This is a list of everything we have on folking.com in date and month order. So if you like trawling the depths of the site for amazing content that you may have missed then this is the place to “net” an article, feature or review or two.
The archive is a work in progress as we still have gaps to fill from 2009 back to 2001. Most of the missing content are older album reviews which require reformatting with each article having to be submitted back on to the site with album covers and links to where they can be obtained from (where available).
BELLSTOP Karma (Self-Released)
I’m used to hearing all shades of country and Americana from Great Britain, Europe and Scandinavia, but this is a first. A self-styled Folk & ...
JD Weaver makes recording debut
His heroes are John Lee Hooker, Joan Baez, John Martyn, Stevie Nicks. Also John Butler. And Stevie Ray Vaughan…But at only 19, JD Weaver is ...
The Frisbys new single on Dantobaccus Records
The Frisbys release their new double A-side single, ‘Born And Raised’/‘Give In To The Dark’, on November 27th via Dantobaccus Records. Twins Helen (vocals, flute) ...
Top composers join The Shee to celebrate ten years
Multi instrumentalists and festival favourites, The Shee, have reached the ten-year milestone in their action-packed career, and intend to celebrate by creating a brand new ...
Fay Hield Announces New Single
Taken from her forthcoming album, Old Adam (out 12th February 2016), traditional singer and folklorist Fay Hield has selected the many versions of ‘Green Gravel’ recorded ...
KATY CARR Polonia (Deluce MDL513)
Carr has clearly found herself a successful niche market. coming from a Polish-Anglo-Scottish heritage, since her third album, Coquette, she’s been focusing her songwriting on ...
Paul Brady releases live CD and DVD set
LIVE AT ROCKPALAST 1983 Repertoire Records REPUK 1248 - CD / DVD set Released Friday, December 4th 2015 PERFORMANCE DATE: Live at Rockpalast, Markthalle, Hamburg, ...
Paul McClure talks about his new album
Songs For Anyone is the follow up to Smiling From The Floor Up McClure’s debut album release for UK Americana label Clubhouse Records in March ...
Philip Murray Warson debuts with EP
Philip Murray Warson is set to release his first EP. The 25 year-old has worked as a musician and performer in various guises, toured with ...
FLEADH The Peacocks Feather (Copperplate LC13476)
Fleadh’s third album comes to us riding high on the success of their second, The Creggan Bay Disaster. That they are not exactly a household ...
BLACKBEARD’S TEA PARTY Reprobates (own label BTP004)
Blackbeard’s Tea Party’s fourth album starts out quite gently … for all of ten seconds. Then it launches into one of the strangest songs I’ve ...
Chris Leslie announces new album
Yes, it’s true. Somehow between writing and performing with Fairport Convention, working on his side gig with St. Agnes Fountain and collaborating with other musicians, ...
Jenn Grant announces deluxe reissue of Compostela
Jenn Grant announces the release of Compostela of her double JUNO nominated album, Compostela. Set for release on 4th December 2015, the expanded album includes a French ...
KRISTA DETOR Barely (Tightrope 255 114)
Krista Detor’s latest album, her sixth, is described as “spare” and “pared down” but I rather like it that way. The songs are predominant but ...
Marry Waterson – new album
Marry Waterson returns with a brand new album made in collaboration with David A. Jaycock on 20th November. Entitled Two Wolves, it was recorded in ...
SINGLES BAR
A round-up of EPs and singles that have come our way JAKE AARON is a singer-songwriter from London with a distinctive spiky guitar style and ...
Treetop Flyers new single and video
London’s Treetop Flyers return with their first new music since the release of their critically acclaimed 2013 debut album The Mountain Moves. New single ‘Dance ...
RAGGED UNION Hard Row To Hoe (Shining Castle Music SCM1501)
A new name on the bluegrass circuit, fronted by husband and wife team Geoff and Christina Union, although the percussion-free Colorado-based six piece string band ...
PAUL ARMFIELD Found (PSA Records)
Born in Birmingham and now based in the Isle of Wight, singer-songwriter Armfield’s sixth album is a collection of 15 songs inspired by photographs found ...
Daimh announce new album
'Gaelic Supergroup' and internationally renowned ambassadors of Highland Music release a new album of traditional material recorded, mastered and designed on the Hebridean Islands. Never ...
FEROCIOUS DOG From Without (own label)
Ferocious Dog’s eponymous first album was a wild and raucous affair, not unlike their live performances but there have been changes since last year. Three ...
PAGODA PROJECT Clarion (Sylvafield SYLVA001)
Paul Hutchinson is a man who frequently confuses the piano-accordion with a musical instrument. No, that isn’t a joke or a dig – if you’ve ...
CHRIS CLEVERLEY Apparitions (Chris Cleverley Music CLEV001)
The debut album from singer-songwriter Chris Cleverley really doesn’t fit a pattern and that’s great. It’s so refreshing to hear someone who doesn’t obey the ...
Scottish Music Exam Harp Grades 1 to 5 book (Publisher: Taigh na Teud)
When we in Wales look at the flourishing traditional music scene in Scotland, we ask ourselves how we could possibly emulate the musical strength and ...
