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
Dave Foster Band – Glimmer: Album Review
Glimmer finds Dave Foster on the solo path again with a classy assortment.
Will Lawton & The Alchemists – Alchemy: EP Review
Lush, alchemical dreamscapes. West country wizardry abounds on the new EP from Will Lawton & The Alchemists
Easter Roundup: Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks, The Lowland Brothers
Morsels we mislaid earlier…..from Snaarmaarwaar, Walter Parks and The Lowland.
Thomas Charlie Pedersen – Employees Must Wash Hands: Album Review
Sixties pop, folk introspection and orchestral manoeuvres. They’re all present and correct on the third solo album from Copenhagen’s Thomas Charlie Pedersen.
Josienne Clarke – Onliness : Album Review
Revisioned, refashioned, revitalised, this is the work of a woman revived. Thank you, Josienne.
Various Artists – Cherry Stars Collide (Dream Pop, Shoegaze & Ethereal Rock 1986-1995): Album Review
Cherry Stars Collide is an excellent retrospective of the artists who inhabited and developed the musical landscape of dream pop and shoegaze.