VARO – The World That I Knew: Album Review
Stunning collaborative showcase from Varo that shines equally on the hosting duo and the plethora of guests.
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.
I’m With Her – Wild And Clear And Blue: Album Review
Superlative to the power of 3, a classic is made with I’m With Her album number 2.
Martin Carthy – Transform Me Then Into A Fish : Album Review
Think not what he was, admire and imbibe what he is! A Martin Carthy birthday celebration.
Mànran – Something That I Said: Single Review
(Glitter)balls to neo-trad, as Mànran take on a different hue. (Don’t worry, it’s fine!)
An Danssa Dub – Through The Storm: Album Review
Reggae-trad fusioneers An Danssa Dub tackle the difficult second album challenge with honours. Well irie!
Granny’s Attic – Cold Blows The Wind: Album Review
But warm comes the summer, with new textures borne in by the breeze; a triumph for the Granny’s Attic trio of CBK, Sansome and Wood.
Gnoss – HJOP: Single Review
The sea winds blow in something very special from Gnoss.
Màiri Morrison, Alasdair Roberts & Pete Johnston – Remembered in Exile: Songs and Ballads from Nova Scotia: Album Review
A tasty treat from Morrison, Roberts & Johnston, undeniably North of the country below it, with songs deriving from a similar circumstance, an ocean apart.
Swilkie – Iona Lane: Album Review
Island life, ornithology, botany and ecology combine to make any education a treat and a privilege.
40 Years of Rum, Sodomy & the Lash, The Pogues : Live Review
We’re in Brum with the mighty and magnificent Pogues (and Stick In The Wheel).
Track Dogs – Tracks Laid, Tracks Covered: Album Review
A required retrospective of the adopted Madridēnos, the track record of these dogs with a few newies thrown in for better than good measure.
Jess Silk – Old, Broken Isle: EP Review
Give a girl a guitar and she’ll gallop: more broadsheets from the Jess Silk barricades!
TRIP – In Terra’s Keep: Album Review
Few slips twixt cup and TRIP here, as the pan-celts odyssey continues.
The Million Dollar Bash – Ashley Hutchings 80th Birthday Celebration Concert: Live Review
Ashley Hutchings, the Godfather of folk rock, celebrates a huge milestone with a star studded show at Birmingham Town Hall.
Dr. Strangely Strange – Anti-Inflammatory: Album Review
As normally odd as ever, this shows the Strangelies of Dr Strangely Strange to have become comfortably quirky in their eighties.