JOHN McSHERRY DÓNAL O’CONNOR SEÁN ÓG GRAHAM Ulaid (own label JD5001)
Here we have three of the finest players in Ireland today. John McSherry (Uillean pipes and low whistles), Dónal O’Connor (fiddle and keyboards) and multi-instrumentalist ...
Scottish Music Exam Accordion Grades 1 to 5 book (Publisher: Taigh na Teud)
As an English accordionist I have to admit to a certain amount of envy that Scotland possesses an examination body, The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, ...
Chris Cleverley releases debut album
"I never did believe in ghosts until I saw out a six month contract in a haunted house."And so it was in this setting that ...
Billy Lockett releases new EP
Northampton singer/songwriter Billy Lockett has announced his stirring new track ‘Burn It Down’. The single is the title track of his upcoming EP released on ...
Eva Cassidy remembered in new releases
Eva Cassidy remembered in new releases with Entire Blues Alley gig available in new formats, plus performance DVD and documentary Eva Cassidy, the singer the ...
Turnpike Troubadours The Turnpike Troubadours (Bossier City Records)
Taking their name from the Indian Nation Turnpike, a 105-mile parkway stretched across southeastern Oklahoma, having tickled the Billboard 200 with their last album, Goodbye ...
The Late Great Townes Van Zandt
Charly Records press on with their exploration of the Townes Van Zandt catalogue with the Friday October 30th 2015 release of The Late Great Townes ...
ANDY MAY TRIO About Time (Ash Wood Records ASH 002)
The members of the Andy May Trio have been friends for years and played music together for all that time and it sounds like it ...
CC SMUGGLERS Write What You Know (Absolute)
It’s been two years since CC Smugglers’ debut album since when they’ve been building a reputation as a class live act partly through their penchant ...
TINA REFSNES No One Knows That You’re Lost (Vestkyst Records VEST32)
Tina Refsnes comes from the small Norwegian seaside town of Floro and, after four years living and studying in Liverpool, she moved to Oslo where ...
SAM KELLY The Lost Boys
This is the album that the folk world has been awaiting for months, given Sam Kelly’s unique musical history and his seemingly putting his solo ...
DAVE ELLIS & BOO HOWARD Facebook Friend (Doghouse Records DGHCD 528)
Dave and Boo have a long musical history but that was then and this is now and I’d like to think that Facebook Friend will ...
WILL VARLEY – Postcards From Ursa Minor (XtraMile)
Tipped as one of 2015’s Rising Stars by Time Out magazine, based in Deal, Kent, the 27-year-old singer-songwriter clearly has something of a determined work ...
India Electric Co & The Girl I Left Behind Me
folking have featured India Electric Co. in the past in our tour news section and I recall being impressed at the time reading, that a band ...
A new release from the AndersonPonty Band
Better Late Than Never is the new studio album that brings together French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer Jean Luc Ponty and the YES front-man ...
SINGLES BAR
A round-up of EPs and singles that have come our way ‘Gladdie’ is the new single from AMY GODDARD and a taster for her forthcoming ...
Introducing The Meadows
The Meadows are a young and vibrant Celtic-Classical Crossover band who draw their inspiration from a wide range of musical genres including Celtic, classical, folk ...
Joe Boyd’s A-Z
If you have been receiving the newsletters about my podcast lately, apologies for sending yet another one…. but – perhaps due to my over-use of ...
Will Varley announces new album
Produced by Tristan Ivemy and mastered at Abbey Road by Frank Arkwright (Arcade Fire, Blur) Postcards From Ursa Minor is a master-class in song-writing that ...
MAURA KENNEDY – Villanelle: The Songs of Maura Kennedy & B.D. Love (Varese Sarabande 302067339-8)
For Maura’s 20th anniversary solo venture, her second release since 2010’s Parade of Echoes, she’s taken a different route to her husband, teaming with the ...
PETE KENNEDY – Heart of Gotham (Self Released)
After making music together for twenty years, husband and wife duo Pete and Maura Kennedy have gone their separate ways. Well, sort of. They’ve not ...
Boreas release MacColl song ahead of debut album
'North Sea Holes' is the single taken from Boreas' forthcoming debut album Ahoy Hoy. The song was written by Ewan MacColl and the band are ...
THE CASEY SISTERS – Sibling Revelry (Old Bridge Music OBMCD22)
I suppose that Casey is an Anglicization of Ní Chathasaigh. I have no real evidence; I’ve only just learned how to pronounce it, but the ...
Sam Kelly introduces The Lost Boys
The widely anticipated debut full-length album, The Lost Boys, from folk singer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Kelly is due for release on 19th November 2015. The ...
Dave Ellis & Boo Howard release new album
Dave & Boo are a London based duo with a musical partnership that began in 1979 and Facebook Friend is their latest CD. All the ...
Heg & The Wolf Chorus – new single heralds debut album
Heg & The Wolf Chorus are a band showing the world of folk that they are one of the best narrators around. Approaching songs like ...
