Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden’s Wassail – Stoller Hall, Manchester: Live Review
ATB go a-wassailing with Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden for a yuletide cracker at the Stoller Hall.
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy – Glad Christmas Comes: Album Review
Jon Boden & Eliza Carthy join considerable forces, wassailing for all they’re worth in the next of our folky festive features.
The Furrow Collective – We Know By The Moon: Album Review
A mystical and impassioned offering from The Furrow Collective powered by the energy of the moon.
Jenny Sturgeon with Alice Allen & Grant Anderson – Wintergreen: EP Review
Wintergreen finds Jenny Sturgeon and friends on a dreamy, ethereal set that revels in the intimacy.
Karine Polwart – Seek The Light : EP Review
Something a bit different from the ever mercurial golden tonsils of Karine Polwart.
Jason Singh & The Banwasi Collective – Travellers: Album Review
The raags of Rajasthan – courtesy of sound artist and composer Jason Singh, his talented friends, and an impressive array of traditional Indian instruments.
Liz Hanks – Land: Album Review
Debut album from cellist-to-the-stars Liz Hanks rediscovers the lost pastoralism of bygone Sheffield
Sam Sweeney & Louis Campbell – Shapes: EP Review
Next in a series, Sam Sweeney switches from solo to duo with an inspired partnership.
Lucy Farrell – We Are Only Sound: Album Review
Sound is but part of this complex and well constructed debut solo release from Lucy Farrell.
The Young’uns: Tiny Notes: Album Review
Any thoughts that the award-winning Strangers album would be difficult to surpass prove false as the Young Uns have done so with Tiny Notes.
Salt House – Riverwoods: Album Review
Re-wilding their native rivers provides the fishy inspiration for Salt House, who continue to make a resounding and resonant case for their feast of songs and musical fare.
Hushman – s/t: Album Review
Hushman – aka Ewan MacPherson – rolls out a calm and classy set that gently simmers without boiling over.
Sam Sweeney – Escape That: Album Review
Sam Sweeney adds a delicious topping to a growing solo catalogue with the joyful Escape That.
MG Boulter – A Shadow Falls On New Brighton: EP Review
More evocative observations of life in a seaside town, from Southend’s folk/Americana troubadour, MG Boulter.
Hannah Read & Michael Starkey – Cross The Rolling Water: Album Review
Hannah Read and Michael Starkey deliver old-timey, good-timey good vibes from Appalachia via the old country on Cross The Rolling Water.
