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.
Sam Sweeney – Solo: EP Review
Sam Sweeney goes solo in the first of a series of releases from Hudson Records.
Salt House – Working For Zeus: EP Review
Salt House follow up 2020’s Haum with a guest riddled remote collaboration.
Spiers & Boden – Fallow Ground: Album Review
Spiers & Boden return with a set of scrubbed up traditional songs with a joyous edge.
Bellowhead – Reassembled: Album Review
‘For one night only’ sees the mighty folk whirlwind of Bellowhead join forces for one more/last(?) time on Reassembled.
Angrusori – Live At Tou: Album Review
Slovakian-Norwegian orchestra Angrusori releases its debut album, Live At Tou.
MG Boulter – Clifftown: Album Review
Vivid evocations of Thames Estuary life from Southend-on-Sea’s folk/Americana troubadour MG Boulter