Henry Parker – Live After Lammas: Album Review
Electric folk music continues to demonstrate quite how much life is left in the genre, Henry Parker at the forefront of a new renaissance.
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 Damned – O2 Academy, Birmingham: Live Review
“This could be the last time” and the shattered remains of a Hohner bass suggest it probably was. The Damned are live in Birmingham.
The Magpie Arc – Glamour In The Grey: Album Review
Old dogs, new tricks? Don’t believe a word, of course you can!
Ian M. Bailey – You Paint The Pictures: Album Review
West coast textures continue further to permeate this Lancastrian’s studio wizardry, without quite clipping his Byrds-y wings.
Native Harrow – Old Kind Of Magic : Album Review
Swirling and sophisticated homage to the 60s/70s, brushed up by the US ex-pat duo and given an anglo filter that makes the retro just right.
Eliza Carthy – Queen Of The Whirl: Album ReviewÂ
Glorious reframing of her own idiosyncratic selection of choice cuts from the songbook of Eliza Carthy.
Eddie & the Hot Rods – The Singles 1976 – 1985: Album Review
Canvey Island pop-pub-punks Eddie & The Hot Rods in their prime.
Breabach-FÃ s: Album Review
Sublime marriage of the the organic with some softer edges of modernity allowing for sustained – and sustaining, growth from Breabach.
Eddi Reader – Light Is In The Horizon: Album Review
Undiscovered gems from enduring national treasure emerge, blinking and vibrant.
Plainsong – Following Amelia, the 1972 recordings and more: Boxset Review
A trawl through the years and archives, hoovering up, enjoyably, all things Earhart and beyond. How was it not seen how good this band was back then?
Keef Hartley – Sinnin’ For You; The Albums ’69 -’73: Boxset Review
Astonishing game, set and match from Hartley, overlooked and underloved bandleader with a prescient knack for where blues, soul and jazz meet, his band(s) masters of all.
Beth Nielsen Chapman – Crazy Town: Album Review
Astonishing later life flourish of new wave rhythms from this polished songwriter, blowing away, and some, any earlier stereotyping.
Doctor Millar -Ruining Everything: Album Review
Rewarding reinvention of Dublin legend evokes memories of classic Irish acts, all framed within an acidic self judgement.
Siobhan Miller – Bloom: Album Review
A retro folk bomb of some delight, consistently sublime vocals with sterling backing from an A team of Scots trad specialists.
Elephant Sessions – For The Night: Album Review
Feisty neo-trad warriors, Elephant Sessions, stamp an indelible mark on their state of the art highlands fusion.