiddler and singer under her own name Eithne Ní Chatháin - she released her first solo album titled Eithne in 2006. She was also part of Irish music group Ré alongside Hothouse Flowers ... [Continue Reading]
Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi: There is no Other
From the beginning of our musical partnership we have been struck with the commonality of the human experience through music; how instruments, modes and the very functions of songs and tunes are universal from culture to culture. In 2017, singer songwriter, banjo and fiddle player Rhiannon Giddens released Freedom Highway, an ... [Continue Reading]
Lisa Hannigan and s t a r g a z e: Live in Dublin
Dublin-based indie singer songwriter Lisa Hannigan has been touring and recording as a solo artist since 2007. During that time, her sound has been continually expanding - from the quirky, stripped back and self-produced Sea Sew (2008) to the superb chamber-folk At Swim (2016) where the musician immersed her voice into sumptuous ... [Continue Reading]
