Chloe Foy – Where Shall We Begin: Album Review
Immediate, intimate, soothing and sparse. A stunning debut album from Chloe Foy.
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.
Annie Keating – Bowery Electric, New York City: Live Review
At The Barrier favourite Annie Keating launches her Bristol County Tides album in style.
Elly Kellner – Earth Vibrations: EP Review
Sacred songs for the planet – another triumph from the Lowlands’ Melodic Madame, Elly Kellner
Matthew Robb – War Without Witness: Album Review
The emotional and social concerns of our times – in talking blues, country rock and folk from Matthew Robb.
Annie Keating – Bristol County Tides: Album Review
Annie Keating presents a set full of songs of love and loss, joy and heartache – from Bristol County, Massachusetts
Toyah – The Blue Meaning (Expanded Deluxe Edition): Album Review
Dark, intense and disturbingly graphic –an early masterpiece by Toyah revisited
Graham Rorie – The Orcadians Of Hudson Bay: Album Review
Dramatic, evocative suite of tunes from revered Orcadian fiddler Graham Rorie on his album – The Orcadians Of Hudson Bay.
Ayron Jones – Child Of The State: Album Review
Enthralling blend of grunge, heavy rock, blues, soul and more from a ticking Seattle timebomb named Ayron Jones.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – Déjà Vu All Over Again: Box-set Review
CSNY’s magnum opus, Deja Vu, gets the 50th anniversary deluxe reissue treatment – with a treasure trove of alternative versions and works in progress.
Matt Berry – The Blue Elephant: Album Review
TV icon, Matt Berry, shows the right way to recreate 60s psychedelia on his latest long player; The Blue Elephant.
Paul Hutchinson – Petrichor: Album Review
Paul Hutchinson gives another demonstration of how to use your lockdown time productively
Procol Harum – Missing Persons (Alive Forever) – EP Review
Procol Harum use lockdown to recapture that classic sound
Christina Alden and Alex Patterson – Hunter: Album Review
Hunter plays out some delightful reflections from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, on our relationship with the natural world
Fairport Convention – Off The Desk 2020: Album Review
Not the 2021 Winter Tour – But a brilliant memento of Fairport Convention’s last show pre-lockdown
Banter – Three: Album Review
Folk with a twist from The World’s smallest Big Band; there are many moments of great subtlety, when Banter decide to rock out, they do so with passion.