Ben Howard – The Wolves

A timely re-release of Howard’s single (originally released in June last year), The Wolves is a haunting exploration of the folk-man’s sound – percussive and insistently urgent, it possesses the wild ferality of its namesake.

Building to a series of impassioned latter choruses, Howard laments with a tortured cry ‘We’ve lost faith in the art of love...’ Like a rollicking, rough-hewn painting of the heather-strewn, grey-skied country, Howard’s brand of folk is refreshingly raw, a further statement of the talent that has already pushed his debut album Every Kingdom to the UK Top 10.

The Wolves is released on the 27^th February

Katelyn Molloy - Travelling Soldier

Travelling Soldier is the first studio demo from Irish singer Katelyn Molloy. Hailing from Galway, Katelyn's voice compliments the gentle, laid back acoustic melodies perfectly; even more impressive when you consider she's only fifteen. Talent clearly runs in the family too - Katelyn is the cousin of Saturdays' superstar Una Healy, and their voices share that same intensely natural sense of emotion and passion. In addition to the brilliant Travelling Soldier, there's also a great live cover version of Dusty Springfield's Son of a Preacher Man on Katelyn's YouTube page here.