Withered Hand – How To Love: Album Review
With scimitar sharp honesty perfusing this deeply affecting record, Withered Hand shows his true self off to the listener; despair and celebration but a pindrop from each other.
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.
Robbie Fulks – Bluegrass Vacation: Album Review
Say yes to yee-haw as erstwhile honorary Mekon, Robbie Fulks, goes full on back porch.
Iain Fraser – Kōterana : Album Review
Fine fiddle fare from Iain Fraser, following a Caledonian vein from Ullapool to Waipu, by way of Cape Breton and Australia; a chamber-folk celebration.
Ímar – Awakening : Album Review
Brace yourself, the pan-Gaelic instrumental supergroup Imar are back, rampant and ready to bite your ankles.
Brìghde Chaimbeul – Carry Them With Us: Album Review
Drones dance hypnotically in an intriguing trance-like state, where small pipes and the tradition are but a diving board to new ground.
Lucy Farrell – We Are Only Sound: Album Review
Sound is but part of this complex and well constructed debut solo release from Lucy Farrell.
Bennett Wilson Poole – I Saw A Star Behind Your Eyes, Don’t Let It Die Away : Album Review
Album number two from accomplished jangle meisters continues to polish their retro hues in a shining new light.
Leveret – Forms: Album Review
Sublime structured spontaneity continues to be the calling card of power trio, Cutting, Harbron and Sweeney.
Easter Roundup: Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks, The Lowland Brothers
Morsels we mislaid earlier…..from Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks and The Lowland.
Josienne Clarke – Onliness : Album Review
Revisioned, refashioned, revitalised, this is the work of a woman revived. Thank you, Josienne.
The Legends Of Tomorrow – The Weather At World’s End 1997-2022 : Album Review
Ulster renaissance man, Colin Harper unleashes his bourgeois fury and a whole lot more.
The Blue Highways – Out On The Line: Album Review
The brothers Lury offer a Boss-like grip on their gritty America, that should steer the Blue Highways to the Promised Land.
Tapestri – Tell Me World: Album Review
Welsh duo Tapestri offer an enticingly different take on country, with a lovingly crafted offering. Cymrucana, no less.
Westward The Light – Flow Country: Album Review
Potent and untampered with ensemble trad from Scotland, as modern as it is old, old as it is modern.
An Danssa Dub – Air An Turas: Album Review
Future dub from ancient Scotland is what it says on the tin, and it is duly delivered. Tom Spirals and Euan McLaughlin take the journey a little further.