Had a very long day yesterday – Devon to London and back again. I’ve had very little sleep and the house is very quiet so it is time to follow up on ‘old’ emails, send apologies and catch up. This could be that mundane chore that finally puts me to sleep – Nope!

Silber Records have a stable of fine thoroughbreds including Lotte Kestner… You can get Lotte Kestner’s download release China Mountain direct from Silber here

The blurb about this project reads: ‘Lotte Kestner is the solo project of Anna-Lynne Williams (Trespassers Williams). A cross between White Chalk era PJ Harvey & early Joan Baez, she sings songs that would be equally at home on a beatnik’s record player, a hippy’s 8-track, or some hipster’s iPod. Minimal, sparse, majestic. Guitar & voice tell stories of hope for love & loss of love & the difficult navigations of human relationships.‘

I get what the press release is trying to say but actually this stuff is not totally referential, yes there are the obvious folky references but it is different. I get really bored with mediocre acoustic guitar music. I hate the caterwauling and badly strummed out of tune, out of time six and twelve string (the twelve stringed ones are worse) songs that proliferate the Internet and street corners of our world. Come the revolution all the guilty will be lined up against the wall…. Lotte Kestner is safe…