Maverick Festival 2021, 3rd-5th September: Live Review
Our man in a sleeping bag corrals up in East Anglia, finding it all a bit better than OK. Seuras Og takes us to the 2021 iteration of the Maverick Festival.
Blue Rose Code – Glasgow, The Glee Club: Live Review
Blue Rose Code return to Glasgow, with live music to make your heart soar and your feet move (once again) to get hip to the beat.
Becky Krill – Little Girl: Album Review
Brooklyn based singer-songwriter, producer and all-around talented artist Becky Krill storms back onto the scene with a new album, ‘Little Girl’.
Tim Grimm – Gone: Album Review
Tim Grimm presents perceptive social observations of a world torn apart and our world leaders’ incapacity to respond to warnings and advice together with songs of loss are all prevalent on his latest county / folk album Gone .
Wickham Festival 2021, 4th-7th August: Review
Seuras Og takes in the delights of Wickham Festival, even if he did get a little bit wet! A great weekend of music in the face of adversity and treacherous conditions.
Malcolm Holcombe – Tricks Of The Trade: Album Review
Malcolm Holcombe takes us on a journey through blues, country, rock and bluegrass on Tricks Of The Trade.
Maartin Allcock – OX15: Album Review
Talking Elephant Reissue OX15; the second solo album from the sadly missed multi-instrumentalist and former Fairport Convention & Jethro Tull man Maartin Allcock.
Jackie Leven – Straight Outta Caledonia: Album Review
First ever “Greatest Hits” collection of a great, yet overlooked, talent in the form of Jackie Leven.
Rodney Crowell – Triage: Album Review
Rodney Crowell offers a deeply personal contemplation of the political, climatic and economic upheavals of our times.
Time Tunnel: Great Albums of 1971. The Lost Trades on Cat Stevens’ Teaser & The Firecat
The Lost Trades join us in our celebration of 1971 with their thoughts on Cat Stevens’ Teaser & The Firecat…and an exclusive cover version to boot!
Counting Crows – Butter Miracle, Suite One: EP Review
Counting Crows release the first in a series of musical suites, that provide an immersive and musically evocative soundtrack for our times.
Elly Kellner – The Right Tools: EP Review
Elly Kellner has done it again! More melodic reflections from The most Melancholy Lady of the Lowlands.
Nine Treasures – Awakening From Dukka: Album Review
And Now For Something Completely Different! At The Barrier takes a sip of Mongolian Folk Metal from Nine Treasures – And we like it!
Oka Vanga – Oka Vanga: Album Review
The third album from the Folk/Americana duo of Will and Angie, known collectively as Oka Vanga
Mick Peat – A Tribute
At The Barrier was saddened to read, this week, of the passing of Mick Peat, former member of The Ripley Wayfarers and Rogue’s Gallery and a nationally admired musician, singer and presenter on the folk scene.