Eliza Carthy – Queen Of The Whirl: Album Review
Glorious reframing of her own idiosyncratic selection of choice cuts from the songbook of Eliza Carthy.
Cambridge Folk Festival 2023: Preview
Cambridge bounce back off their laurels with the best line-up for yonks.
Matt McGinn – Time Well Spent: Album Review
Matt McGinn returns with album number five entitled Time Well Spent. The LP is the follow up to the sublime Lessons Of War.
Manchester Folk Festival 2022 – preview
This month sees the 2022 Manchester Folk Festival take place once more in various venues across town.
Cera Impala – Wildest Dreams: Album Review
Wildest Dreams by Cera Impala. Attractive acoustic smoke’n’honey bluesy hues; a bluesy ragtime wallow from the Forth delta.
Lucy Farrell – We Are Only Sound: Album Review
Sound is but part of this complex and well constructed debut solo release from Lucy Farrell.
Fourth Moon – Odyssey: Album Review
Fourth Moon release album number two with Austrian, French, Scottish and Italian influences thrown into the pot.
Hannah Read & Michael Starkey – Cross The Rolling Water: Album Review
Hannah Read and Michael Starkey deliver old-timey, good-timey good vibes from Appalachia via the old country on Cross The Rolling Water.
Siobhan Miller – Bloom: Album Review
A retro folk bomb of some delight, consistently sublime vocals with sterling backing from an A team of Scots trad specialists.
Mike Vass – Decemberwell Decade: Album Review
A midwinter offering that is neither bleak nor shortbread tin, Mike Vass delivers a (largely) non-denominational Winter Solstice celebration fit for all tastes.
John McCusker – The Best of John McCusker: Album Review
Tremendous pot-pourri containing all aspects of the virtuoso fiddle man, John McCusker, covering all his collaborations and solo work.
Michael J Sheehy – The Crooked Carty Sings: Album Review
We get to hear another side of Michael J Sheehy as he dives headfirst into traditional murder ballads, traveller tunes and sea songs.
Su-A Lee – Dialogues: Album Review
Is this classical or folk, either or neither, and does it matter? Consummate playing, with a host of top-notch collaborators, sees Su-A Lee as one to keep an ear on.
Manchester Folk Festival – Programme announcement: News
News, announcements, ticket details – all you need for the 2021 Manchester folk Festival.
Malcolm MacWatt – Settler: Album Review
Like bringing the coals back to Newcastle, MacWatt rediscovers the Scottish tradition through an Appalachian translation.
