Malcolm MacWatt – Settler: Album Review
Like bringing the coals back to Newcastle, MacWatt rediscovers the Scottish tradition through an Appalachian translation.
Seth Lakeman – Make Your Mark: Album Review
Seth Lakeman releases his eleventh album. Make Your Mark is a set that might see him elevated to ‘folk music institution’ status.
Hannah James & Toby Kuhn – Sleeping Spirals: Album Review
Hannah James and Toby Kuhn collaborate on a blend of English Folk and European melodies.
Seth Lakeman – Stoller Hall, Manchester: Live Review
Seth Lakeman and his band celebrate fifteen years of Freedom Fields and mark the new album in Manchester.
Amy Thatcher – Let What’s In, Out: EP Review
Amy Thatchers creates a squeezebox paean to her premature twins for when words are not enough.
Fairport Convention: The Theatre, Chipping Norton: Live Review
We witness Fairport Convention back on stage as they get back on the road in support of the splendid Shuffle & Go.
Saskia – Where Are We Heading: Album Review
Saskia Griffiths-Moore asks Where Are We Heading on a subtle and classy acoustic set.
Jack Rutter – Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester: Live Review
We’re at the Anthony Burgess Foundation for a Manchester Folk Festival performance by Jack Rutter.
Maz O’Connor releases second single from vulpes project
Composed with friend Will Gardner, Maz O’Connor continues her new ventures as vulpes with the release of Jessica.
Mà nran – Ùrar: Album Review
The ever evolving MÃ nran continue to deliver their solid wedges of rock infused trad. hues.
The Hello Darlins – Go By Feel: Album Review
The Hello Darlins deliver a classy and sophisticated wash of Canadian country-pop, with echoes of Alison Krauss guesting with Fleetwood Mac.
Granny’s Attic – The Brickfields: Album Review
Granny’s Attic go all out instrumental on album #3 – The Brickfields.
Chris Leslie of Fairport Convention: Interview
We chat to Fairport Convention’s Chris Leslie in the run up to the folk legends hitting the road again in support of Shuffle & Go.
The Last Inklings – The Impossible Wild: Album Review
The debut album from The Last Inklings. An exercise in cross pollination of the finest kind.
Mike Turnbull And The Safe Kings – Arnside Sailing Club: Live Review
A far cry from the Academies and the Apollos, The Arnside Sailing Club does its bit for the live music scene, hosting Mike Turnbull And The Safe Kings.