Highasakite are Trond Bersu, Ingrid Helene Håvik and Øystein Skar. Together they create smart pop music with elegant arrangements and lush soundscapes. Their mix of driving keyboards, pounding drums, powerful vocals and the occasional noise guitar is unlike most things to come out of Norway in the past few years and that’s precisely why you …
Tag Archive: Folk
JONATHAN BOULET – THIS SONG IS CALLED RAGGED (Alternative/Indie – Australia)
Sydney upstart Jonathan Boulet gives you his new single, “This Song Is Called Ragged”, from the forthcoming album We Keep The Beat, Found The Sound, See The Need, Start The Heart. The song is currently available as a free MP3 download via the Modular Soundcloud for two weeks only. Jonathan Boulet – This Song Is …
ANNI B SWEET – AT HOME (Folk/Indie – Spain)
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 Subterfuge Records and conquering the hearts of thousands of fans in Spain (her debut went gold in just a few months), Anni is ready …
NIGEL WRIGHT – MILLFOIL (Folk/Acoustic – US)
Singer-songwriter Nigel Wright lives near the Blue Ridge Mountains in Goergia, where he writes and records his music mostly at home. From an early age he lived surrounded by artists, writers, and musicians and always knew he had to create something, but it had to be something unique. When he finally, almost reluctantly, picked up …
VIDEO : PETER PETER – PORTE BONHEUR (Alternative/Rock – Canada)
Quebec-based singer songwriter Peter Peter released his self-titled debut album in March 2011 on Audiogram (also home to David Giguère, Ariane Moffat or Lhasa), earning him accolades and praises across the board. The second single taken off this album is the riff-heavy “Porte-Bonheur”, a tale of love and longing whispered like a confession. It is …
JAMES VINCENT MCMORROW – WICKED GAMES (Folk/Alternative – Ireland)
Irish singer-songwriter James Vincent McMorrow released his debut record, Early in the Morning, in Ireland to widespread critical acclaim in February 2010. Put together over 5 months in an isolated house by the sea, this stunning album is a completely self recorded affair, filled with vivid stories, fables that move from a whisper in your …
VIDEO : PIERS FACCINI – NO REPLY (Folk/Acoustic – UK)
“No Reply” is the opening cut on Piers Faccini’s new album, My Wilderness, recorded at his home in southern France and released in September 2011 via Tôt ou Tard. The video is an acoustic rendition of the song, taken off the film “A New Morning” by Jeremiah and Piers Faccini. As a little extra, listen …
JULIE HANSE – WAIT (Folk/Acoustic – France)
Based in the Western suburbs of Paris, Julie Hanse is a (very) young singer songwriter whose heartfelt compositions and powerful voice belie her age. Ever since she was fourteen, she has been writing songs and posting them on YouTube and in the past year or so she has performed at many festivals, even sharing stage …