BATTLEFIELD BAND – Beg & Borrow (Temple COMD2107)
The idea behind this album is simple but the execution is rather less so. The Straits of Moyle are just twelve miles wide which means ...
GILMORE & ROBERTS – Conflict Tourism (GR! Records GRR006)
I remember once, in Ireland, hearing that some American tourists’ idea of a fun day out was a taxi ride down the Falls Road. That ...
HILARY JAMES – You Don’t Know (Acoustics CDACS 070)
After the explicit Englishness of her previous album Hilary James has taken an old direction. Those of you remember Spredthick will be very comfortable with ...
PHILLIP HENRY & HANNAH MARTIN – Watershed (Dragonfly Roots DRCD003)
Having walked away with the Best Duo gong at the 2014 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, there must have been a degree of pressure on ...
LUCY WARD – I Dreamt I Was A Bird… (Betty Beetroot BETTY01)
Born and raised in Derby, Ward was a BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award finalist in 2009, won the Horizon award (for best newcomer) in ...
The Grahams – Glory Bound (12 South GRAM003)
The fact that they’ve spent their lives together since they were kids goes a long way to explaining the chemistry between Alyssa and Doug Graham’s ...
BARBARA PARRY AND PETE STEPHENS – Pearls And Wishes (Rough Ditch Folk RDFCB1415)
Barbara and Pete are local to our corner of Hampshire – so local that Pete was able to slip me copy of their album, almost ...
CHAPIN-WICKWAR – If… (ChickWar)
I have two copies of If…. Lisa and Sue sent a note with the second copy explaining that there are “upgrades” but now I’m not ...
Krista Detor – new album and tour dates
Krista Detor’s solo albums have reached national and international prominence, including No1 on the Euro-Americana Chart, and placement within the top 10 of the U.S ...
TONY FURTADO – The Bell (Blue Rose BLUDP06630)
Hailing from Oakland, California with a Portuguese-Italian heritage, Furtado started playing banjo back in sixth grade, even knocking up his own DIY instrument. Since then, ...
SHAWN COLVIN – Uncovered (Fantasy 0888072374157)
At some point in time, many an artist has released a collection of covers, usually songs celebrating their influences and inspirations, often, also conjuring a ...
PETE MORTON – The Land Of Time (Fellside FECD269)
I may have asked this question before but why isn’t Pete Morton a huge star? He’s a fine singer with an engaging stage presence and, ...
Battlefield Band and guests Beg & Borrow
Beg & Borrow is a musical project which explores shared music and song from Scotland and Ireland. Featuring Scotland's Battlefield Band, and twelve guest artists, ...
JESS VINCENT – Shine (Hatsongs HAT008)
Once again produced by and featuring Reg Meuross (who also co-wrote five of the 12 tracks) with regular collaborators, guitarist Marcel Rose and cellist Beth ...
MARTIN HARLEY AND DANIEL KIMBRO – Live at Southern Ground (Del Mundo)
A celebrated guitar virtuoso, acclaimed for his work on Weissenborn and slide, Welsh-born Harley met upright bassist Kimbro in Nashville and the pair heading off ...
BEGGAR’S BRIDGE – Short Stories Tall Tales (own label)
Beggar’s Bridge are a six-piece band from Hull whose music is rooted in the characters and history of East Yorkshire. Most of their songs are ...
Amy Goddard – new single
A song about sad events in Cardiff during the First World War is currently a semifinalist in the prestigious UK Songwriting Competition. A cache of ...
Willy Porter – Human Kindness
“All our second chances come when we’re done closing our eyes,” writes Willy Porter in a lyric from “Human Kindness,” the title track of the ...
Sam Lee and Llywelyn Ap Myrrdin investigate the nose
Sam Lee investigated the nose with help from pathologist Dr Laura Casey of University College London Hospital, perfume expert Nick Gilbert, Ear Nose and Throat ...
10 STRING SYMPHONY – Weight Of The World (Poppychop Records)
If Rachel Baiman and Christian Sedelmyer performed with acoustic guitars they would still be worth a second listen because their material is so good. In ...
Steve’N’Seagulls – new album
Steve ‘N’ Seagulls have confirmed ‘The Seagull Has Landed’ UK tour for October following their sold out tour May UK tour. Steve ’N’ Seagulls exclaimed their "Last UK tour was a ...
Glen Hansard – new album out now
Didn’t He Ramble, the second solo outing from acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, is out now via Anti- Records. Didn’t He Ramble was produced by ...
SINGLES BAR
A round-up of EPs and singles that came our way HEATH COMMON’s new EP, Beatsbox, is released to tie in with Still Howling, a performance ...
Blackbeard’s Tea Party announce new album
On Reprobates, their third full-length album, Blackbeard's Tea Party have mined history books and the folk canon for stories of wicked and nefarious characters. Be ...
GREN BARTLEY – Magnificent Creatures (Fellside FECD 2680)
Originally from Stratford-upon-Avon and now based in Dudley, Bartley recorded his third album in Wolverhampton with the increasingly legendary producer Gavin Monaghan, his first to ...
