Blue Rose Code – Bright Circumstance: Album Review
Scotland’s best kept secret blows all the doors down with heart and soul. And love.
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.
Ross Couper Band – The Homecoming: Album Review
Shetland fiddle music gets a buoyant bounce in this first solo outing from Peatbog fiddle man, Ross Couper.
Banter – Heroes: Album Review
Banter – the best smallest big band get bigger, boldly going further.
Ray Cooper – Even For A Shadow: Album Review
Ray Cooper – aka Chopper – a splendid smorgasbord to appeal to head and heart, conscience and consequence.
Jack Badcock – Cosmography : Album Review
10 years of Celtic folk for this? I don’t see why not; Jack Badcock goes pop with gusto and charm on Cosmography.
Malin Lewis – Halocline: Album Review
Ear bogglingly good piper with vibrantly evocative debut. Watch this space, watch this name!
Kathryn Williams & Withered Hand – Willson Williams : Album Review
Proving any saying around the sum of two parts, heavenly songs from the impassioned duo of Willson & Williams.
David Murphy – Cuimhne Ghlinn, Explorations in Irish Music for Pedal Steel Guitar: Album Review
Exceptional and unlikely blend, mixing and melding Irish with steel, sees David Murphy taking it further than both.
Charm Of Finches – Marlinchen In The Snow: Album Review
Icy sparks and friendly wolves aplenty, as the Charm Of Finches sisters go the full fable……
Annie Dressner – I Thought it Would Be Easier: Album Review
Shy, retiring singer-songwriter? Appearances can be deceptive; this set a powerful tour de force of emotive heft from Annie Dressner.
Broken Chanter – Chorus Of Doubt: Album Review
Songs to sing and hum, moods to relish and more, as MacGregor goes powerpop central.
Eliza Carthy – No Wasted Joy: Album Review
Is it too soon to call her our grande dame? Searing solo vocal gauntlet duly laid down, have we a better interpreter today?
Late Easter EP eggstra – Paul McKenna, Robert John MacInnes: Album Reviews
Two to crack open, now the holiday has subsided, from Paul McKenna and Robert John McInnes.
Martin Simpson – Skydancers : Album Review
Martin Simpson unplugged, and, uncompromising as ever, shows no signs of slowing down.
Kirsten Adamson – Kitchen Garden Café, Birmingham: Live Review
We catch Kirsten Adamson at everyone’s current favourite venue, Birmingham’s Kitchen Garden Cafe.