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).
DOMENIC DeCICCO – Seeds Of Evergreen (Twin Arrows Music)
I wasn’t in the best frame of mind when I sat down to listen to this album but the first notes cheered me up. No ...
CHRIS WHILE & JULIE MATTHEWS – Who We Are (Fat Cat FATCD029)
After 20 years and nine albums, Chris While and Julie Matthews, the undisputed queens of British female folk duos, continue to come up with the ...
CHARLIE DORE – Milk Roulette (Black Ink Music BICD8)
Although she never really attained the stardom predicted for her when she released ‘Pilot Of The Airwaves’ back in 1979, the Pinner-born singer’s not exactly ...
The Steeleye Span 45th Anniversary folking Interview
With a career that has taken in an astounding six decades, Steeleye Span is not just a legendary name in British music but also a ...
MINTON SPARKS – Gold Digger (Self-Release available at CD Baby)
I’ve always found it a fine line to draw when considering the difference between some songwriter’s lyrics and poetry. Take Van Morrison or Bob Dylan ...
Fisherman’s Friend enters The Changing Room
The Changing Room’s debut EP A River Runs Between has created quite a stir. Released at the end of September, it’s already attracted Radio 2 ...
ROBBIE HILL & THE BLUE 62’s – Price To Pay (Music Avenue)
What we have here is a package of standard blues fare, but delivered with enough polish and expertise to warrant attention. It kicks off with ...
DAVID ROBERTS – St Clears (own label)
St Clears is the debut album by singer-songwriter David Roberts. David is from Herefordshire and has been writing and performing for ten years but this ...
BEYOND THE FIELDS – The Falcon Lives (own label BTF 2014)
I like almost everything about the debut album from Beyond The Fields. They are a trans-European Celtic-rock band now based in Switzerland featuring a fairly ...
JOHN CEE STANNARD & BLUE HORIZON – Bus Depot Blues (Cast Iron CIRCD 024)
From the Thames delta area of Reading comes the debut album by John Cee Stannard & Blue Horizon; a set of original blues songs with ...
TOM BROWN – A Sailor’s Life
S&A Projects ISBN: 978-0-9930468-0-3 Softback – 165 pages The life of John Short of Watchet is, in many ways, an ordinary life. We was born ...
KELLY OLIVER – This Land (Folkstock FSR 14 004)
Returning from Brazil determined to pursue her ambition of becoming a professional musician, Stevenage-based Oliver has had a busy and fruitful year. Since playing her ...
BRAD COLERICK – Tucson (Back 9 Records BN0405)
Wherever music is made, there will always be artists who have a loyal, often large, following in their own backyard, but who, for whatever reason, ...
SLOWMAN – Happy Boy (Slow SLOWCD10)
Although his drawl sounds like he was raised on the dust of the mid-West, Svnate Törngren actually hails from Sweden where, during the 1980s, he ...
TOM & BARBARA BROWN – Just Another Day… (Wild Goose WGS406CD)
Over the years Tom and Barbara Brown have become elder statespersons of the West Country folk music scene and have done so without ever forgetting ...
KARA – Waters So Deep (own label)
I’m prepared to wager that very few albums begin with a lyric by Alexander Pushkin, particularly one that serves as a warning about what not ...
Mike Vass: new CD – In the Wake of Neil Gunn
‘A journey of recovery and discovery’ Award-winning Scottish composer and fiddler Mike Vass is the master musician behind one of the most ambitious and intriguing ...
Merry Hell breaks loose!
Rising 8-piece folk-rockers, Merry Hell, release a new video and limited edition 4 track CD to tie in with their forthcoming tour and to herald ...
THE CHANGING ROOM – A River Runs Between (The Changing Room Music TCRM75006)
There can’t be many songs written about the Cornish pilchard industry but the third and final track on The Changing Room’s debut CD, ‘Row Boys ...
KATE IN THE KETTLE – Swimmings Of The Head (own label)
There is a PR guy with whom I have a very good relationship – he sends me records and I write nice things about them ...
Songs For The Voiceless – Album release
Some of the UK’s finest folk artists formed a collective to release this autumn album marking the WW1 centenary and unlocking myriad muted voices of ...
LUCINDA WILLIAMS – Down Where The Spirit Meets the Bone (Highway 20)
In launching her own label at 61, Williams clearly hasn’t gone for any half-measures. Her first album in four years, this is a 20 track ...
