John Cee Stannard – Folk Roots Revisited: Album Review
Folk Roots Revisited from John Cee Stannard is a fine memoir of a fine songwriter.
Code Orange – Underneath: Album Review
Code Orange. They twist the boundaries of dissonance, pulverising your weak human body with sound. Underneath is their 2020 release
Hexvessel – Kindred: Album Review
Fancy some psychedelic forest folk rock? Might sound unusual and not something you see (or hear) ever day but describes Hexvessel and Kindred to a tee.
Elephant Tree – Habits: Album Review
Elephant Tree emerge from Church Studios with an epic piece of work that constitutes their third album Habits.
Why I Love: Scott Hardware on Diamanda Galás
Toronto’s Scott Hardware recently released Engel, his second full-length album, and first on Telephone Explosion Records. It marks the end of a three-year process of writing, recording and letting down his guard (for better or worse.) Here, Scott Hardware tells us why he loves Diamanda Galás.
Passepartout Duo – Vis-à-Vis: Album Review
Passepartout Duo have put together a truly wonderful piece of art, on many levels, for their first full length album.
Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter: Album Review
Laura Marling delights on her seventh LP, that has surprisingly been released at short notice to provide a sense of union in 2020.
Pokey Lafarge – Rock Bottom Rhapsody: Album Review
Pokey LaFarge returns with his new album, Rock Bottom Rhapsody; a personal story of getting to the bottom of the glass and beyond.
Myrkur – Folkesange: Album Review
The dark folk/black metal crossover of Myrkur immerses us in traditional Scandinavian storytelling that has a resonance with our modern world.
Pete Morton – A Golden Thread: Album Review
Folk fused singer songwriter Pete Morton releases his first set of new songs since 2015 with A Golden Thread, out on Further Records.
Why I Love: Scott & Maria on The Beatles
Scott & Maria are an Anglo-Celtic-Hellenic duo who write uplifting acoustic tunes evoking the heart with their mesmerising harmonies. Influenced by the earth and the stars and all forms of love, they create powerful feel good music.
Miles Hunt – Miles Hunt’s Living Room: Live Review
Miles Hunt – Live from his living room. Jon Kean provides a view of the alternative live experience.
The On Track series: Book Review
We go on track again and look at the next in the series that examines the output of Fairport Convention, Hawkwind and Toto. Three bands who define their genre.
Bootyard Bandits – The Very Best Of: EP Review
It’s a lot harder to describe the Bootyard Bandits than it is to fall in love with their heavy-country-sleaze-rock from Worcester.
Ms Amy Birks – All That I Am & All That I Was: Album Review
The debut album from Beatrix Player and PROG award winner Ms Amy Birks is a class act.