VALLEY MAKER – When I Was A Child (Brick Lane Records)
Valley Maker is more a pseudonym than a band. At its heart is songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Austin Crane, and When I Was A Child ...
Joe Booley – new EP
Hard graft has seen the Hampshire-based songwriter’s prowess grow as quickly as his fan base with continual gigging along with writing, recording and self-producing the ...
NICKI BLUHM & THE GRAMBLERS – Loved Wild Lost (Little Sur Records)
I have say that pure country music really isn’t my thing – Americana, old-timey, even bluegrass I can get along with but … I guess ...
The Lost Art – new single
Having developed a reputation as a fascinating and spectacular live act, The Lost Art have now mastered the art of doing things a little unorthodoxly ...
BELLOWHEAD – Pandemonium (Navigator NAVIGATOR093)
Even before the final farewell tour begins Pandemonium - The Essential Bellowhead hits the streets just in time for Christmas lists everywhere. The tracks were ...
Damien O’Kane announces new solo album
You may think you know the music of Damien O’Kane but think again - his inspirational new album will certainly leave you wondering. With a ...
O’HOOLEY & TIDOW live at The Live Room, Saltaire
What is there new to say about O’Hooley & Tidow? The Hum tour was almost over by late July and the songs well established after ...
Craig Finn – new album
Craig Finn's new solo album Faith in the Future is out now on Partisan Records and he will be coming to the UK this week ...
JONATHAN DAY – Atlantic Drifter (Niimiika, Niimiika 157)
Having focused his last album, Carved In Bone, on the experience of years exploring the countryside of his native Shropshire, Day’s expanded his horizons somewhat ...
SARAH DEERE-JONES – Wild Harp (own label FPCD012)
Wild Harp opens with a strange, other-worldly sound. It’s that of an Aeolian harp recorded in the stone circle at Castlerigg in Cumbria and it’s ...
OLD HANNAH – Iron And Wood (Self-Released)
An upcoming quartet from County Sligo, comprising Lucie Crichlow, Anthony Mannion, Luke Mercer and Leo Morris, they’ve not been together that long, releasing their debut ...
Conor Coughlan – debut album and single
Give It Up is the debut album release from 19 year old British singer-songwriter Conor Coughlan, due for release on October 9th 2015, through Homewood ...
DANIEL KOULACK & KARRNNEL SAWITSKY – Fiddle & Banjo: Tunes From The North, Songs From The South (own label KCgreen300)
There is no need to explain what this album is about. Daniel Koulack (banjo) and Karrnell Sawitsky (fiddle) are Canadian musicians who play a modern ...
Show Of Hands to receive honorary doctorates
West Country-based Show of Hands, one of the leading forces in British folk, are to receive Honorary Doctorates in Music from the University of Plymouth ...
Lewis & Leigh – EP
Lewis & Leigh are delighted to announce the release of their third EP Hidden Truths. They’ve teamed up once again with Matt Ingram & Dan ...
Megson – new EP
To celebrate their forthcoming tour Megson have released a “Pay What You Want” live compilation Megson - Live In The Lounge E.P. featuring songs from ...
Jenn Grant – Compostela
Following sold out dates in UK this spring, award winning (Polaris Longlisted/JUNO nominee) singer songwriter, Jenn Grant returns to the UK this September for shows ...
Hilary James announces new album
With a background as much in art as music (she studied fine art at Reading University), and despite notions about devoting half her time to ...
MADE IN THE GREAT WAR – Live at Forest Arts, New Milton
The show opened with Sam Sweeney stepping onto the stage and taking THE fiddle from its place in the spotlight. He played ‘The Girl I ...
THE FURROW COLLECTIVE – Blow Out The Moon (Furrow FURR009)
Blow Out The Moon is a five track EP from The Furrow Collective: Alasdair Roberts, Emily Portman, Lucy Farrell and Rachel Newton. All the tracks ...
English Folk Dance And Song Society serves up ‘The Full English Extra’
New project will digitise three more archive collections and deliver a learning programme in partnership with three national museums The English Folk Dance and Song Society (EFDSS) ...
Gilmore & Roberts – new video
BBCR2 Folk Award nominees Gilmore & Roberts have unveiled the video to 'Cecilia', from their upcoming album, Conflict Tourism. Conflict Tourism is the fourth album ...
Martin Barre releases new album
Jethro Tull guitarist Martin Barre has announced the release of his sixth and most important solo album to date. Back To Steel celebrates the guitarist’s ...
Ben Reel – single and video
Since his debut back in 1999, each album released by Ben Reel has gone from strength to strength earning him many plaudits from the music ...
FY5: FINNDERS & YOUNGBERG – Eat The Moon (Swingfingers Records sf003)
Since Finnders and Youngberg doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue, the Colorado quintet headed up by Mike Finnders and Erin Youngberg have adopted a rather ...
GENTLEFOLK – Into The Greenwood (Dharma DHARMACD23)
There have always been bands that ignore the conventional way of doing things. Back in day it was Comus, Amazing Blondel and Incredible String Band, ...
