Lindisfarne – Winter Tour 2026: Live Review
The Fog on the Lich? The evergreen Lindisfarne roll in on a wave of way more than nostalgia, showing just how to do their heritage proud.
Seuras Og
"Well, what sort of music do you like, Seuras?" Ever since that question was first aired by his mother a decade or six back he has struggled with the answer. And struggles still now. Call him a folkie, a country dude, a bluesman and he'll be happy, but don't forget the whiff of jazz, electronica and more. Not so keen on the charts, mind.
Bird In The Belly – Only Dogs As Friends: Album Review
A red-top riot of newly written broadsheets from Bird In The Belly to celebrate the seamy, the sad and the dispossessed! Hallelujah!
Elephant Sessions – This Place Of Ours: Album Review
Elephant Sessions go bravely forth, or fifth even, with plenty enough new to appeal and plenty enough old to entice.
Hector Gannet – The Great Shakedown: Album Review
Ring those bells! Bright and breezy brass from North Shields, if tempered by a folk-rock confessional style that builds together both unexpectedly and auspiciously.
Eliza Carthy & The Restitution – Frenemies: Album Review
Friend or an enemy? Or aren’t they, all too often, both the same thing? Carthy sings it how it is and has never been so sure of who she is. Best not file under folk.
Breabach – Gathering Ground: Album Review
Breaking new ground and terra firma alike, Breabach are back with a beauty.
Dean Owens & The Sinners – All Our Sins: Album Review
Just what the doctor ordered, Dean Owens releases a live in the studio set, in time for Christmas, making him, at least, a good boy in the ATB eye.
Talisk – Stems From This: Album Review
From seeds scattered previously, Talisk harvest a bumper new crop of rediscovered bangers, having you both counting your fingers and tapping your toes.
Track Dogs – Still At The Music: Album Review
Track Dogs celebrate 20 years on the track, as they cast their catchy field wider than ever. The best mariachi ragtime band in the world?
Teenage Fanclub – Do Not Dare To Dream: Album Review
The Fannies get ever more timeless, free of any genre beyond their own, adding vintage psychedelia to their jangly languor.
Clare Sands – They Tried To Bury Us: Album Review
A record you might dig deeply, especially as it starts to grow. Powerful presentation from Belfast based singer and fiddler Clare Sands.
Sam Sweeney & Grace Smith – Morning Of May: Album Review
13 bangers and smashes, mainly from the past, couped and curated into perfection by a fiddling A team of Sweeney and Smith.
Laura Cortese – Lucky Water: Album Review
Cortese wows effortlessly in a completely individual way, providing an unexpected triumph. Ambient Americana, anyone?
Mary Gauthier – Reckoning: Album Review
With Reckoning, Gauthier fearlessly finds her day, a no holds barred salvo of shrapnel from the front line of humanity.
Martin Simpson – Some Kind Of Jubilee: Album Review
50 not out, Simpson is staying at the crease and this lavish 2 set disc spells out exactly why.