Louis Rive Glasgow, UK
Louis plays folk music; not the kind about orcs, glens, wizards etc, more about people and places. Like Tom Waits and Judy Collins if either of them wrote about Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire. Closer tae home he wants to follow on from top lyricists like Michael Marra, Liz Lochead, and Hamish Imlach. ... more
Louis Rive recommends:
no end of the line
by Anton & The Colts
Met this fella at Open Folk Barcelona. Proper whiskey-soaked, slamming tunes.
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Old-fashioned fiddles harmonize with rippling synths on the Scottish singer-songwriter's latest collection of original folk songs.
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she/her/they/them
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