ZOE SCHWARZ BLUE COMMOTION – Exposed (33 Records 33WM150)
The opener, ‘Angel of Mercy’, starts with the gentle tick-tock of a drumbeat, descending fingerpicked chords and soft vocals, lulling you into thinking this is ...
JOSIENNE CLARKE AND BEN WALKER – Nothing Can Bring Back The Hour (Folk Room)
Hailing from Sussex and Evesham respectively, the pair are steeped in the folk traditions of English songwriting with influences drawn from, among others, Sandy Denny, ...
Kate In The Kettle: new album
Kate in the Kettle – Swimmings Of The Head Kate Young Joins Forces With Marit Fält On Tour To Accompany The Release Of Beautiful New ...
Roxanne de Bastion: the new EP – Seeing You
The EP contains 4 new tracks of cutting and clever lyrics, delivered with what BBC6 producer Tom Whalley said to be “one of the most ...
Hattie Briggs: new album and single
Old Eyes Taken from her upcoming album Red And Gold Hattie’s impressive and unorthodox journey through the folk and acoustic music scene began with her ...
Eddi Reader: new EP
Eddi Reader releases a new five song EP Back The Dogs on November 3rd. Featuring four well chosen covers alongside Back The Dogs from her ...
INCREDIBLE STRING BAND Ducks On A Pond (Secret SECDP106)
Recorded live at the Lowry Theatre in Salford in 2003, Ducks On A Pond was originally released as Everything’s Fine back in 2007 but, and ...
Seeds of Evergreen – The new album launch by Domenic DeCicco.
Domenic releases his 3rd solo album.. The themes are touching in their purity and convey a sense of honesty and vulnerability that draws the listener ...
MARTHA TILSTON – The Sea (Squiggly SQRCD08)
On the back cover of the album appear the words “Traditional folk songs about the sea, collected, sung and played with family & friends - ...
THE STRAY BIRDS – Best Medicine (Yep Roc YEP-2408)
“Music is the best medicine I sell.” How can you resist a sentiment like that? It’s the hook of the title track of the second ...
SUNJAY – Sunjay (New Mountain Music)
Born in Derby and now living in Stourbridge, Sunjay Brayne has apparently been playing guitar since he was four. Still only 20, this is his ...
An Evening With Kris Kristofferson The Pilgrim Ch 77 (Virgin)
What it says on the box, this is a double CD live recording of the singer-songwriter legend’s sold-out show at London’s Union Chapel on September ...
Coope, Simpson, Fraser and Freya: Hark Hark
Hark Hark – a festive feast to send you into Christmas with a feelgood factor. A rich mixture of old and new with a firm ...
Johnny Ashby – new single: Back In 1993
Johnny is an emerging artist on the UK songwriter circuit. Through a love of Paul Simon, Fleetwood Mac and Ryan Adams Johnny has crafted his ...
DAVE McGRAW and MANDY FER Maritime Reviewed
Following solo releases, the pair made their duo debut two years back with Seed Of A Pine, a collection of acoustic folk, country and blues ...
VICKI SWAN & JONNY DYER – A Sound Of Christmas Past (WetFoot Music)
Christmas is still three months away, but the shops are already stocked up with the usual festive trappings. Now, here’s the first of the year’s ...
STEEL THREADS – Live EP (own label)
After two studio albums folk-rock duo Steel Threads release a seven-track live EP, a record that they believe best represents their real sound. Four of ...
POLICE DOG HOGAN – Westward Ho! (Union Music Store UMS007)
Westward Ho! is the third album by Police Dog Hogan – or “the band that I’m in” if you’re a regular reader of Tim Dowling’s ...
SALLY BARKER – Maid In England (Hypertension HYP 14305)
I’m not sure that, after a career spanning some 28 years, during which time she’s released six solo albums, two with The Poozies and been ...
RED SKY JULY: new album & single
RED SKY JULY - Shadowbirds Album release September 15th 2014 ‘Losing You’ – single release Sept 22nd Red Sky July return with Shadowbirds, the follow ...
ANGE HARDY – The Lament Of the Black Sheep (Story Records)
Her second album in as many years after returning to the folk scene following time off to raise two kids, Hardy expands the sparse voice ...
NAOMI BEDFORD – A History of Insolence: Songs of Freedom, Dissent & Strife (Dusty Willow)
For those who are unaware, Bedford is the personal and professional partner of Paul Simmonds from The Men they Couldn’t Hang, so it’s not too ...
A Newbie Cropredy Review (2014)
Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2014 I had heard of the Cropredy Festival before, and had even heard of Fairport Convention, but as I had grown up ...