DEREK GIFFORD – Songs From The Past…Into The Future (WildGoose Records WGS412CD)
If you have spent any time in festival singarounds it’s pretty sure that you will have sung one of Derek Gifford’s tunes – the one ...
Bellowhead – ‘Best Of’ album next month
To coincide with their recently announced farewell tours, and due to popular demand, Bellowhead will be releasing an album of some of the best loved ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Singer Songwriters From Home (Hemifrån MFH 1501)
Here’s a Swedish label celebrating the art of the singer-songwriter with the music of four US exponents: Greg Copeland, Keith Miles, Barry Ollman and Bob ...
Wickham Festival 2015 – Reviewed by Simon Burch
Click on the photo below to see the full set... Staged in a corn field and with three stages linked by alleyways of food and ...
KELLY & WOOLLEY – Papers In My Shoe (Clunk & Rattle Records CRLP 008)
It’s rare enough to hear a Cajun duo from East Anglia, rarer still to find one that sings ‘Jock O’ Hazeldean’. This would be my ...
SALLY BARKER – Love Rat EP (Old Dog Records 015)
Sally Barker’s appearance on The Voice brought her to the attention of a new audience and her joining Fotheringay reminded the rest of us that ...
Kelly And Woolley announce debut album
Papers In My Shoe This is the first release from Kelly and Woolley who are an acoustic duo who have been playing on the East ...
ANGE HARDY – Esteesee (Story Records STREC1659)
“Why Esteesee” asks Ange Hardy in her notes and it was a question I had asked myself in anticipation. The explanation is actually very simple ...
RACHEL TAYLOR-BEALES – Stone’s Throw – Lament Of The Selkie (Hushland HUSCD05)
Rachel Taylor-Beales' first three albums were the Kieślowski inspired colours trilogy beginning with the jazzy Brilliant Blue followed by Red Tree and Dust And Gold ...
Los Lobos return with new album
Los Lobos, the Grammy winning East L.A. legends comprising David Hidalgo, Louie Perez, Cesar Rosas, Conrad Lozano and Steve Berlin, are back with an all ...
Moore Moss Rutter – new album out now
A series of remarkable, intimate preview gigs has heightened the sense of anticipation around the reunion of Jack Rutter (Seth Lakeman Band), Tom Moore (False Lights) and Archie Churchill-Moss (Beyond the ...
The Scott Wood Band announce debut album
Much has changed since their first EP as a trio in 2012. The Scott Wood Band have embraced their musical and personnel change, and created ...
PAUL MEEHAN – The Lower Road (own label)
Paul Meehan already has an impressive CV: North Cregg, Karan Casey Band, Na Dorsa and Lúnasa are among his achievements. The Lower Road is his ...
Dana Immanuel announces new album
Dana Immanuel is a banjo-toting, whiskey-drinking, poker-playing singer-songwriter currently operating from a north London hideout from which emerges a sound more usually associated with the ...
Valley Maker – debut album and video
Valley Maker announces his debut album When I Was A Child (out 25th September), following the premiere of 'Only Friend'. Life rarely provides obvious answers ...
SEAMUS BEGLEY – The Bold Kerryman (IRL IRL093)
I frequently have to remind myself that there is more music out there than any of us can ever listen to – which is my ...
Gem Andrews – Vancouver
Singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gem Andrews was born in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton, Merseyside in 1985. Her earliest music influences were to be found ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Dust on the Nettles: A Journey Through the British Underground Folk Scene 1967-72 (Grapefruit/Cherry Red CRSEGBOX030)
It was a time not only of music’s charting big names but also exploration by the Incredible String Band, Dr. Strangely Strange, developing folk rock ...
Raintown – new album
Glasgow-based country duo Raintown return with their eagerly anticipated second album Writing On The Wall. Set for release on the October 9th, the album boasts ...
Rab Noakes – new album
The latest album from Rab Noakes, his 19th solo release, represents in many ways, a narrative containing references to his whole working life as a ...
BETHAN AND THE MORGANS – Oddity (own label)
Initially Bethan And The Morgans’ debut album didn’t grab me. The opening track, ‘It Won’t Be Today’, begins with acoustic guitar and Bethan Edwards’ voice ...
Rich McMahon
The folking team were saddened to hear of the death of Anglo-Irish singer/songwriter Rich McMahon, whose final album, Songs of Exile, Love & Dissent, we ...
Bridget Marsden and Leif Ottosson – debut album
Bridget Marsden (violin) and Leif Ottosson (accordion), two artists who have previously been heard in Stormsteg and Massivet amongst others bands, now meet on an ...
MARK GAMON WITH THE THURSDAY BAND – Deck (Clunk & Rattle CRLP 009)
Here’s another album that doesn’t sound the way it looks. The sleeve suggests that Mark Gamon should be rasping the blues in a seedy bar ...
AD VANDERVEEN – Presents Of The Past/Requests Revisited (Blue Rose BLUDP0658)
The Dutch singer-songwriter has been making music for some 40 years, but (while he’s collaborated with both Iain Matthews and Eliza Gilkyson) I’m willing to ...
