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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman: Liverpool Philharmonic: Live!

By Mike Ainscoe on 28th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

We head off to Liverpool for an evening in celebration of thirty years of music making from Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman.

Manchester Folk Festival: Live Review

By Seuras Og on 28th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

We’re at Manchester Folk festival in the city’s Northern Quarter for a feast of folk and more…

Red Sky July on Moira Smiley – Why I Love (3)

By Special Guest on 28th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

In the final ‘why I love’ from Red Sky July, Haley Glennie-Smith tells us why she loves Moira Smiley.

Greer – Big Smile: Album Review

By John Barlass on 28th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

A mature debut from Orange County indie-rockers Greer.  Watch and listen as chaos slowly cedes to order…

Keg – Fun’s Over: Album Review

By John Barlass on 28th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Eagerly-awaited debut album from London-based 7-piece collective, Keg.  Prepare to glimpse inside a confused man’s brain.

XIXA – XOLO: Album Review

By John Barlass on 28th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Tucson-based psychedelia/Cumbia fusion outfit, Xixa, take a journey through the nine levels of the Underworld – with a hairless dog as their guide, of course – on their 3rd album, Xolo. 

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Camel – Nude (Remastered): Album Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 27th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The Camel archive continues the reboot with the under the radar excellence of Nude. Album #8 from ’81.

Middle Earth – The Soundtrack of London’s Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969: Boxset Review

By John Barlass on 27th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The halcyon days of Middle earth – London’s legendary 1960s psychedelic HQ are revisited and re-lived in this comprehensive 64-track, 3CD collection from Cherry Red Records

Louise Dodds – All I Know: Album Review

By Gareth Allen on 26th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Louise Dodds, on her new album All I Know, delivers a set of outstanding vocal performances allied with expressive and heartfelt songwriting.

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Lorraine Nash – All That I Can Be (Deluxe) : Album Review

By Seuras Og on 26th March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The name Lorraine Nash may be new but the array of well-polished styles offered is ageless, yet still contemporary.

Envy Of None – Stygian Waves: Album Review

By John Barlass on 23rd March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Ethereal, pastoral, retro-80s and experimental.  ‘Canadian Supergroup,’ Envy of None find new avenues to explore on their sophomore album, Stygian Waves

Thomas Walsh – West Hampstead Arts Club, London: Live Review

By goletitout1984 on 21st March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Thomas Walsh returns to The West Hampstead Arts Club to celebrate the release of the first Pugwash album Almond Tea.

Reg Meuross – Fire & Dust, A Woody Guthrie Story: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 21st March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Prodigious aural history and imaginings of Woody Guthrie, through some of Guthrie’s own songs and more written specially by Meuross.

Ian M Bailey – Lost In A Sound: Album Review

By John Barlass on 21st March 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

ATB psych-country favourite Ian M Bailey takes us from the ocean depths to outer space via the Califormia desert on Lost In A Sound.

Steve Knightley – Positively Folk Street: Dylan, Carthy & Me: Album Review

By John Barlass on 21st March 2025 • ( 5 Comments )

Show of Hands stalwart Steve Knightley pays tribute to Bob Dylan and Martin Carthy – the two performers who, above any others, set him on a track that he still follows

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