Tim Edey – A Celtic Christmas Vol 1: Album Review
Tim Edey provides the latest installment of our folky festive offerings.
Rob Clarke – Blues Beats and Brel: Maxi-single Review
Wooltone Rob Clarke ventures into shuffling blues, noir chamber pop and chanson-tinged psychedelia with this 3-track maxi-single – a taster for his forthcoming 4th solo album.
Beans On Toast – The Toothpaste And The Tube: Album Review
The annual missive from Beans On Toast – songs of impending war and an AI revolution, tempered by lots of observations on the delights of home, family and parenthood
Jim Moray – Beflean, An Alternative History 2002-2023: Album Review
Beflean – in which Jim Moray is at his best in a (sort of) ‘best of.’
Hank Wangford & Noel Dashwood – Promises Promises: Album Review
Foot Tappers and Heartbreakers from the grizzled godfather of UK alt-country and dobro wizard partner – Wangford & Dashwood.
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy – Glad Christmas Comes: Album Review
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy join considerable forces, wassailing for all they’re worth in the next of our folky festive features.
Georgia Shackleton – Harry’s Seagull: Album Review
Norwich singer, songwriter and fiddler of note, Georgia Shackleton, celebrates the music and musicians of East Anglia on Harry’s Seagull.
Jim Rattigan – Duos: Album Review
Jim Rattigan’s Duos is a magnificent example of improvised music that will both move and astonish the listener.
A Winter Union – Sooner After Solstice: Album Review
The Christmas countdown is well underway with the festive folk supergroup, A Winter Union declaring Sooner After Solstice.
KC Jones – Roots: Album Review
Wistful ballads, quasi-traditional epics, anti-war songs with a difference – KC Jones leave no stone unturned on latest album Roots.
Kate Rusby – Light Years: Album Review
It’s that time of year again. The ATB Xmas countdown begins with seasonal and festive fare from Kate Rusby.
Peter Hammill – In A Foreign Town/Out Of Water: Album Review
Peter Hammill gives a lesson in the art of redux. A couple of 30 year old albums get a spit and polish.
Nick Hart & Tom Moore – The Colour of Amber: Album Review
A batch of favourite and familiar songs get a stately makeover – courtesy of Nick Hart and Tom Moore.
Joshua Burnell – Live at The Crescent: Album Review
Joshua Burnell is on a roll – the ATB man of the moment heads out with a live recording.
The Furrow Collective – We Know By The Moon: Album Review
A mystical and impassioned offering from The Furrow Collective powered by the energy of the moon.