The Chris Leslie Interview Cropredy 2014
Many of our readers will know Chris as; the key songwriter in the current line-up of Fairport Convention, a top notch multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and all round ...
ERJA LYYTINEN – The Sky Is Crying (Tuohi THC 001 CD)
A female Finnish slide guitar player isn’t the sort of musician you come across every day, particularly one who makes music like this. The Sky ...
MARK NEVIN – Beautiful Guitars (Raresongs Recordings MARKNCD004)
We’ve all done it, or know someone who has: gazed longingly in the window or gone inside for a closer look; maybe even asked to ...
MARTIN BARRE ANNOUNCES STUDIO ALBUM FEATURING TULL CLASSICS
Responding to fans’ demand, legendary guitarist Martin Barre has announced the release of Order of Play. The album, due out on September 29th, is the ...
THE ELIZABETHAN SESSION out now
Featuring Martin Simpson, Nancy Kerr, Bella Hardy, Jim Moray, John Smith, Hannah James, Rachel Newton & Emily Askew This 14 track CD showcases the multi-artist ...
A Sailor’s life published
Finally, the biography of John Short – Yankee Jack, the shantyman from Watchet in Somerset – is finished! It is being published on 23rd September ...
Bouree & Ian Anderson’s tribute to Glenn Cornick at Weyfest
This video is dedicated to the memory of Glenn Cornick who sadly left us recently on August 28th at age 67. Glen was a major ...
Cropredy 2014 Photo Gallery
Bringing you right up to date with some of the 2014 photos from Fairport's Cropredy Convention. Click the photo below to view the album ...
Tim Benton announces debut album
SCENES FROM A WELL-SPENT YOUTH Re-discovering the songs of 1965-75 Featuring songs written or made famous by Dusty Springfield, Simon & Garfunkel, Carole King, Bob ...
POLICE DOG HOGAN ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM
POLICE DOG HOGAN Westward Ho! Union Music Store - October 6th Listen to their new track 'Thunderheads': With 8 members in the full line-up and ...
TOM MORIARTY – new single: ‘Me And The Sun’
London singer songwriter Tom Moriarty has released a new single, ‘Me And The Sun’ as a prelude to his new album, The Road. The album ...
BIG COUNTRY – STEELTOWN – 30TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
Produced by Steve Lillywhite at Abba’s Polar Studios in Stockholm, the album was Number 1 in many international territories and spawned 3 hit singles in ...
Girl From Golden – the official video
When I heard from my friend, Darryl Purpose that he was releasing new material by one of my favourite singer-songwriters, the greatly missed Dave Carter (August 13, ...
Steve Bonham announces new album
Songsmith – a bold new album of powerful and highly individual songs. “Totally of its time” was how the first comeback album from Steve Bonham, ...
TERRY EMM – new album: Starlight
Released 20th October on Azez Records Acclaimed UK alt-folk singer songwriter Terry Emm will release his highly anticipated third album Starlight on October 20th on ...
DANIEL NESTLERODE – LIVE AT BODMIN FOLK CLUB – FRIDAY 15TH AUGUST 2014
The BCA Rooms in Mount Folly is not an easy place to find especially when you arrive early and unsure as to which door in ...
THE ELIZABETHAN SESSION – The Elizabethan Session (Quercus Records QUERCUS001)
“There is an assumption common in some quarters that history is all about the past”, says Dr Ian Mortimer in his sleeve note. “In reality, ...
POLLY PAULUSMA – The Small Feat of My Reverie (Wild Sound)
Two years ago, having taken flight from One Little Indian following sophomore album Fingers & Thumbs to launch her own label, Paulusma released her third ...
VENA PORTAE – Vena Portae (Humble Soul)
Although likely to be tagged as Emily Barker’s side project to Red Clay Halo, the trio was actually put together in 2011 by British songwriter ...
What A Week
So, we’ve come to the end of a fantastic celebration of 60 years of the folk, dance and song festivals in Sidmouth. What a week! ...
EWAN McLENNAN – new album
Artist: Ewan McLennan Stories Still Untold Label: Fellside Records Release Date: 29th September 2014 Autumn 2014 sees the release of Ewan McLennan’s 3rd album, Stories ...
JAMES KEELAGHAN – new album
JAMES KEELAGHAN – Celebrating 25 Years Of Performing History contains eighteen studio versions of James' most beloved songs, while on the accompanying DVD we find ...
