Linda Moylan w/ The Lookout – Banbury Folk Club: Live Review
Linda Moylan – The Lady With The Voice – travelled to Banbury, Oxfordshire with her friends and left a full house grasping for superlatives.
John Barlass
John has been a music obsessive since he first heard 'Love Me Do' seeping out of the family radio in 1962. he spent a career in the rail industry before turning back to his first love of music. He plays bass guitar and melodeon, loves folk/rock and lives in Warwick.
Bity Booker – There’s No Song About A Stone: Album Review
Bity Booker turns on the charm and adds dustings of humour and wicked glee on There’s No Song About a Stone – her “first non-debut album.”
August Gladstone – The Golden West: Album Review
August Gladstone blends surrealism, intimacy, humour and political activism in ten poetic statements on his debut album, The Golden West
Rob Clarke – Opiope: Album Review
Full of psych-pop and droll Liverpudlian observation, Rob Clarke once again reminds us nothing is serious – and nothing is sacred – on Opiope.
Zappa ’66 – Vol 1, Live at TTG Studios; Freak Out! 60th Anniversary Celebrations: News
First in an anticipated series of rare and significant Zappa recordings celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the 1966 Mothers Of Invention album
Trial Tapes – 5 Notes: EP Review
Quirky power pop, splattered with self-effacing jibes. The debut EP from the ‘queer-baked scuzz’ songwriter/producer is an endearingly weird statement of intent.
The Fast Camels – Lost To This World: Album Review
Late 60s/ Early 70s psych rock gets a shot in the arm and comes out fighting on Lost To This World, the 5th album from Glasgow’s Fast Camels.
Barbara w/ The 85ers – The Louisiana, Bristol: Live Review
At The Barrier’s favourite fop-poppers, Barbara are half way through their Spring ’26 tour. We boarded the Barbara barge as it moored in Bristol Docks…
Iain Matthews – Rhythm Of The West – The Columbia Years 1975-1977: Boxset Review
Iain Matthews takes stock. Rhythm Of The West collects the two albums he made with Columbia and adds a host of previously unheard live and bonus material.
Teddy Thompson – Never Be The Same: Album Review
First bunch of original songs from Teddy Thompson since his 2020 offering, Heartbreaker Please. Never Be the Same is a collection of confessional songs – the perfect vehicle for that clear, emotional, voice of his.
Lemoncello – Perfect Place: Album Review
“How do we move without stepping off the edge of the cliff?” ask Dublin alt-folk duo Lemoncello, as they explore how external pressures quietly shape personal relationships on their new album, Perfect Place
Jody Prewett – Places Beyond: Album Review
Dreamy, mystical, ethereal; calming songs played with feeling and accomplishment by Jody Prewett on Places Beyond.
Strawbs – A Glimpse Of Heaven: Boxset Review
5CD and Blu-ray boxset that features every surviving British radio and television appearance by Strawbs in a comprehensive history of this legendary band.
Abigail Lapell – Shadow Child: Album Review
Toronto singer-songwriter Abigail Lapell tracks the gestation and arrival of her longed-for first child over the nine tracks of new album, Shadow Child. Her best yet? It could be…
Ella Clayton – Could It Be You?: Album Review
Sophomore album from East London singer-songwriter Ella Clayton. Could It Be You? holds moments of revelation and flashes of strength.