Jessie Reid – Little Sparks: Album Review
Second album from Jessie Reid takes an ethereal journey into the darkness, and emerges having found beauty and contentment.
Catrin Finch – Notes To Self: Album Review
Delightful melodies to the fore with Welsh harpist Catrin Finch’s first solo record in a decade
Niteworks – Solas Na Maidne Live: Album Review
Niteworks leave the stage on an endorphin heavy, dopaminergic high. An essential document.
Robin Trower – One Moment In Time – Live in the USA: Album Review
The guitarmeister crowns a frenetic year. British guitar icon Robin Trower tours the USA – the country that first welcomed him 60 years ago – and shows our cousins that he still has what it takes. One Moment In Time showcases Robin Trower in his live pomp.
Hollow Star – Listen: EP Review
Hollow Star release their debut EP. Listen is a concise, tight five-track statement that smothers the lyrical grief in drum riffs and guitar pedals.
Toad The Wet Sprocket – Rings: The Acoustic Sessions: Album Review
California’s National Treasures, Toad the Wet Sprocket, present a host of intimate acoustic reworkings of their best-loved songs.
Stuart Anthony & Larry Beckett – Though We Have Only Love, The Songs Of Jacques Brel: Album Review
After a series of taster singles, Larry Becket and Stuart Anthony release the full power of Jacques Brel.
Various Artists – Highway Of Diamonds – Black America Sings Bob Dylan, Vol 2: Album Review
Ace Records follow-up their 2010 collection, How Many Roads, with another rake of vibrant soulful and gospel Dylan reinterpretations.
Big Big Train – Woodcut: Album Review
Big Big Train on a fully blown Prog Rock concept album. To lift from their own words, searching for perfection in what could be a masterpiece.
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.
Solomon Hicks – How Did I Ever Get This Blue?: Album review
Harlem guitarist/composer/singer Solomon Hicks delivers another showcase of his heady signature blend of blues, jazz, soul, funk and gospel.
Paul Cowley – Long Shadow: Album Review
From Paul Cowley, a banquet of stripped back blues, for both beggars and billionaires.
Jan Akkerman – My Focus, Live Under The Rainbow: Album Review
There is little more exhilarating than an excellent live concert. Jan Akkerman showcases his guitar wizardry and a setlist packed with classic Focus tunes fits the bill perfectly.
Albums Of The Year 2025: Opinion
2025 has brought amazing music. Throughout the year, we have covered a wide range of bands and artists across a wide array of genres and styles. Our growing team of writers have nominated albums that they believe represent the year of 2025.
Westminster Park – Round Trip: Album Review
For their 7th album, Westminster Park relive life experiences, including romantic mornings, insomnia and a special wedding anniversary.