Boss Morris – Boss Morris: Album Review
Morris for both minors and matures, to absorb and enjoy. File under ‘lovely’.
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.
My Darling Clementine – Kitchen Garden Café, B’ham: Live Review
My Darling Clementine at Kitchen Garden Cafe. Michael Weston King and Lou Dalgleish surmount the insurmountable.
Jackie Oates & John Spiers – A Midwinter’s Night: Album Review
A squeezebox-and -fiddletastic Christmas (plus) to soothe any a jaundiced ear. And all of those in the know. A Spiers & Oates production.
Ross Ainslie – Pool : Album Review
Wow! Blimey! All of that as neo-trad goes disco. New album – Pool – from Ross Ainslie.
The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers: Album Review
Wafty dream-pop with a sense of heritage and permanence from The Innocence Mission.
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Ballad Of The Broken Seas: Album Re-Issue Review
The evil Sinatra/Hazlewood, Birkin/Gainsbourg or is it Sonny and Cher. Re-issued gem for Lanegan’s 60th.
Calan – Nefydd : Album Review
Welsh power station closes with a flourish of inspired neo-trad on Nefydd by Calan.
The Unthanks – In Winter: Album Review
The Unthanks unleash a concept album to challenge the concepts of even the hardiest grinch, all performed with their ineffable idiosyncracy.
Janice Burns & Jon Doran – Great Joy To The New : Album Review
Jan and Jon embrace the seasonal baton with relish and it is anything but a turkey, vegetarian or otherwise. Hallelujah!
The Sea Kings – Fear Is All Around: Album Review
If not all around, fear certainly lurks under the surface, as Glasgow’s Sea Kings pick up from where they left off, a decade ago.
Father John Misty – Mahashmashana: Album Review
All the Father John Misty’s you need; all here together, mostly new and mainly keepers. He is legion.
Beth Malcolm – Folkmosis: Album Review
Rising star, Malcolm, tells her story with verve and panache, a pot pourri of styles all well contained in her grasp, both way from and back to her true calling.
Peter Alexander Jobson – Burn The Ration Books Of Love : Album Review
Burn The Ration Books Of Love is the debut solo album from former I Am Kloot man, Peter Alexander Jobson.
Roddy Woomble – Somewhere During The Night We Fell Off The Map : Album Review
Woomble reconvenes the old team, back on Mull, with his most open and organic work for ages.
Fionn Regan – O Avalanche: Album Review
Hazy dreamscapes from Deia, Mallorca beckon the return and revitalisation of Fionn Regan.