Aisha Badru – The Way Back Home: EP Review
Aisha Badru gives up happy and atmospheric songs of contentment on The Way Back Home; her new EP.
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.
Treetop Flyers – Old Habits: Album Review
London’s Treetop Flyers pay unashamed tribute to their seminal influences – unmissable for anyone with a yearning for the heady days of 1966-71.
Beans On Toast – Survival Of The Friendliest: Album Review
A welcome breath of positivity from the Braintree troubadour, Beans On Toast.
Strawbs – The Broken Hearted Bride – 2021 Reissue: Album Review
Classic Strawbs re-form and hit the ground running! Esoteric Recordings release The Broken Hearted Bride.
Lewis Barfoot – Glenaphuca: Album Review
A folk prayer to the ancestors. Â A stunning debut from Lewis Barfoot.
Zappa Records releases 6-disc Golden Anniversary deluxe edition of 200 Motels: News
News of an expansive reissue of the Frank Zappa 200 Motels album. Frankly – indispensable for Frank Zappa fans.
Matt Deighton – Villager (Vinyl Reissue): Album Review
Vinyl remaster of an Acid Folk classic from Matt Deighton and Acid Jazz Records.
Fizzy Blood – Complementary: Single Review
Appetising taster for the imminent debut album from Leeds’ rising stars Fizzy Blood withe the Complementary single.
Rhona Macfarlane – Closing The Window: EP Review
Closing The Window – songs inspired by inward reflection and solitude during lockdown from Rhona Macfarlane.
Joe Tilston – Tightrope: Album Review
Songs of death and hope by Joe Tilston – another powerful offering from those musical Tilstons
Ashley Hutchings to relaunch A Winter Miscellany: News
A Winter Miscellany by Ashley Hutchings and Friends is getting a relaunch… Observant readers may have noticed that winter is on its way. Most years, the onset of winter also signals the distant approach of Christmas, a season and celebration that, in 2020, was all but cancelled by […]
Alan Simon – Excalibur V – Move, Cry, Act, Clash: Album Review
Excalibur V – Episode five in the increasingly inaccurately-named Trilogy from Alan Simon.
Martha Tilston – The Tape: Album Review
Squiggly Records present The Tape. The soundtrack album from the debut feature film by Martha Tilston.
Margo Cilker – Pohorylle: Album Review
Deep draughts of liquid life – with love from East Oregon and Margo Cilker.
Eric DeVries – Song & Dance Man: Album Review
Eric DeVries brings the Very Best of Dutch Americana! Song & Dance man is out on MIG Music.