BRYONY GRIFFITH – Nightshade (Selwyn Music SYNMCD0008)
Bryony Griffith’s first solo album exudes a great sense of freedom. Shorn of the melodeon which gave Lady Diamond, her duo album with Will Hampson, ...
The Elizabethan Session
“I hear tell of London, Buildings seven houses high, The perfume of the ladies, All the ways a man can die. And the Woman King, ...
A GOLDEN YEAR AS THE CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL CELEBRATES IN STYLE
The Cambridge Folk Festival celebrated in style this weekend with a line-up and atmosphere that truly befitted its 50th anniversary year. The event, which had ...
Larkin Poe announce debut album
Kin RH Music 25th August 2014 They say madness runs in the family. They say the same about creativity and passion. That's good news ...
ADAM COHEN ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘WE GO HOME’
RELEASED ON SEPTEMBER 15TH VIA COOKING VINYL "I thought I'd learned my lesson on the last record. A pretty towering lesson.That what’s most important to ...
DAVE HADFIELD – ‘All The Wrong Notes’ (Scratching Shed Publishing ISBN 9780957559363)
Sub-titled Adventures In Unpopular Music, Dave Hadfield’s book gives us the nod that he’s really rather pleased that folk music doesn’t get the stadium touring, ...
The Willows’ new album, Amidst Fiery Skies, released October 6, 2014
Rising Cambridge five piece’s striking second album sets alight Anglo-American melting pot Outstanding young Cambridge band The Willows will release a striking follow up to ...
KATHRYN TICKELL & THE SIDE: new album
'Kathryn Tickell & The Side' Release Date: 29th September 2014 Label: Resilient Records RES006 (Proper Distribution) Kathryn Tickell & The Side features Kathryn Tickell on ...
PETUNIA – Inside Of You (own label)
Who is Petunia, what is he? As William Shakespeare didn’t actually say. Originally from Quebec he’s now based in Vancouver and he’s been described as ...
JOHN FULLBRIGHT – Songs (Blue Dirt Records)
The Oklahoma native made his recording debut in 2009 with a live album, three years later his first studio outing, From The Ground Up, earned ...
BROKEN BOAT – Small Defeats (Self-Released)
A Hertfordshire-based acoustic trio comprising songwriter Daniel Bahrami and multi-instrumentalists Brendan Kearney and Jess Hart (who also did the embroidery for the sleeve design) with ...
DAVE COUSINS – Exorcising Ghosts
EXORCISING GHOSTS, THE EXPLOSIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE STRAWBS FRONTMAN, DAVE COUSINS TO BE RELEASED THIS SEPTEMBER Exorcising Ghosts — the long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated autobiography by ...
GREG RUSSELL & CIARAN ALGAR – The Call (Fellside FECD262)
In the three years since they came together as a duo, young folkies Russell and Algar haven’t done too badly. Their 2012 debut, .The Queen’s ...
JON ALLEN – Deep River (Monologue)
Born in Winchester, a graduate of LIPA and now based in London, Allen is firmly rooted in 60s and 70s folk and soul, his music ...
KRIS DELMHORST – Blood Test (SIGNATURE SOUNDS SIG 2065)
Kris Delmhorst is a new name to me and, considering that Blood Test is her seventh solo album, that may indicate a lack of application ...
STARK – Stories From The Ground (OWN LABEL)
How to describe Stark? A power trio with a banjo, perhaps? They have in Jamie Francis a lead singer with power and range who also ...
ZOE MUTH – World Of Strangers (SIGNATURE SOUNDS SIG2064)
I’m not really the genre expert here. I mean where does country become Americana and Americana morph into acoustic rock? However, I do know what ...
ADAM HOLMES – Heirs & Graces (GROGAR RECORDS GR1AH)
Heirs & Graces is the debut album from Edinburgh singer-songwriter Adam Holmes and his band The Embers. Of course, The Embers includes Kris Drever and ...
Towersey Festival: 50 Years In The Making
New book celebrates half-century of much-loved Oxfordshire festival The celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of Towersey Festival continue with the publication of a new book ...
SKERRYVORE: new album, single and tour
Inspired by sun-filled summers spent on Tiree that were the springboard for the band forming, Chasing The Sun is the fifth and arguably most mature ...
Jenny Lysandser: debut EP and album
Hailing from Stockholm, where between traveling and playing Jenny is studying Chinese philosophy, her music has an eerie other worldliness to it, her songs like the ...
