Punch Brothers – Hell On Church Street: Album Review
Largely exquisite tribute/cover to Tony Rice’s Church Street Blues, his 1983 bluegrass masterclass from Punch Brothers.
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.
Niteworks – A’ Ghrian: Album Review
Vibrant new music from Niteworks, Skye’s masters of Gaelictronica.
Spell Songs – Spell Songs II, Let The Light In: Album Review
A consummate celebration of nature, a marriage of words, music and illustration, bringing back together an A team of performers to reprise the unrepriseable in Spell Songs II.
Jack O’Rourke – Wild Place: Album Review
Jack O’Rourke is a hidden gem from Ireland, awaiting to capture your ears and imagination. Stellar songwriting with a voice to live for.
Amy Duncan – Cocoon: Album Review
Haunting and spare, with a busy minimalism that beguiles, this indubitably lock-down project from Amy Duncan begs for attention.
Freedom To Roam – The Rhythms Of Migration: Album Review
Freedom To Roam presents a widescreen soundscape encompassing folk, world and classical atmospheres covers most bases.
Mec Yek – Taisa: Album Review
Mec Yek present Taisa – Manic and maverick Roma ska-punk gypsy jazz from Belgium, without a violin in sight.
Malcolm MacWatt – Settler: Album Review
Like bringing the coals back to Newcastle, MacWatt rediscovers the Scottish tradition through an Appalachian translation.
Mark Pontin Group – Kaleidoscope: Album Review
Inventive blues roots, shone through any number of stylistic prisms, showing light, dark and a lot of promise. That’s the Mark Pontin Group.
Devin Hoff – Voices From the Empty Moor (Songs of Anne Briggs): Album Review
Devin Hoff on largely instrumental revisions of a largely trad. arr. folk canon that surprise and subvert.
Alan Tyler – Made In Middlesex: Album Review
The Mockingbird rooster, Alan Tyler, retreats to a quirky lockdown project, nearly free of his characteristic country vibe.
Isla Ratcliff – The Castalia: Album Review
A refreshingly lively new take on trad. from Isla Ratcliff. Cape Breton influences abound and reinvigorate.
Danielle Lewis – Dreaming In Slow Motion: Album Review
Languid and dreamy electronica infused chamber folk from the West Coast of Wales via Danielle Lewis.
Old Blind Dogs – Knucklehead Circus: Album Review
The remarkable renaissance of this Scottish institution continues to enthral and amaze. Old Blind Dogs ascend the heights on Knucklehead Circus.
Amy Thatcher – Let What’s In, Out: EP Review
Amy Thatchers creates a squeezebox paean to her premature twins for when words are not enough.