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Longy

Artist Of The Week: Longy

Longy is our Artist Of The Week! “Why you not deliver? If you know you got it in ya” he asks on his instagram page. Well, this fellow most certainly do! This songsmith and producer from Southend-on-sea calls his own music Gospel Trash.

Listen to his latest, Don’t Get Me Started here:

Longy has a raw and realness to his voice that resembles Scottish singer Paolo Nutini, but with a grittier honesty that can only come from days of busking, 500 shows in a year, breaking your back, band brawls and fighting with promoters. He likes to rustle your feathers whilst putting an arm around you, holding a mirror to your face.

Listen to his honest and vulnerable B-side, Lady, You Shot Me!

It’s not often an unplugged piano and vocal track captures your attention, but Longy’s storytelling hits you in the heart from the moment the piano hammers hit the strings. Like the song itself, it’s stripped back to the bare bones, so just dive in and swim in the words of a heartbreaking story from a gritty poet.

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Foreign Affairs Band

Artist Of The Week: Foreign Affairs

Our Artist Of The Week is Foreign Affairs, Country-Rock duo from Bristol, comprising of brothers Adam and Lawrence Purnell. The duo blends hints of powerful Americana with pop sensibilities to create infectious, soulful and evocative anthems.

Listen to their latest single Rosanna here:

Between catchy choruses and close harmonies, you ultimately hear an honest and raw country/rock sound. Their smoky guitars and misty vocals draws inspiration from Americana classics like The Lumineers and Johnny Cash. The powerful, passionate voice of younger brother Lawrence turns heads instantly, but it is the carefully crafted songs and energetic performance that keeps the audience enthralled.

Watch their captivating live version of One Of These Days here:

We’re looking forward to hear more from this fantastic duo! Do us all a favour and buy all their merch at Musicglue.

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Tabitha Westley

Artist Of The Week: Tabitha Westley

Tabitha Westley is our Artist Of The Week! A British soulful pop singer/songwriter, though she is ever-international with her collaborators and influences. Born in Cornwall, raised between Hong Kong, Ghana and Falmouth – it becomes clear why her worldly sound and wise lyrics feel so broad, yet intimately deep.

Listen to Tabitha’s latest single Dancing For Water here:

Westley’s music has been described as tantalising and ethereal. We would add soulful, stirring and maybe tranquillising to the description-bag. Her music has a stunning laziness to it of the best kind. The kind of soulful deliberate stumbling instrumentation you only find in seasoned artists like D’Angelo or Erykah Badu.

Listen to her track Lower West Side:

There’s no surprise that Tabitha is fascinated by cosmos and connections, which is very apparent in her track Lower West Side. Airy synths, atmospheric electronic drums and a confident yet beautifully reluctant vocal performance lull you in to her ethereal world.

Watch Tabitha’s live version of Dancing For Water here:

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Artist Of The Week: Tobias Robertson

Our Artist Of The Week is Welsh singer / songwriter Tobias Robertson. He writes heartfelt songs about all of life’s experiences.

Listen to his debut EP Moving On here:

He presents a modern, soulful and powerful twist on classic folk. Artists coming to mind are John Mayer and Jason Mraz. Performing regular shows since an age of 16 has given Tobias a wealth of experience and has left him with a comfortable demeanour onstage. Tobias got asked to audition for The Voice UK in 2016 where he ended up on Boy George’s team, and has spent the time since the show playing any gig that came his way. This has truly helped him become the skilled entertainer he is today. Robertson’s voice has a homeliness to it that is hard to find. When you listen to him sing, you just want to be his best friend.

Listen to his lovely live at home rendition of I miss you by Blink 182 here:

Looking to play shows anywhere that he can and to record and release music, Tobias looks forward with a bright future ahead. We totally agree here, and we can’t wait to see this talented fellow at a show as soon as we can.

Do us all a favour and buy all his CDs at tobiasrobertson.co.uk!

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Our Atlantic Roots

Artist Of The Week: Our Atlantic Roots

Our Artist Of The Week is Cornwall based alt folk duo Our Atlantic Roots! Bringing an uplifting blend of American and British alternative folk, with harmonies that are rich and dynamic is their superpower. Mac’s country bluegrass roots add a popular authentic southern US vibe to many songs, with the more folk-inspired influence coming from Laura.

Listen to their latest single ‘All The Years’ here:

The husband/wife duo met in Asheboro, North Carolina in August 2012. Just a few weeks after meeting, Mac and Laura wrote their first song together. They relocated to the UK a few years later. September 2017 saw the release of Mac and Laura’s debut EP ‘First Light’ recorded with award-winning folk producer Andy Bell. Their follow-up EP ‘Little Bird’ really stood out to us, and we’re not surprise that it has been featured on some of the most popular indie/folk playlists out there. It’s a beautiful blend of Americana and British folk at it’s best, and their harmonies are something out of this world.

Listen to ‘Little Bird’ EP here:

When you first see and hear this duo play together, you immediately realise their love for music and particularly the love of doing this together. Their voices knit together in a way that can only be done with either years of working together in the studio, or just years of living together. I guess they can tick both boxes.

Watch their amazing live rendition of ‘All The Years’ here:

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