Emily Barker – New album and single
Vena Portae Debut Album Out August 18th Vena Portae are comprised of BAFTA award-winning singer songwriter Emily Barker, songwriter and performer Dom Coyote, and Swedish ...
SHARON CORR ANNOUNCES NEW SOLO ALBUM
Prior to the September release of her new solo album ‘The Same Sun’, Sharon Corr announces a UK tour. Starting in Inverness on September 14th, ...
RICHARD THOMPSON – Acoustic Classics (Beeswing BSW14)
Whenever I hear Richard Thompson in solo concert I miss those long guitar solos. Of course, whenever I hear him with a band I miss ...
Tim Grimm and the King of the Folksingers video
We are well folking hacked off as we missed this first time round and Tim Grimm was up up and away by the 4th of July having ...
Malcolm Holcombe’s Pitiful Blues is released on the 4 August
Born and raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Malcolm Holcombe is recognized as a folk/Americana performer of international stature, and an uncommonly ...
Ward Thomas share the official video for ‘Push For The Stride’
With the sounds of Country music permeating in the UK after the success of the hit television series Nashville, people both within and outside the ...
Sam Brookes – This Is The Place
Single was released 24th June 2014 Taken from his new album KAIROS Sam Brookes has become part of the burgeoning acoustic music scene, gigging around ...
JON ALLEN – New album
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jon Allen released his new album Deep River on 7th July, 2014 on Monologue Records. The album, the third of Allen’s career, followed ...
Mark Ripp – Quiet Again (own label MR30004-2)
Sometimes an album turns up that is such a delight that you need to share the news. Quiet Again is one such. Mark is from ...
FIRST ALBUM IN A DECADE FROM THE CRAZY WORLD OF ARTHUR BROWN
After 40 years and more performing, adventuring and recording, the indomitable force that is Arthur Brown has, in a cross generational collaboration with co-producers/musicians Sam ...
Tom & Barbara Brown announce new album
Artist’s website: http://www.umbermusic.co.uk/tandb/tandbframe.htm ...
Dai Jeffries Interviews Graeme Taylor from Home Service
Our very own Dai Jeffries caught up with Graeme Taylor last month to talk about his pivotal role in Home Service, the bands history, his accident ...
RICHARD THOMPSON – Acoustic Classics
ACOUSTIC CLASSICS Newly recorded acoustic versions of his landmark songs Beeswing/Proper, released July 14 Acoustic Classics is a collection of newly recorded, timeless Richard Thompson ...
First Charge Of The Light Brigade – debut album announced
First Charge Of The Light Brigade Release Date: 1 September 2014 First Charge Of The Light Brigade's self-titled debut album is predominantly the work of ...
THE MAE TRIO – Housewarming (Self released)
Having already made a sizeable impression on Australia’s acoustic music scene, Melbourne-based trio Anita Hillman and sisters Maggie and Elsie Rigby are now venturing into ...
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra – new album
TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER Label - Tea Pad Recordings Cat. No. - TP-003 Release Date - July 7 2014 The UK’s finest purveyors of Western ...
The Askew Sisters: new album
Sister duo Emily and Hazel Askew released their long awaited new album In The Air Or The Earth on 5th May. Fresh from their work with ...
David Gray: Announces New Album & Streams Track
David Gray is just about to release his new album Mutineers on June 30 through iht Records via Kobalt Label Services. This release will be Gray’s tenth studio album and his first in four years ...
The Armistice Pals
Everyone remembers the charity version of ‘Perfect Day’ with its myriad of voices from the pop and rock world. Let’s hope everyone will also remember ...
Songs For The Voiceless – Album
~ Some of the UK’s finest folk artists release CD for WW1 centenary ~ Featuring Jon Boden, Bella Hardy, Josienne Clarke, Gilmore & Roberts, The ...
JESS MORGAN – Langa Langa (Amateur Boxer)
A swiftish follow-up to last year’s Aye Me, the Norwich singer-songwriter’s third album continues to draw on both English and Americana influences, her storytelling as ...
Mary Gauthier – Trouble and Love (Proper PRPCD123P)
Gauthier’s seventh studio album, her first in four years, finds her stepping outside of the major label model to take control of the business on ...
TWELFTH DAY – The Devil Makes Three (Orange Feather Records OFR003)
Hailing from, respectively, Orkney and Peebles, Catriona Price and Esther Swift have been making waves on the Scottish folk scene since releasing their debut album ...
