Ben Avison – Wild Wisdom: Songs Of The Green Trails: Album Review
Ben Avison teams up with his father, Jon and a host of willing collaborators on a project that combines music, artworks and creative writing.
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.
Celine Cairo – Panacea: Album Review
Dutch singer-songwriter Celine Cairo meditates on growth, surrender and truly feeling alive on Panacea – her eagerly-awaited 3rd album.
Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders – Liquid Donnon: Album Review
Cosmic jazz, deep psychedelia, free improvisation and more all come together with startling impact on the new album from Jeffrey Alexander & The Heavy Lidders.
Hannah Scott – Threads: EP Review
Five songs that cover diverse subjects make up Threads – the new EP from At The Barrier fave Hannah Scott.
Logan Richard – Character Traits – Deluxe Version: Album Review
Prince Edward Island singer-songwriter Logan Richard reworks of a string of favourite songs on Character Traits – Deluxe Version.
Bedouine – Neon Summer Skin: Album Review
Bedouine – Azniv Korkejian – revisits the feelings of childhood safety and security and mourns the passing of those feelings on Neon Summer Skin.
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.
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.