Procol Harum – Missing Persons (Alive Forever) – EP Review
Procol Harum use lockdown to recapture that classic sound
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.
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.
Last Hyena – How Soon Is Mars?: Album Review
Ideas galore from Bristol prog experimentalists Last Hyena.
Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 – The Difficult Number 2: Album Review
Bright and happy; Joyful and surreal – Glasgow dance ensemble, Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5, herald the coming of summer.
C.O.B. – Spirit Of Love: Album Review
Welcome reissue of an acid-folk classic – featuring the Incredible String Band’s founder – Clive Palmer explores the Spirit Of Love
James Lindsay – Torus: Album Review
Magical fusion of Scottish instrumental folk, experimental rock, jazz and ambient from Breabach bassist, James Lindsay
Various Artists – Riding The Rock Machine: British Seventies Classic Rock: Album Review
An alternative appraisal of those classic 70s years when may were Riding The Rock Machine – by Grapefruit Records
MG Boulter – Clifftown: Album Review
Vivid evocations of Thames Estuary life from Southend-on-Sea’s folk/Americana troubadour MG Boulter
Rob Lewis – A Tribute from At The Barrier
At The Barrier was shocked and devastated to learn of the sudden death, earlier this week, of our great friend Rob Lewis. We pay tribute…
Elly Kellner – The Right Tools: EP Review
Elly Kellner has done it again! More melodic reflections from The most Melancholy Lady of the Lowlands.
Amigo The Devil – Born Against: Album Review
Dark, Macabre, Unhinged, Unsettling. Meet Amigo The Devil. Enjoy the Born Against album. If you dare.
Rose Simpson – Muse, Odalisque, Handmaiden: Book Review
Rose Simpson gives a fascinating insight to the life, times and adventures of the psychedelic folk pioneers – The Incredible String Band
MF Tomlinson – Strange Time: Album Review
Languid portraits of a world in turmoil from London based Brisbanite MF Tomlinson on the Strange Time album.