FUCHSIA II – From Psychedelia … To A Distant Place (Sound Practices 01)
Do you remember Fuchsia? They came from my alma mater, following in the footsteps of Principal Edward’s Magic Theatre and did the right things – ...
MARK CHADWICK – Moment (On The Fiddle OTFCD020)
Mark Chadwick’s second solo album won’t disappoint fans but it may surprise one or two. It’s simple, direct and confessional and I enjoyed it from ...
JASON MRAZ announces album YES! out 14th July
Grammy award winning singer/songwriter Jason Mraz has announced details of his much-anticipated new album. YES! will be released via Atlantic Records on the 14th July. One of ...
WHISKEY MOONFACE: New album – One Blinding Dusky Dusk
Whiskey Moonface are Ewan Bleach on clarinet, Jim Ydstie on double bass lead by the stunning vocals of accordionist and song-writer Louisa Jones. One Blinding ...
MISHAPED PEARLS – Thamesis
Pigeon hole Mishaped Pearls at your peril. The dynamic rising seven piece from London prove with this third album release how seamlessly they can segue ...
MOULETTES – New album
CONSTELLATIONS The New Album, 2nd June 2014 The Moulettes return with their third studio album, and their first for the Navigator Records, ‘Constellations’ on June ...
MELODY WALKER & JACOB GROOPMAN – We Made It Home (Maker/Mender MM002)
I have to admit to being somewhat ambivalent about this, the duo debut by singer Walker and bluegrass picker Groopman, the pair also both members ...
SETH LAKEMAN – New video
West country folk singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman unearthed hidden histories and unsung everyday heroes to commemorate in song from in and around his ...
BLAIR DUNLOP – House of Jacks (Rooksmere Records, RRCD112P)
Son of Ashley Hutchings he may be, but 'Something’s Gonna Give Way', the riff driven opening track on his sophomore album, firmly suggests the influences ...
BARRY OLLMAN – What’ll It Be? (Self Released)
Chances are you’ll never have heard of Barry Ollman. Not unless, that is, you happen to be a music collector. His father a Midwest correspondent ...
Eleanor McEvoy – Stuff (Moscodisc, MOSCCD4111)
Put together in response to fan requests for hard to find material, this is a vault scouring collection of material that embraces alternative mixes, B-sides ...
CARRIE ELKIN & DANNY SCHMIDT – For Keeps (Red House, RHR 278)
Already well established individually, Elkin and Schmidt bring their personal and professional lives together, their October wedding preceded by their debut duo album. The writing ...
THE CELIA BRYCE BAND – Links (Vermillion Red Records VRR 006)
If your taste runs to intelligent folk-rock with a whole heap of country and a dash of Newcastle look no further. The Celia Bryce Band ...
MEGSON – In A Box (EDJ Records EDJ019)
Two years on from their ‘children’s album’, When I Was A Lad, Teesside husband and wife duo, Stu and Debbie Hanna, get back to what ...
Loudon Wainwright III returns with new album ‘Haven’t Got the Blues (Yet)’
Haven’t Got the Blues (Yet)--or HGTB(Y), for short—is the 26th album in the long and illustrious career of Loudon Wainwright III. It follows his acclaimed ...
THE BEVVY SISTERS – Plan B (Interrupto Music IM004)
Acclaimed by the likes of Lau, Eliza Carthy and Dick Gaughan, Heather Macleod, Gina Rae, Cera Impala and honorary sister David Donnelly have been making ...
HADDO – New album
BORDERLANDS RELEASED: Monday, May 19, 2014 WILL AND NICKY POUND BRIDGE THE BORDER WITH VIBRANT ANGLO-SCOTS SECOND ALBUM Hot on the heels of his 2014 ...
DAN CLEWS – Tourist In My Own Backyard (Self Released)
As one-time Dexys member Andy Leek will tell you, being hailed as a future star by George Martin can come back to bite you. In ...
RAINBOW CHASERS – Chimes At Midnight (Talking Elephant TECD255)
Rainbow Chasers are a band that promised much and delivered relatively little – sad but true. The band that Ashley Hutchings put together in 2004 ...
THE TWO SISTERS – Songs & Chansons (Acoustics CDACS 064)
Many artists attempt this sort of melange of styles and sources but few do it with the panache of Hilary James and Simon Mayor. The ...
Moulettes – Constellations (Navigator NAVIGATOR090)
This third outing for the Moulettes is a perfect showcase for their pleasing pop/rock-folk fusion style. Full of intricately layered songs laced with intelligent lyrics, ...
