MOJO PRESENTS

15 KEY VOICES FOR 2023

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1 SBT

13th St. #2

Sarabeth Tucek’s return to action as SBT, 11 years after her last album, is one of the low-key musical events of 2023 thus far. On this highlight of her Joan Of All LP, the former Bill Callahan collaborator hymns her old New York neighbourhood – and, implicitly, Patti Smith and the Velvets too.

Written by Sarabeth Tucek. Published by Darkthing Music, ASCAP and ©2022. From double A-side single The Gift/13th St. #2 (Ocean Omen) & also an alternate version of a track from the double LP Joan Of All (Ocean Omen)

2 MEG BAIRD

Cross Bay

Meg Baird has been perfecting her filigreed take on acid-folk since singing with Espers in the early 2000s (you might also recognise her from heavier psych types Heron Oblivion). Cross Bay comes from her fourth solo LP, and showcases her exceptional fingerpicking as well as that uncanny, ethereal voice; Trees would be a decent UK folk rock reference.

Written by Meg Baird. Published by 2022 Margaret Baird (BMI) Produced by Meg Baird & Charlie Saufley. &©2022 Drag City Inc. From Furling (Drag City)

3 SAM BURTON

Maria

If Meg Baird’s aesthetic is classic minimalism, LA resident Sam Burton errs towards the maximal – towards baroque, string-laden chamber-pop, like a young Jimmy Webb produced by Jonathan Wilson. “To me,” he told MOJO recently, “it feels like holding hands with the past and acknowledging it. It’s about having a kinship but trying to make it personal.”