Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan's highly anticipated new album, At Swim, will be released August 19 via ATO Records. The release follows her second full-length album, Passenger, which NPR Music praised as 'lush and beautiful,' while Rolling Stone furthered, 'Her voice is light and agile, her phrasing like exquisite plumage, and her folksy songs move with deceptive power, sailing on guitars, strings and Irish drama.' At Swim was recorded in New York with producer Aaron Dessner (The National).

Over the last half-century, the tag "Dylanesque" has been slapped on so many mediocre folksingers clutching battered Moleskines that it's become a meaningless joke, a critical hiccup, a silly, lazy way of invoking an age-old raspy voice/acoustic guitar combo. It's gotten so bad that, in 2008, yammering on about the cliché of dubbing someone "the next Dylan" has become a cliché in itself. Still: It's exceptionally hard to talk about Scandinavian folksinger the Tallest Man on Earth (also known as Kristian Matsson) without mentioning Bob Dylan's early years, mostly because Matsson manages to embody Dylan's effortlessness so well (Dylan was trying really, really hard, sure-- but he sang like he didn't give a shit), infusing his songs with a detachment that, miraculously, is neither cold nor alienating. Like Dylan, Matsson is so natural a songwriter that these tracks feel predetermined, tumbling out of his mouth with an ease and grace that's increasingly uncommon.

The Czars present what must surely rank as the most beautiful covers album in the world EVER! Recorded throughout the Czars 10-year career, generally for use as b-sides, the band regularly receive enquiries from their devoted fans as to how they can get hold of these rarities. Now for the first time ever they are gathered together on one stunning record. Some of the covers here are true to the originals, while other tracks are reinvented in John Grant's inimitable style. Particular mention must go to Abba's 'Angel Eyes' and 'Where The Boys Are' by Connie Francis which are transformed into the most mesmerising love songs. Bella Union. 2006

Debut album from young Nottingham singer-songwriter whose breakthrough came with the songs "Trouble Town", "Country Song" (as featured in the Greene King IPA TV advert) and the single "Lightning Bolt".

来自美国纽约的“Arms and Legs”乐队于去年签约了中国内地音乐厂牌摩登天空，并于最近推出了乐队的首张专辑《Everything Is Gonna Be Okay》，并做全球发行。
2006年，Arms and Legs在北京的摩登天空录音棚完成了专辑录音，并曾在2006年底作为英国乐队Maximo Park的开场嘉宾在星光现场做了现场表演。“Arms and Legs”是一支典型的纽约风格民谣乐队，其主唱Scott Daly更是个典型的独立音乐人。美国的音乐杂志《Dusted》对其这样评价：“这是个敏感的混蛋音乐家，别忘了！他的歌却是那么成熟和华丽，流露着一个新兴天才的智慧，既令人吃惊又值得期待！”
Arms and Legs的首张专辑《Everything Is Gonna Be Okay》共收录了由Scott Daly创作并主唱的12首民谣色彩浓郁的歌曲，记录的都是他在纽约生活的点滴细节。大多数歌曲的编配都相当简捷流畅，两把木吉他的精妙过招，加上简单的钢琴和架子鼓，衬托着Scott Daly带有纽约口音的吟唱，把整张专辑的雅皮、性感、纯粹淋漓尽致地表达出来。

'Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant', their 4th album on Matador Records, opts for a subtle, intimate palette that reveals its charms only in its own sweet time.

Skeeter Davis was an American country music singer who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she became a solo star.

Fingerlings 2 is Bird’s second in an ongoing series of live albums. This particular collection contains some solo works in progress from Andrew’s latest album, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, as well as some great collaborations, including 2 tracks as a duo with Nora O’Connor, one with My Morning Jacket backing him up, and 2 full on band rockers with the Bowl of Fire.
Mojo Magazine named it a December 2004 album of the month: “If there’s one thing besides bank balance that distiguishes indie from major artists, it’s the stop-gap records – often live – that they put out between official albums. Major label ones are generally throwaway; indie ones, sold via gigs and websites, are often as good as, or better than, the “real” releases. The second in Bird’s live Fingerlings series falls into the latter category, for one simple reason: Bird is extraordinary live. Switching seamlessly between violin and guitar, and with a haunting voice that at times recalls Jeff Buckley, he creates a compelling if unclassifiable hybrid of alt country, introspective folk, classical and jazz. On Spanish for Monsters he sings the blues over gypsy violin; on Happy Day he’s clapboard gospel; but First Song is the highlight, the vocal and guitar, bucolic whistles and warbles riffing wonderfully off each other.”

