The Move – Message From The Country (Remastered & Expanded): Album Review
Swansong from the Brummie Poppers turned Rockers, The Move, contains surprises and points to the future directions of flow.
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.
Lisa Knapp & Gerry Diver – Hinterland: Album Review
Knapp & Diver mingle heritage and history with studio magic to produce a gothic collision of some splendour.
An Evening with Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart – Live Review
A special evening and a privilege to be in the same room as Fowlis, Carpenter and Polwart.
Jenn Butterworth – Her By Design: Album Review
February folds with the reveal that the folk tradition has a new giant, hiding in plain sight. Until now. Step forward Jenn Butterworth.
Annie Dressner – For The Thrill Of It: Single Review
Punchy power pop to play loud and ponder from the ever brilliant Annie Dressner.
Jim Ghedi – Wasteland : Album Review
A pitch from the apocalypse, Jim Ghedi stares deep in the void on Wasteland.
The Delines – Mr. Luck & Ms. Doom: Album Review
More well-thumbed vignettes of gothic country noir, seeped in some Southern soul sauce from The Delines.
Dean Owens – Spirit Ridge: Album Review
Dean Owens, our favourite Leither is back, this time embroidering his wares with some well heeled Italianana; spaghetti (country and) western, maybe, for an album better than that pun.
Seth Lakeman – The Granite Way: Album Review
Granite is as granite does. Lakeman the Devonian hews ever deeper into his heritage.
Gavin Fairhall Lever – Tearing Down Walls : Album Review
The Gavin Fairhall Lever trio on complex fusions of folk and jazz, Balkan and Celtic, meet to nourish those hungry for proto-prog brain food.
The Ollam – Norton’s, Birmingham: Live Review
The Ollam – with more posts than a picket fence: post rock, post funk, post trad and post grunge. File under eclectic.
Bonnie “Prince” Billy – The Purple Bird: Album Review
A veritable smorgasbord of country motifs allow Will Oldham to further project his idiosyncrasies, with deceptively conventional masterclass.
Morganway – Kill The Silence: Album Review
Rousing UK Americana/folk/prog band Morganway unlock a vivid and varied third treasure chest of power and positivity.
Cynefin – Shimli: Album Review
A personal dispatch and a musical petition to maintain a language, culture and way of life. Cynefin transcends understanding of the language, through the beauty of its construction.
Notify – Worlds Collide: Album Review
Worlds Collide by Notify. Orchestras and a jazz tinged folk tradition emerge triumphant, after a bit of a wait.