American indie folk duo She & Him have been around for barely three years and they have already released two studio albums. Their debut album, Volume One, came out in March 2008 courtesy of the excellent Merge label and, exactly two years later, the pair released its appropriately titled follow-up, Volume Two. This charming record …
Malaga-born singer-songwriter Anni B Sweet is one of the most promising Spanish newcomers of the last few years. After releasing her debut album Start, Restart, Undo in 2009 on indie label in Subterfuge Records and conquering the hearts of thousands of fans in Spain (her debut went gold in just a few months), Anni is …
Da Brasilians is part of what has come to be known as the “New Parisian Scene”. Together with other bands such as The Dodoz or BB Brunes, they have taken their vintage guitars out and brought rock and folk music back into the spotlight. Formed in 1999, Da Brasilians was created by four school friends (Rémi Lelièvre and …
First Aid Kit is a Swedish indie/folk duo consisting of precociously talented sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg (ages 20 and 17 respectively). The Stockholm-based duo emerged in 2007, with a few songs posted on MySpace, and they made their intentions clear right away: “We aim for the hearts, not the charts”. Their debut EP, Drunken …
Ever since the release of her self-titled debut EP in November 2009, Madjo‘s star has been shining brighter and brighter and she might well turn out to be one of this year’s major breakthrough artists in France. With her warm voice and delicate melodies, the young singer songwriter has been mesmerizing audiences night after night …
Discovered by British producer Kyle Lynd (music director on English TV series “Skins”), Odorico Leal is the man behind The Amazing Broken Man. Still a relative newcomer on the indie folk scene, Leal is a 27-year-old singer songwriter based in São Paulo. He makes simple, straightforward folk songs with minimal arrangements, focusing mainly on melodies …
Manchester-based singer songwriter Liz Green started out playing acoustic nights in cafés and pubs in early 2005. Night after night, she built a loyal following which lead to a record deal with burgeoning local label, Humble Soul. The style she has developed is somewhere between country and blues, but the overriding impression Liz leaves is …
Revolver are Christophe Musset, Ambroise Willaume and Jérémie Arcache. “Balulalow” is taken off their debut album Music For A While, out now on Delabel/EMI. Find out more on MySpace and buy the album on