CANNED HEAT – Songs From The Road (Ruf Records RUF 1218)
Back in the dim and distant past, in another life, when I was just getting into blues and rock, I encountered the delights of those ...
JOHN JONES – Never Stop Moving (Westpark Music 87277)
The Oysterband’s frontman has been also following a solo career since the release of Rising Road in 2009, although the band’s schedule has meant he ...
TREMBLING BELLS/GALLEY BEGGAR Live at 229, London
Galley Beggar were about to premiere some of their new album, Silence & Tears, in front of a live audience and they were … not ...
Ray Cooper releases new video – Destroying Angel
From the depths of the Swedish forest, Destroying Angel is a new video from Ray Cooper. Shot by two Danish film makers, Jens Th and ...
JOHN CEE STANNARD & BLUE HORIZON – Stone Cold Sober (Cast Iron CIRCD 025)
Stone Cold Sober kicks off like a great party album with ‘I Don’t Want You Anymore’, a stomping old-timey blues. Like most of the album ...
KIRSTY BROMLEY – Time Ashore (Kizzy Records KIZCD02)
Time Ashore sounds like a set of songs chosen because Kirsty Bromley enjoys singing them which is possibly the very best reason. It’s some something ...
IAIN MORRISON – Eas (Peatfire PEATFIRE006)
Iain Morrison is a musician, singer and composer from the Isle of Lewis. He is also the son of a distinguished piper but he’s moved ...
ÁLYTH – Homelands (ANE Records CD103)
Ályth McCormack was born and brought up on the Isle Of Lewis but now lives in Ireland and this rather beautiful album links those two ...
ROBERT ILLESH – To Horsenden (Opal Flame OFR-002)
Robert Illesh is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. To Horsenden is his second solo album but before you pigeon-hole him as a lone folky struggling ...
Rachel Sermanni – new album
Folk-Noir balladeer Rachel Sermanni returns with the release of her new studio album, Tied To The Moon, via Middle Of Nowhere Recordings in July. Tied ...
Gren Bartley – new album
Well respected acoustic musician and lyricist, Gren Bartley releases his third album Magnificent Creatures in September 2015 on Fellside Records, alongside a tour taking in ...
TOM MORIARTY – The Road (Driftwood Records DRIFTW008)
Tom Moriarty’s second album has been delayed by a potentially career-threatening injury. Since Fire In The Doll’s House he has released an EP and a ...
Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston – new album
After spending most of the summer recording their eagerly awaited third album – The Watchmaker's Wife – Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston will undertake a ...
Ross Ainslie announces new album
Ross Ainslie is one of Scotland’s finest traditional musicians and composers, playing pipes, whistles and cittern. He is renowned for his highly acclaimed solo material, ...
Stick In The Wheel – debut album
Stick In The Wheel's debut album From Here is a raw, fresh take on English Folk music. Their now-trademark abrasive delivery of both original and ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Land Of Hope & Fury (Union Music Store UMS009)
Land Of Hope & Fury is a collection of contemporary protest songs – a compilation inspired by the realisation on May 8th 2015 of the ...
THE PORTRAITS – Lions And Butterflies (Sensorypulse Records SPCD006)
What you might not know about music critics’ jobs is that the work can be boring, if not down right disheartening. Go ahead and roll ...
FUNKE AND THE TWO TONE BABY- Balance (Self Released FKE004)
If you’ve not encountered him before, the name might expect some sort of Bootsy Collins style psychedelic funk, but those in the know will be ...
STEVE TILSTON – Truth To Tell (Hubris Records HUB008)
Although he’s just turned 65, has been making music for 44 years and released over 20 albums, the Liverpool-born folk singer-songwriter, now based in Hebden ...
Land Of Hope & Fury – what it’s all about
A message from Jamie & Stevie Freeman: “We woke up on May 8th to election results that left tens of millions of people feeling disenfranchised ...
MAÍRÍ MACINNES – Gràs (Puffin Recordings PUFFIN01CD)
I’m fortunate in that I get to hear albums of Gaelic song that I wouldn’t otherwise know about – it’s not a major topic of ...
THE TEACUPS –Of Labour And Love (Haystack HAYCD008)
Usually associated with the older generation of traditional folk singers, unaccompanied singing is making something of a comeback, not just with the occasional a capella ...
KEITH JAMES – Always (Hurdy Gurdy Music HG2925)
For the past 15 years, James has been inextricably linked with the music of Nick Drake, performing well over 1000 of his ‘The Songs of ...
APPALACHIA – The Judgement (Own Label)
Appalachia began their recording career with a live album and The Judgement is their first studio recording. Despite their name they actually come from the ...
MAWKIN – The Ties that Bind (Good Form Records MKN004)
Here we have a traditional Celtic folk album, filled with traditional folk offerings, but a peppering of other influences, such as Cajun, blues and country ...
PAPER MOON SHINERS – Paper Moon Shiners (own label)
There is a trend in Americana to plunder 20th century styles, particularly from the twenties through to the fifties, either by disinterring old records or ...
