Thomas Truax – Dream Catching Songs : Album Review
A wonderful kind of strange to catch dreams to. Quirks, strangeness and charm from Thomas Truax.
Black Star Riders – Wrong Side Of Paradise: Album Review
Wrong Side Of Paradise – Album #5 from hard rock outlaws Black Star Riders packed with a confident swagger.
Neverland Ranch Davidians – Debut Album: Album Review
Lo-fi triumph from garage proto-punk reprobates Neverland Ranch Davidians.
Katatonia – Sky Void Of Stars: Album Review
Katatonia continue in their mission of rearranging the order of heavy music. Sky Void Of Stars seduces with more dark rituals of doubt.
Duncan Chisholm – Black Cuillin: Album Review
On Black Cullin, we find Duncan Chisholm moving forward, with new tricks, adding to the splendour of the old, giving the glory of the new.
Archie Churchill-Moss – PH(R)ASE: Album Review
Top squeezer Archie Churchill-Moss goes solo on a largely off-piste black run.
David Carroll and friends – Bold Reynard: Album Review
A collection of traditional style folk songs given fascinating arrangements by David Carroll to whet the appetite of purist traditional folk song fans.
Heavy Metal Kids – The Albums 1974-76: Boxset Review
Rabblerousers, Punk Pioneers. The early works of The Heavy Metal Kids get the Cherry Red clamshell treatment
Faceless Mirror – From The Void: Album Review
The much anticipated second album from Faceless Mirror is finally released with 11 more musical gems on From The Void.
Ross Little – Corrimony: EP Review
Ross Little delights with a new EP that brilliantly brings together jazz and folk, underpinned by some magnificent musicianship.
Rebecca Nash – Redefining Element 78: Album Review
Rebecca Nash delivers a compelling musical vision on new album Redefining Element 78, supported by a fine ensemble of musicians.
Liela Moss – Internal Working Model: Album Review
Testing, teasing and thoroughly tempting – Third solo album from Duke Spirit vocalist Liela Moss is a triumph.
Loudon Wainwright III – Loudon Wainwright III / Album II: Album Review
Two-in-One package of Loudon Wainwright III’s earliest recorded adventures.
Cobalt Tales – Ever Changing Blue: Album Review
Experienced folk circuiteers Nuala Keller and Pat Sherrington join forces in Cobalt Tales and release their compelling debut album Ever Changing Blue.
2022 (Brief Return) – Ian McNabb, The Feedback File, Anthony Toner: Album Reviews
A trio of pleasant reminders of 2022 as we round up releases by Ian McNabb, The Feedback File and Anthony Toner.