BEN ROGERS – Lost Stories: Volume One (own label)
The driving beat of an acoustic guitar; a howling harmonica and a whiskey-wrecked voice introduce Ben Rogers’ self-produced debut album. Ben is from Vancouver but ...
THE GRAND SLAMBOVIANS – The Brasenose, Cropredy (6th May 2014)
They seem to have settled on The Grand Slambovians now so no more Gandalf Murphy, no more Slambovian Circus Of Dreams for now at least ...
Folking welcomes in the May 2014 at Butser Ancient Farm
To celebrate the May (or Beltane) this year, folking took ourselves down to Butser Ancient Farm which nestles into the rolling hills of the South Downs National ...
DAN AMOR – new album and streamed single
Out May 12th on Recordiau Cae Gwyn Records STREAM LEAD SINGLE 'SISTER ANNE' HERE Rolling out of the mountains and valleys of North Wales comes ...
CENTENARY: WORDS & MUSIC OF THE GREAT WAR
MUSIC PLAYED BY SHOW OF HANDS POETRY READ BY JIM CARTER AND IMELDA STAUNTON UK album release June 30th 2014 / ‘Lads In Their Hundreds’ ...
PETE COE AND ALICE JONES – The Search For Five Finger Frank (Backshift BASH CD 61)
If you haven't seen Pete Coe on stage recently (why not?) the title may require some explanation. “Frank” refers to Frank Kidson, something of a ...
MUCH ANTICIPATED ALBUM FROM DAMIAN HELLIWELL’S PROJECT ‘METTA’
RELEASE DATE: Monday, 9th June, 2014 Having released an EP in January, the much anticipated self-titled album, Damian Helliwell’s “Metta”, will be released on the ...
WINTER WILSON – Cutting Free (Self Released)
Well known on the folk circuit, but never having crossed over into the mainstream contemporary acoustic scene, Kip Winter and Dave Wilson have been working ...
Fate The Juggler – One Eye Open (Red Admiral)
One Eye Open begins with what sounds like a reed organ but could be a flute and some electronics. It’s very sixties but as the ...
Ryley Walker’s debut album ‘All Kinds Of You’
"With the charming swagger of jazz-folk troubadour Tim Buckley and the resonant, full picking style of Bert Jansch, 'The West Wind' comes from Walker's first ...
A Small Quiet English Town
Sidmouth FolkWeek (1st – 8th August 2014) celebrating its 60th year and your festival in style MAJOR DOCUMENTARY FILM ON SIDMOUTH FOLKWEEK SEEKS PERSONAL ARCHIVES ...
The Ree-Vahs! – new album: Geordieland
When Tommy o' Loan arrived in Stanley from Northern Ireland after the first world war he did two things. The first was to drop his ...
OLLIE VEE – Lonesome Girl (Dang Snapit)
Taking their name from the Buddy Holly song should point you in the general direction of this Southern Ontario rockabilly trio’s unashamedly retro sound. Add ...
3 BOXES – ‘Strings Attached’ ALBUM
From Richard Thompson, Pink Floyd and The Shadows comes a trio, all featured in Guitar Player's ‘1,000 Great Guitarists’ with each contributing their unique ‘box’ ...
Sarah Morgan Memorial Concert
I know it isn’t done to review an event like this and I have no intention of doing so. But I do feel that a ...
Christoph Bruhn’s Weekends on the Frontier
CD / digital download - 10th May 2014 I first discovered the music of Christoph Bruhn through the original release of this album. So ...
MARY JANE – New Album: Solstice
Talking Elephant - TECD244 MARY JANE is a Hampshire based band who play lively acoustic & electric folk-rock. Their music is individualistic & varied, with ...
SIÔN RUSSELL JONES – Lost No More (Sarj)
Fifty years ago Siôn Russell Jones would have been an instant star with an album like this. It doesn’t work like that of course, we’ve ...
THE REDLANDS PALOMINO COMPANY – Broken Carelessly (Clubhouse Records CRUK0016CD)
In late 2011, not long after the release of their 2011 sort of ‘comeback’, Don’t Fade, drummer Don Tilbury announced he was relocating to Copenhagen ...
ELIZA GILKYSON – The Nocturne Diaries (Red House RHR-264)
As the title suggests, while may be some harsher musical moments (notably the gutsy ringing guitar driven ‘The Red Rose And The Thorn’), this is ...
BIRDS OF CHICAGO – Live From Space (Self Released)
With only one previous album to your name, it may seem a little premature to follow up with a live recording. However, this is a ...