Archie Fisher announces first new album in seven years
July 8, 2015: Beloved worldwide as one of the finest traditional singers of all time, MBE Archie Fisher is recognized as Scotland’s foremost folk troubadour ...
MILLPOND MOON – Time To Turn The Tide (Tikopia Records)
Opening an album with Bob Dylan’s ‘Forever Young’ might be considered a risky move but Millpond Moon go on to cover Robbie Robertson’s ‘All La ...
Tom Moriarty recovers from career threatening injury to release new album
The highly acclaimed British singer-songwriter Tom Moriarty returns with his new album The Road on 7th August, eighteen-months after suffering a career-threatening head injury. It ...
HUNGRYTOWN – Further West (Listen Hear! Records LH503)
Further West is the third album from husband and wife duo Hungrytown: singer/song-writer/guitarist Rebecca Hall and multi-instrumentalist Ken Anderson. Originally from Vancouver they now live ...
Heartless Bastards – new album and video
Heartless Bastards have released a hilarious new video for the song 'Hi-Line' from their just-released album Restless Ones. The video was directed by Frank Weysos ...
Fred Abbott – ‘Adrenaline Shot’ video
Fred Abbott has just unveiled his video for the awesome ‘Adrenaline Shot’ from debut solo album ‘Serious Poke’ out 20th July on Lojinx. If you ...
Aaron Wright announces second album
Aaron Wright sings and writes songs, but he is no run-of-the-mill singer-songwriter. There is an adroitness here, a pop lightness of touch, that elevates him ...
Skipinnish – new single
If the last two single releases from Skipinnish are anything to go by, the music world is in for a treat when the band launches ...
MICKE BJORKLOF & BLUE STRIP – Ain’t Bad Yet (Bluesland/Hokahey)
This is the sixth album by Micke Bjorklof & Blue Strip, who hail from Finland. It is all top notch blues-rock delivered in a confident ...
THEA GILMORE – Ghosts & Graffiti (FullFill Records FCCD 165)
A mixed bag, jam packed with 20 tracks from the talented Miss Thea Gilmore. Some older tracks and some brand new tracks to encounter. The ...
Noah And The Whale’s Fred Abbott – solo album
Fred Abbott will release his debut solo album, Serious Poke, on 20th July. The London-based musician, until now best known as lead guitarist and keyboard ...
SANDY ROSS – Grandma’s Got A Boombox (SLR)
First off, ignore the booklet design which really doesn’t do justice to nor accurately represent the record within. Originally from Phoenix, now resident in California, ...
THE HIGH LINE RIDERS – Bumping Into Nothing (Blue Rose BLUDP0656)
Then known as Ed Pettersen & The High-Line Riders, the New York outfit released their debut album, Somewhere South Of Here, in 1997. Since when, ...
ALECTRO – School of Desire (Blue Rose BLUDP0657)
If the name Jeff Eyrich sounds familiar, but you can’t quite place him, take a look at the producer and musicians credits in your albums ...
ANDY SCHAUF – The Bearer Of Bad News (Tender Loving Empire TLE-053)
The Bearer Of Bad News is the third solo album from Saskatchewan singer/ songwriter, Andy Shauf. It’s something of a labour of love, recorded alone ...
Boys Of The Lough – new album on the way
Cathal McConnell - Co Fermanagh - Flute, Whistles & Vocal Breandán O’ Beaglaoigh - Co. Kerry - Accordion, Melodeon & Vocal Kevin Henderson - Shetland ...
SHOOGLENIFTY – The Untied Knot (Shoogle SHOOGLE15015)
You never know what you’ll get with Shooglenifty. Venus In Tweeds was one thing, Murmichan another and The Untied Knot is something else again. Lots ...
BOO HEWERDINE – Open (Reveal REVEAL055CDX)
Back in 2003, Boo Hewerdine recorded a batch of songs but few of them went any further than a master tape. This is the basic ...
MALCOLM HOLCOMBE – The RCA Sessions (Proper/Gypsy Eyes Music)
Gummy, cracked, rasping and often sounding catarrh heavy, the North Carolina folk-country singer’s voice sounds pretty much how he looks, craggy, grizzled, straggle-haired, gap-toothed, wet-lipped ...
Fotheringay – live Under The Bridge, Chelsea
I saw the original Fotheringay just once at a rain-swept festival which was abandoned by the artists, the crowd and the organiser in more or ...
Clype announce debut album
Clype is the much-anticipated self-titled debut album from one of Scotland’s newest and most dynamic duos. Hailing from the North East, Clype is a stripped-back ...
MEGAN HENWOOD – Head, Heart, Hand (Dharma Records DHARMACD021)
Megan Henwood’s debut album, Making Waves, had a deceptively Pre-Raphaelite cover that concealed some muscular songs and it was well received. That was in 2011 ...
Ashley Hutchings MBE
English traditional music is celebrated in the Queen's Birthday Honours as musician, songwriter and bandleader Ashley Hutchings is made an MBE for his services to ...
