Rick Shea – Love & Desperation: Album Review
Eclectic Californian veteran Rick Shea brings us songs with stories, and some sublime guitar on the Love & Desperation album.
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.
Karen Matheson – Still Time: Album Review
Eleven divine contemplations from Karen Matheson, the Voice of Capercaillie
Joy Shannon – The Cave: Album Review
From a burst of Joy grows a thing of great beauty – we review The Cave by Joy Shannon.
Jodie Marie – The Answer: Album Review
Accomplished 60s soul set from Jodie Marie that channels Amy, Aretha and more on her new album, The Answer.
Iain Matthews – Fake Tan: Album Review
Iain Matthews revisits his back catalogue and repolishes some gems on the Fake Tan album from Talking Elephant Records.
Time Tunnel: Great Albums of 1971. Gene Clark – White Light
The first in a series of in depth retrospectives on the great albums of 1971. Gene Clark and White Light.
Wardruna – Kvitravn: Album Review
Norse myth and legend brought vividly to life by the mighty Wardruna on Kvitravn.
Mick Peat – A Tribute
At The Barrier was saddened to read, this week, of the passing of Mick Peat, former member of The Ripley Wayfarers and Rogue’s Gallery and a nationally admired musician, singer and presenter on the folk scene.
KB Bayley – Little Thunderstorms: Album Review
Little Thunderstorms gathers eleven polished gems from KB Bayley – a master tunesmith.
Rosie Nimmo – Where Time Suspends: Album Review
Edinburgh songstress Rosie Nimmo strikes home with ten lessons in life on new album, Where Time Suspends.
ZARIF – Square One: EP Review
She was almost a British soul legend. Now Zarif is back with the Square One EP – and she’s determined…
WÖR – About Towers: Album Review
Carillon Music of 1780’s Belgium brought back to life on About Towers, the new album by WÖR – and how!
Time Tunnel: Farewell, Farewell, Fairport – 4th August 1979
John Barlass trawls his memory banks for a detailed piece of the first Cropredy Festival in 1979 and Fairport’s Farewell.
Edgar Broughton Band – Speak Down The Wire – The Recordings 1975-82: Album Review
The Edgar Broughton Band get their 75-82 albums packed into a Deluxe Clamshell Boxset of Warwick proto-punks’ later works.
Curved Air – The Albums 1970-1973: Album Boxset Review
The early albums from Prog Pioneers, Curved Air, get the 4-disc clamshell treatment