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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.

New Forest Folk Festival 2024 : Live Review

By Seuras Og on 10th July 2024 • ( 2 Comments )

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

By Seuras Og on 10th July 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By Seuras Og on 8th July 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By Seuras Og on 4th July 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

Strange? Certainly welcome, a further dose of East Susses Appalachiana from Bedford & Simmonds to charm the soul.

New Forest Folk Festival 2024: Preview

By Seuras Og on 24th June 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

A look ahead to the 2024 new Forest Folk Festival.

Jenny Don’t & The Spurs – Broken Hearted Blue: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 24th June 2024 • ( 1 Comment )

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)

By Seuras Og on 23rd June 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

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

By Seuras Og on 18th June 2024 • ( 4 Comments )

Preternaturally good tranche of the Linda Thompson songbook. Even, largely, nominally without her. But she’s definitely there!

Landless – Lúireach : Album Review

By Seuras Og on 14th June 2024 • ( Leave a comment )

The Irish renaissance rallies ever onward, with doomcore acapella quartet Landless adding sparse and spare instrumentation to their timeless darkness.