Ashley Hutchings with Becky Mills & Blair Dunlop – A Midwinter Miscellany: Album Review
Delightful Seasonal offering from the Guv’nor – Ashley Hutchings – guaranteed to stop Christmas from misfiring
Rachel Newton – To The Awe: Album Review
Rachel Newton pays tribute to the women who’ve inspired and shaped her on To The Awe.
Folk Album Chart launch event – HOME, Manchester
We attended a live event!! The official Folk Album Chart is launched by Mark Radcliffe at HOME in Manchester.
Kris Drever – Where The World Is Thin: Album Review
Kris Drever adds to his already impressive solo library of work with Where The World Is Thin.
Rura – Live At The Old Fruitmarket: Album Review
Rura release a tenth anniversary live set with plenty special guests and a setting where they’re both at home and at their most vibrant.
Rakoczy – Frontrunner: Album Review
An album that explores the image of the horses in British folklore. Rakcozy adds a colourful dash and vibrancy on Frontrunner.
Chris Leslie – Fiddle Back: Album Review
Chris Leslie uses his time in lock down to release a new album that’s half instrumental, half vocal; half self-composed, half trad-arr.
Lau – Live Series 1.0: EP Review
Going right back to their roots, Drever, O’Rourke and Green strip Lau back to what many believe they do best with some unplugged recordings.
The Wilderness Yet – s/t: Album Review
The Wilderness Yet, a new folk trio but with some familiar names, present an colourful array of original and traditional folk songs and tunes.
Why I Love: Lizzy Hardingham on Gilmore & Roberts
Lizzy Hardingham writes from the heart about the inspiration of the music of Gilmore Roberts and what it means to her.
Minnie Birch – You’re Not Singing Anymore: Album Review
Football and folk music. An unbeatable combo and pulled into the same bed by Minnie Birch on Volume 1 of You’re Not Singing Anymore.
Seasons Of Change – Tom Kitching: Book Review
Tom Kitching works his way round England with his fiddle and provides an insight to the nation from the busking perspective.
Why I Love: Ric Sanders on Percy Grainger
This week, we have Ric Sanders joining us at the barrier. Having played with Soft Machine and The Albion Band, Ric has been a member of Fairport Convention since the early 80’s. These are his thoughts on Percy Grainger, the great song collector.
Terence Blacker – Playing For Time: Album Review
The name Terence Blacker may well be familiar to you. Aside from his work as a novelist, he is becoming increasingly well known as a writer and singer of quirky, often satirical, sometimes thought provoking, but always intelligent songs.
Jack Sharp – Good Times Older: Album Review
Jack Sharp from Wolf People releases an austere and stark debut, based round traditional music and words from his local county of Bedfordshire.