It's been a while since Rutland born singer songwriter Sam Carter released a solo album, 2012 in fact when The no testament came out. I first discovered Sam's glorious contemporary folk four years before with the Keepsakes album. Before that their was a rather fine EP.
In between The no testament and How the city sings Sam has been working in a duo with another young, very talented singer songwriter, Jim Moray, putting out an album under the name False Lights.
However now we have new music from Sam and the album has been very much worth the wait. Sam played a superb gig at the Market Harborough Theatre at the time of Keepsakes release. Hopefully he will be making a trip to the town again before too long to play songs from the latest record.
https://youtu.be/7UTOacuwEec
www.samcartermusic.co.uk
Erika Kulnys - Rise Up
A real discovery for me in 2016 has been the music of Canadian singer songwriter, and soon to be Nashville resident, Erika Kulnys. Rise up is a social justice themed album recorded at Signature Sounds studio and featuring Fairport Convention's Dave Mattacks among others.
Erika grew up in Nova Scotia, she's a classically trained musician and Rise up takes in folk and rock styles underpinned by songs that have been described as intimate and political. The album is worth adding to your collection for the title song alone and there's a great deal to enjoy on this high quality release.
https://youtu.be/4sCTmwyKHcs
www.erikakulnys.com
Laura Gibson - Empire builder
Empire builder is the fourth album from Laura and it's based after the Amtrak route she took while moving from Portland, Oregon to New York City in summer 2014.Her experiences prior to the album's release were traumatic to say the least. In March 2015 her East Village building burned to the ground in a horrific gas explosion which killed two people and left many homeless.
Gibson escaped from her apartment unharmed, but lost everything including every word she had written in response to her move. In view of these experiences Empire Builder possibly stands as her most personal album release so far.
And it's a rather superb album too, borne out of very difficult experiences. Check it out for yourself.
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