Withered Hand – How To Love: Album Review
With scimitar sharp honesty perfusing this deeply affecting record, Withered Hand shows his true self off to the listener; despair and celebration but a pindrop from each other.
Calum MacPhail – At Last: Album Review
Calum MacPhail, Scottish singer songwriter and a member of the award-winning trad folk powerhouse band Hò-rò, releases his debut solo album.
Rebecca Lappa – Tales Of A Taurus: EP Review
Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Rebecca Lappa moves popwards with her new EP collection, Tales Of A Taurus.
Hawkwind w/Arthur Brown – Manchester Academy: Live Review
Hawkwind and Arthur Brown – more than a few years of experience and a tremendous double bill at Manchester Academy.
Angus McOg – Cirrus: Album Review
Music from the clouds. The new album from Angus McOg is highly engaging and very, very different
Megan Dixon Hood – East Of The Sun: Album Review
Promise fulfilled on the subtle and soaring debut album from Megan Dixon Hood.
Family – Anyway: 2CD Remastered and Expanded Edition: Album Review
A detailed reappraisal of Chapman & Co’s finest hour.
Hawkwind – The Future Never Waits: Album Review
The 35th studio album from Hawkwind – there’s no let up as The Future Never Waits.
Iain Fraser – Kōterana : Album Review
Fine fiddle fare from Iain Fraser, following a Caledonian vein from Ullapool to Waipu, by way of Cape Breton and Australia; a chamber-folk celebration.
O’Hooley & Tidow – Cloudheads: Album Review
O’Hooley & Tidow make up for lost time with a marvellous return.
Ímar – Awakening : Album Review
Brace yourself, the pan-Gaelic instrumental supergroup Imar are back, rampant and ready to bite your ankles.
Djabe and Steve Hackett – Live in Gyor: Album Review
From a memorable concert recorded in Hungary in August 2022, Steve Hackett and Djabe release Live in Gyor which combines slinky, smooth melodies with a slightly more volatile side.
Brìghde Chaimbeul – Carry Them With Us: Album Review
Drones dance hypnotically in an intriguing trance-like state, where small pipes and the tradition are but a diving board to new ground.
Lucy Farrell – We Are Only Sound: Album Review
Sound is but part of this complex and well constructed debut solo release from Lucy Farrell.
The Infamous Stringdusters – A Tribute to Flatt & Scruggs: Album Review
Habitual Grammy nominees The Infamous Stringdusters pay tribute to the Grandfathers of Bluegrass, Flatt & Scruggs. Guaranteed to get you a-clappin’, a-stompin, and a-bayin’ for more