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.
Craig Gould – Songs From The Campfire: Album Review
The long-awaited debut album from Tamworth folk/Americana songwriter Craig Gould. Songs From The Campfire is a work of beauty.
The Legends Of Tomorrow – The Weather At World’s End 1997-2022 : Album Review
Ulster renaissance man, Colin Harper unleashes his bourgeois fury and a whole lot more.
The Blue Highways – Out On The Line: Album Review
The brothers Lury offer a Boss-like grip on their gritty America, that should steer the Blue Highways to the Promised Land.