Humanist – On The Edge Of A Lost And Lonely World : Album Review
Thoughts and songs from the edge, embracing both the beginning and the end. Humanist release their new record.
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.
The Wilderness Yet – Westlin Winds : Album Review
The Wilderness Yet give an acapella masterclass, elegant and unadorned.
Love – Hare & Hounds, King’s Heath , B’ham: Live Review
The Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath plays host to Johnny Echols’ Love: Forever Changes and more, staying remarkably and robustly vibrant.
Ben De La Cour – Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham: Live Review
Songs of the soft white underbelly, delicate dirges of no small beauty. We’re in Birmingham to see Ben De La Cour.
Laura Jane Wilkie – Vent: Album Review
Fiddle music from Scotland, bareback and without frontiers. Genrify at your own risk.
New Forest Folk Festival 2024 : Live Review
New Forest Folk – The “Small Festival with a Big Line-Up”; exactly what it says on the tin, and a whole lot more.
DLÙ – Close To: Album Review
Glasgow’s Gaelic prodigies take a further giant step forward, taking trad into territories new, snapping at the heels of the established hierachies.
Boulder Fields – With All The Other Ghosts: Album Review
Charming latterday fare from the journeyman player, not afraid to wear his influences on a well-frayed sleeve.
Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds – Strange News Has Come To Town : Album Review
Strange? Certainly welcome, a further dose of East Susses Appalachiana from Bedford & Simmonds to charm the soul.
New Forest Folk Festival 2024: Preview
A look ahead to the 2024 new Forest Folk Festival.
Jenny Don’t & The Spurs – Broken Hearted Blue: Album Review
Friday nights should always be like this; hell, even on a Monday. Twangtastic!
Midsommar Round Up – Deep Dark Woods, Remorae, Krissy Matthews : Album Review(s)
With no connection bar their lateness, trad.arr. through a Saskatoon shutter, folktronica of an an anglo-french origin and blues from (ish) Norway.
Various Artists – Proxy Music: Album Review
Preternaturally good tranche of the Linda Thompson songbook. Even, largely, nominally without her. But she’s definitely there!
Landless – Lúireach : Album Review
The Irish renaissance rallies ever onward, with doomcore acapella quartet Landless adding sparse and spare instrumentation to their timeless darkness.
Raintown – Acoustic Heart : Album Review
Acoustic Heart by Raintown – Caledonian country with a celtic twist in the tail.