Will Pound and Eddy Jay – new video
Floating Candle Just for the hell of it: Artist's website: http://willpound.com/ ...
Boo Hewerdine – New album
Open released: June 22nd 2015 on Reveal Records Acclaimed songwriter Boo Hewerdine (The Bible) follows his 2014 released career retrospective My Name In The Brackets ...
PETE ATKIN – The Colours Of The Night (Hillside CDHILL09)
Pete Atkin began writing songs with Clive James (yes, the Clive James) in 1967 and back in the day made half a dozen albums of ...
ANNIE GALLUP – Ghost (Gallway Bay Music GBM108)
As well as having being one half of Hat Check Girl for the past five years, the Ann Arbor born singer-songwriter has an extensive solo ...
GALLEY BEGGAR – Silence and Tears (Rise Above Recordings RISECD189)
I first encountered Galley Beggar at the Half-Moon, Putney, where they were playing support to Mike Heron and Trembling Bells. They were, quite simply, terrific; ...
JIMMY LAFAVE – The Night Tribe (Music Road Records MRR CD023)
His first release since resurfacing in 2012 with Depending On The Distance after a five year absence finds the Oklahoma-Texas singer-songwriter’s mellow nasal drawl in ...
SEAN TAYLOR – The Only Good Addiction Is Love (Self Released STCD9)
I’m not, I have to say, a big blues fan. Or at least not in the sense of blues rock with its wailing, eyes-screwed tight ...
KATHRYN WILLIAMS – Hypoxia (One Little Indian/Caw TPLP1263CD)
As anyone who has read her poetry will know, Sylvia Plath was not someone to whom you would turn for light, uplifting escapism. Suffering from ...
THE HELLFIRE CLUB – Songs For Fallen Stars (Strength In Numbers SINR003)
I suppose we’ll have to label this Americana but labels can be deceptive. The Hellfire Club are based in Glasgow and their music has a ...
SVER – Norwegian folk music with relentless energy and seductive spark!
Since the group's inception in 2008, SVER have gone from strength to strength, playing extensively throughout Europe and gaining a reputation as one of the ...
DALE WATSON – Call Me Insane (Red House RHR287)
Vintage Bakersfield country from his silver pompadour down to his rhinestones, you might think the deep-voiced Alabama-born Watson (who looks like he could be Billy ...
Jeremiah Brothers share official video
‘Because Of You’ The new single from their debut eponymous album Kevin and Ciaran Jeremiah (of The Feeling) share the new video for their upcoming ...
RICHARD THOMPSON – Still (Proper Records PRPCD131)
The new album from Richard Thompson – Still - is scheduled to be released on June 29th 2015 although one can pre-order now and I ...
EMILY PORTMAN – Coracle (Furrow Records FURR008)
I’ve always been a fan of Emily Portman’s songwriting; less so in the past of her performances. Hearing her recently with the reunited Devil’s Interval, ...
TRADarrr – Cautionary Tales (Hedge Of Sound HOS02)
I have to say this, just to get it out of the way – TRADarrr is not a great name. Particularly when it’s attached to ...
The Gorgeous Chans – single and video
Young Nottingham-based 6-piece The Gorgeous Chans started life in 2012 riffing on Paul Simon’s Graceland album, and using that as their starting point began making ...
JAMES MCARTHUR AND THE HEAD GARDENERS – Strange Readings From The Weather Station (Moorland MLAND002)
In an on-line thread that I followed a musician stated that he didn’t like critics who used the word “interesting” to describe music. I was ...
Sasha McVeigh – debut album
I Stand Alone New album to be released 8th June 2015 via Hot Stuff Management ‘Someone to Break My Heart’ – single released 1st June ...
BALLAD OF CROWS – Ballad Of Crows (own label)
Steve Crawford and Pete Coutts have been playing together in various line-ups for two decades. With the addition of multi-instrumentalist Sascha “Salossi” Loss they became ...
MICHAEL CHAPMAN – Deal Gone Down (SECRET SECCD120)
“Well, I think I stayed a little too long and had too much to drink” are the first words you hear on Deal Gone Down and ...
SPIN DOCTORS – Songs From The Road (Ruf Records 1212)
Songs From The Road is, as one would expect, a collection of live tracks performed by the band. The Spin Doctors have been around for ...
THE JEREMIAH BROS. – The Jeremiah Bros. (own label)
The Jeremiah Brothers are a couple of dudes from the mid-west who ambled into a studio in Nashville, shook the dust off their boots and ...
Gryphon live at The Union Chapel, 29th May 2015
As Richard Harvey pointed out this tour – labelled None The Wiser – was the first time that the core of Gryphon had played together ...
DARK GREEN TREE – Secret Lives (Haven Records HAVENCD 017)
Dark Green Tree are Jay Brown and Ross Cockburn, although since the album sleeve was printed vocalist Cera Impala has expanded the duo to a ...
The Milk Carton Kids – new album
Grammy-nominated duo The Milk Carton Kids – the two guitar/two voice singularity of Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale – have released their new album Monterey. ...
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