The Paper Kites – If You Go There, I Hope You Find It: Album Review
Dusty dreams of Australiana, as The Paper Kites dig down deep in the soul.
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.
Hen Hoose Collective – The Twelve: Album Review
A pleasing pot-pourri of powered and punchy electro-pop from Hen Hoose Collective to confound your expectations.
Niteworks – Solas Na Maidne Live: Album Review
Niteworks leave the stage on an endorphin heavy, dopaminergic high. An essential document.
Mon Rovîa – Bloodline: Album Review
Afro-Appalachian? Soulgrass? It’s all just joyous acoustic music sans frontières from Mon Rovîa , and just the job to nip the winter chill.
Paul Cowley – Long Shadow: Album Review
From Paul Cowley, a banquet of stripped back blues, for both beggars and billionaires.
Sian – Araon: Album Review
Inexplicably missed in action at the time, but never too late to remedy, a masterpiece in any genre from Sian
Ex-Vöid- In Love Again: Album Review
Never too late to experience another missed juggernaut, even if this striking band – Ex-Vöid – is no more.
Toss The Feathers – Norton’s, Birmingham: Live Review
T’was the night before the night before the night before etc, McGoldrick and crew hit Brum’s Irish Quarter as Toss The Feathers!
Spitzer Space Telescope – Sampler & III: Album/Single Reviews
Polymath maverick Dan MacDonald continues to plough his own outré field with Spitzer Space Telescope.
CAIN – Lineage LP: Album Review
Another wayside waif from CAIN brought deservedly back into the ATB limelight, an oversight requisite of attention.
Saving Grace – Symphony Hall, Birmingham: Live Review
And it makes you wonder….. As the song says, it’s a beautiful day today for Saving Grace.
Dick Gaughan – Live At The BBC 1972-1979: Album Review
The prodigious talent of Dick Gaughan, in his heyday, and largely solo prime in this BBC set.
The Magpie Arc – Gil Brenton: Album Review
The Magpie Arc weld their bombast to the folk frame, with lashings of prog and metal, along with a little unexpected goth.
Heidi Talbot – Grace Untold: Album Review
Forget any fall from grace, this shows Talbot ascending even further still.
The Haar – The Lost Day: Album Review
The Haar shine more new light through familiar windows, spruced up with even more global vision and design.