Isadora Eden – Forget What Makes It Glow: Album Review
Isadora Eden offers songs of desperation, desolation, disappointment and frustration – lovingly packaged in a fuzzy, folky, psychedelic wrapper.
Indolore – Nashville: EP Review
French musician, Indolore, describes his adventure to the home of country on his melancholic EP release, Nashville.
Beardy Folk Festival – Shropshire: Live Review
At The Barrier reports back from Beardy Folk Festival – another successful expedition to deepest Shropshire, beards optional.
Ben Folds – What Matters Most: Album Review
A masterclass in reverie, reflection and finding hope in impossible situations. Ben Folds has lots to say on his first album in eight years.
Cobalt Tales – Over Hulton Folk Club: Live Review
Cobalt Tales once again show what a vibrant, entertaining duo they are at their return to Over Hulton Folk Club .
Avenged Sevenfold – Life Is But A Dream…: Album Review
Avenged Sevenfold return with their first new album since 2017. Life Is But A Dream… sees the California metallers step back into the limelight with aplomb.
Jon Wilks – Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost: Album Review
Intriguing, confusing and confounding in turns, the real Jon Wilks stands up and out convincingly.
The Madeleine Stewart Trio – s/t: Album Review
Three masterful musicians at the very top of their game. The Madeleine Stewart Trio show just what can be done with just a fiddle, a piano, a bodhran and a wealth of great tunes
Blue Rose Code – Thirteen Years: Single Review
Blue Rose Code have released a powerful new single, calling out injustice and inequality, and providing some great live music performances.
Maddie Morris – Upstream: EP Review
Young Folk star Maddie Morris makes a stand on the Upstream EP.
Snow Ghosts – The Fell: Album Review
Album number four from electro-folk trio Snow Ghosts hits so many spots in its tales of folk songs never written.
Ross Little – Corrimony: EP Review
Ross Little delights with a new EP that brilliantly brings together jazz and folk, underpinned by some magnificent musicianship.
Albums Of The Year 2022
2022 has been a brilliant year for music. Here, we present a collection of our favourite releases of the year across a wide spectrum of musical genres.
Merry Hell – Folk at the Barlow, Edgworth: Live Review
Merry Hell bringing their trademark, joyful sway to The Barlow at Edgworth.
Joshua Burnside – Late Afternoon In The Meadow (1887): EP Review
Joshua Burnside – more successful experiments with recipes that blend folk music and ‘other stuff’.