Cowboy Junkies – Buxton Opera House: Live Review
A calm and focussed force majeure unleash their controlled maelstrom without fuss or histrionic.
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.
Plu – Tri: Album Review
Celtic feathers float in from Wales in a surprisingly Laurel Canyon breeze. Tri is the album, Plu is the band.
Cera Impala – Wildest Dreams: Album Review
Wildest Dreams by Cera Impala. Attractive acoustic smoke’n’honey bluesy hues; a bluesy ragtime wallow from the Forth delta.
Mike Vass – Decemberwell Decade: Album Review
A midwinter offering that is neither bleak nor shortbread tin, Mike Vass delivers a (largely) non-denominational Winter Solstice celebration fit for all tastes.
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.
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.