Folk East 2026 – Sotterley Estate, near Beccles: Festival Review
Go (Folk) East, young man, they said; it’ll be quicker than going west. A superlative Suffolk shindig well worth the celebrating.
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.
Elanor Moss – The Knife, The Needle: Album Review
No damage done, but Moss still tempers her silk with steel, crushing any resistance with a field full of feathers.
Jah Wobble & Tian Qiyi – Mystic Liverpool; The Beatles Psychedelic Psongbook: Album Review
The collective Wobble/Wardle family turn on, tune in and drop an album of psurprising psuccour.
Family Stereo – The Thread: Album Review
Songs anyone would, or should, want on their stereo, with old blocks and chips full to the fore.
Arun Sood & Angeline Morrison – Donn/Dubh: Album Review
Light blue touch paper and ignite the imagination! Sood and Morrison take neo-trad somewhere fully primal and provoke the senses accordingly.
Folk East – Festival Preview
Our man in a sleeping bag shortly heads east, to Sotterley Hall, in deepest East Anglia. Here’s why – Folk East.
The War Is Over, Phil Odgers & John Kettle – The Temperance, Leamington: Live Review
The War Is Over maybe but not for Phil Odgers & John Kettle who gather to celebrate the life and times of one Philip David Ochs.
Kris Drever – Doing This For Love: Album Review
Kris Drever, we love what you’re doing! A stellar opus, which, if drawn from a back drawer of despair, could well be the Orcadian’s best yet!
Helen & The Neighbourhood Dogs – Anything That Moves: Album Review
You’ve heard of normal in Norwich, Helen & The Neighbourhood Dogs are infamous in Ipswich and ready to take on, if not the world, certainly greater fenland!
Jim Moray – The Hub @ St Mary’s, Lichfield: Live Review
Jim Moray appears in Lichfield – Great venue, great performer(s), great night.
The Glass Hours – Chapel Glass: Album Review
Vibes of all the important ‘him and hers of rootsy back porch Americana’ flicker across this slow-burning beauty from The Glass Hours, demanding rapt attention.
Mairi McGillivray – Mo Thìr: Album Review
Mairi McGillivray. A new name and voice to savour in Gaelic song, and sufficient to stand out proud from the competition.
The Gate To Southwell: Festival Review
A summer stonker with a mighty punch delivers – The Gate To Southwell – July 1-5, 2026.
Sam Carter – Sings Nic Jones, Live at Celtic Connections: Album Review
A striking reconnection with the past, as Carter revives the Jones songbook and does the singer proud.
Joan As Police Woman – Real Life Evolution: Album Review
Wasser reads the MIRANDA rights to her 2006 release, coming up with an alibi that surpasses the original.