Johnny Campbell – True North: Album Review
A celebration of Northernness from proud northerner Johnny Campbell. Eight songs from eight northern counties, each recorded at the highest point in its source county.
Topette!! – ON – Live at The Jam Jar: Album Review
The fourth album from Anglo-French supergroup, Topette!! Is a feast of frantic fiddling, blazing bagpipes and surging squeezebox.
No-Man – Housekeeping: The OLI Years 1990-1994: Album Review
Huge No-Man set gathers up a sweep of early days, the formative years of albums and curios.
Richard Thompson – Historic Classic Concert – Live in Nottingham 1986: Album Review
An exhilarating document of a mid-eighties Richard Thompson Band performing at the very top of their game.
Ciarán Ryan Band – Occupational Hazards : Album Review
Feisty banjo fusion from Ciarán Ryan to frighten your friends with. And make some new ones.
Final Coil – The World We Inherited: Album Review
Final Coil completes their Persistence trilogy with a stirring climax.
Jozef van Wissem – The Night Dwells in the Day: Album Review
Dark, hypnotic, dreamy and melodic. Dystopian baroque imagery for the darkest depths of winter on the new album from lutenist Jozef van Wissem
Five Points Gang – The Spirit Of Rock & Roll: Album Review
Five Points Gang stun an enthusiastic audience on this well-produced album which oozes a live atmosphere.
Saxon – Hell, Fire And Damnation: Album Review
24th studio release from Saxon finds them stoking the hellfires of Heavy Metal.
Project Smok – The Outset: Album Review
Expert delivery and powerful melodies; Project Smok deliver a masterpiece of trad.
Brown Horse – Reservoir: Album Review
The South, um, the East, is gonna rise again! Vibrant East Angliana from Norwich and Brown Horse.
Anyone – The Miracle In The Nothingness: Album Review
In the guise of Anyone, Riz Story releases another epic album to follow up his highly successful In Humanity.
Pentangle – Reunions: Live & BBC Sessions 1982-2011: Album Review
Pentangle re-defined the musical possibilities of folk and jazz music, and on this new box set their live and session reunion work is justly celebrated.
Magnum – Here Comes The Rain: Album Review
More than fifty years finds the power of Magnum undulled. Here Comes The Rain is a fitting testament.
Pawn Shop Saints – 45 American Lies: Album Review
5th album from New England-based Americana purveyors, Pawn Shop Saints, is a marathon 45-track study of the harder side of life.