British folk runs headlong into retro psychedelic fuzz on Dream Life , the eclectic and eargrabbing debut album from Mary Epworth . Just out in the U.K., Dream 's ten tracks are equal parts trippy fever sweat, Sunny Delight, Pacific Ocean bongwater and Earl Grey tea, all shaken (not stirred) and served straight and without irony. There's a whiff of 70's revivalism at play here, where densely layered harmonies mingle nicely with decadent horn charts, anthems of glorious magnitude exploding across the sky with big choruses, music hall panache and Epworth's tie-dyed earth-mother [...]
The VPME Normality returns to Von Pip Towers after last weeks musical mayhem over at Liverpool Sound City (and at which today's artist performed and we missed her - D'oh.) Our "Track Of The Day" is a VPME exclusive, an Admin remix of Mary Epworth's forthcoming singe ‘Long Gone’, which is out on June 11th on Hand Of Glory as a digital download. Remixes are funny old things, on one hand it's pointless producing one if you're just replicating the original and adding nothing new, on the other hand you can so radically change [...]

Usually a biography that contains stories of an artist's Romany Gypsy influences and a love of ghost stories would have me running to the horizon. However, there's something this artist has done with the traditional English song that's gritty and dark. Once you hear the rest of her biography you realise she's destined for success, she always has been. Her upbringing clearly set her off on this direction, influencing her to her core, infusing with her soul and 2012 should see her finally reach the first big junction in that destiny as she sets about releasing her debut album. Thankfully [...]

Facebook / http://maryepworth.com/ I had to miss Mary Epworth (or Mary Epworth & The Jubilee Band, both seem to be used) playing with blog favourites Hella Better Dancer a few weeks back which (obviously) was a really shame, since falling for the mesmerising "Black Doe" I've been meaning to get a blog post down, belatedly, here we are... As I just insinuated, the first track I discovered of Mary's is her latest single "Black Doe", which has amassed some fantastic radio play (you may or may [...]

The wrinkle Neck Mules album Apprentice to Ghosts is now out on Lower40 Records, you can order the CD direct from the band here . Wrinkle Neck Mules - Central Daylight Time Mary Epworth's début album Dream Life is out in March on Hand of Glory Records, Black Doe has already made the 6Music playlist and the album is going to be something special. Come Back To The Bough [...]