Danny Wilson – Complete Danny Wilson: Boxset Review
Danny Wilson, the Dundee Dan, as beguiling and even more bemusing than their memory.
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.
Brown Horse – All The Right Weaknesses: Album Review
If these are their weaknesses, God help us when we see the strengths of Brown Horse!
Gigspanner Big Band – Turnstone: Album Review
Q: What’s big and bandy, and full of gigs? Clue: Turnstone is their new touchstone. A: Gigspanner Big Band!
Paul Brady – The Archive: Boxset Review
Brady unpacks his backpack of the obscure and arcane, off-cuts and live, for a pick and mix of myriad delights.
Flook – Sanju: Album Review
Flook fly back in a flurry of flirtatious flutery.
Rachael McShane & The Cartographers – Uncharted: Album Review
Rachael McShane and her cartographer friends show the way and have made another fine map.
Manchester Folk Festival: Live Review
We’re at Manchester Folk festival in the city’s Northern Quarter for a feast of folk and more…
Lorraine Nash – All That I Can Be (Deluxe) : Album Review
The name Lorraine Nash may be new but the array of well-polished styles offered is ageless, yet still contemporary.
Reg Meuross – Fire & Dust, A Woody Guthrie Story: Album Review
Prodigious aural history and imaginings of Woody Guthrie, through some of Guthrie’s own songs and more written specially by Meuross.
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.
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.