民謠女歌手 Joni Mitchell 於一九七一年發行的經典之作。在六○年代的社運、學運已成過往雲煙後，回歸藝術家身分的Joni Mitchell，以纖細、感性之筆，寫下Blue中連篇美麗的樂章：“My Old Man”描繪無須法律約束就能地老天荒的愛情；“Blue"和“California”則以略帶憂傷的口吻，描繪社運結束後，發現社會仍無改變的惆悵； "The Last Time I Saw Richard"深刻描繪了知識分子的犬儒與失落……清淡如詩的口吻，娓娓道來日常的生活情境，蘊含的卻是極為深刻的社會觀察與生命哲思，充分展現「女性創作歌手第一人」的實力。

凯特·斯蒂文斯是英国民谣摇滚的代表人物，1947年7月21日生于伦敦，原名史蒂文·乔治乌（Steven Georgiou）。当他成为一名国际明星之后，于1979年皈依宗教并放弃了他的音乐事业。60年代中期，斯蒂文斯在哈默史密斯大学期间就开始自己创作歌曲并于1966年以一首《我喜欢我的狗》（I Love My Dog）走红。1968年，斯蒂文斯感染了肺结核，这迫使他暂时停止了音乐生涯。1970年，他以专辑《Mona Bone Jakon》重返乐坛，并受到一致好评，其中还产生了一首热门歌曲《德，阿班维尔太太》（Lady D'Arbanville）。以后，他继续推出专辑《舵手的茶叶》（Tea of the Tillerman，1971）、《数字》（Numbers，1975），《Izitso》（1977）和《回到地球》（Back to Earth，1978）均获得一定的成绩。
七十年代, 出现过一期Singer-songwriter movement, 出现过的名字有John Denver, James Tayler, Jackson Browne及Cat Stevens, 他们的歌曲很温馨舒情, 一派校园民歌气息. Cat Stevens的Morning has broken, Wild World, The first cut is the deepest等, 全部词入心, 曲入耳. 难得此碟十分慷慨, 好歌一一收录还加有一首Perviously unreleased的I ve Got A Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old。
曾经的英国民谣强人，现在已经不用这个名字，也不唱歌了，但他的唱作人生涯其实是很成功的，据说他全部唱片的总销量达到了6000万张，相当骄人。出这张Tea for the Tillerman的时候，他的前妻跟人跑了，那首Hard Headed Woman就是说这个事的。不过，专辑整体上却并未沦为一张吐苦水的专辑，只是在保留他一贯风格的同时稍微融入了一点罕见的热烈而已，里面的歌都不错

Perry Como 是二十世纪最受欢迎的流行歌手之一，这张唱片收录了Perry Como在RCA期间1943至1987录制的部分歌曲，其中包括50年代的上榜歌曲 Papa Loves Mambo，Magic Moments， Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom)以及70年重返歌坛的作品It´s Impossible，演绎的Don Mclean作品And I Love You So也是相当完美。

Maria Solheim 是被挪威著名钢琴家 Bengt Egil Hanssen 发现的，当时只有15岁的她正在一个乡村教堂里唱她自己的歌。2001年2月7日，她推出了首张专辑Barefoot，所有的歌曲均由她自己创作，在一年以后她的第二张专辑Behind closed doors发行。现在Maria已经是一个得到认可的艺术家了。她不仅涉及演唱事业，还组建乐队。她自己说，我的音乐想要表达的就是灵感、交流以及合作。
Maria Solheim一惯的阴郁与敏感，人声很少，冷静空灵的钢琴时远时近，仿佛领人入虚无之境。