BEVERLEY MARTYN – The Phoenix and the Turtle (Les Cousins LC018)
Her second solo album and first release in 16 years, finds the 66 year old in perhaps not surprisingly reflective frame of mind as, working ...
Bonnie Dobson & Her Boys – new album: Take Me For A Walk In The Morning Dew
Hornbeam Recordings: June 2014 Record Store Day 7 inch Single, April 18th featuring ‘Come Dancing’/’Dancing Version’ Bonnie Dobson is one of the great voices of ...
ROBERT FRANCIS & THE NIGHT TIDE – HEAVEN
ALBUM RELEASE DATE 28th APRIL 2014 Born in Los Angeles in 1988, Robert Francis is the son of a classical music producer. He was given his ...
JOHN ILLSLEY – Testing The Water
Testing The Water Album release June 16th 2014 on Creek Records, distributed by Absolute via Universal Multiple Brit & Grammy award winner John Illsley returns ...
A Blues-rock Benefit for Walter Trout at Shepherds Bush Empire
The international Rock blues community comes together on Sunday the 4th of May to present a special benefit show in London for the blues-rock legend ...
Patsy Matheson: Domino Girls
‘Domino Girls’, the new album from Patsy Matheson, is her best and most ambitious work yet. Featuring contributions from Belinda O’Hooley (O'Hooley & Tidow, Rachel ...
WARD THOMAS – Debut EP: Footnotes
Ward Thomas are a Country / Americana duo from Hampshire, comprised of 19-year old twin sisters Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas. Their new first UK ...
THE SWEET LOWDOWN – MAY
The Sweet Lowdown can take you anywhere you want to go, from a sunny front porch to the outer reaches of the universe. Blending original ...
The Battle Of Clontarf
On April 23, the 1000th anniversary of one of the most important dates in Norse-Irish history will pass. On this day in 1014 the largest ...
CARLENE CARTER – Carter Girl (Rounder)
As the daughter of June Carter and 50s country star Carl Smith and the step-daugher of Johnny Cash, even making reference to her musical heritage ...
IAN ANDERSON LAUNCHES LYRIC VIDEO & FREE DOWNLOAD FOR ‘ENTER THE UNIVITED’
Ahead of the release of legendary prog (progressive Rock) pioneer Ian Anderson’s new album Homo Erraticus, due to be released on 11th April in Germany, the 14th ...
NEEDTOBREATHE
NEW ALBUM RIVERS IN THE WASTELAND OUT APRIL 14 Folking have recently been given the word on South Carolina-based trio NEEDTOBREATHE who have just announced ...
Bella Hardy Thirty for 30
May 24th 2014 is the 73rd birthday of Bob Dylan, and the 195th birthday of Queen Victoria. It's also acclaimed folk songstress Bella Hardy's 30th ...
BARBARA DICKSON & RAB NOAKES – Reunited EP released on 14th April
To accompany their 2014 tour Barbara Dickson and Rab Noakes have combined their voices to record an EP. Barbara and Rab have known one another ...
ROB LINCOLN – 5 Cents A Song (own label)
It used to be true that every pop star or group needed a gimmick. If they didn’t have one the press would take something and ...
PAUL HANDYSIDE – Wayward Son (Malady Music MALCD004)
Paul Handyside is formerly of indie pop band Hurrah! and later of alt-country outfit Bronze. Wayward Son, his second solo album, combines these influences and, ...
BEAU – Fly The Bluebird (Cherry Red)
Anyone with an interest in the British music scene of the late 60s may remember Beau, the first artist to release a record on John ...
THE O’CAROLAN FAMILY – A Language Within (Self Released)
Let me say from the outset, I’m more of a song than an instrumental man and instrumental trad folk isn’t at the top of list ...
3 BOXES – Strings Attached (Gregsongs CGCD1401)
The men behind the three boxes are former members of Plainsong: Andy Roberts, Clive Gregson and Mark Griffiths. All are experienced composers, players and singers ...
PAUL McCLURE – Smiling From The Floor Up (Clubhouse CRUK0019CD)
At first hearing Paul McClure hails from somewhere between New York and Texas. Then you hear certain inflections that are decidedly English in the midst ...
JACQUELYN HYNES- Silver And Wood (Hobgoblin Records HOBCD1015)
Although credited solely to Jacquelyn, Silver And Wood is very much an ensemble record, featuring nine other musicians, principally J Eoin, Eoin O’Neill and Quentin ...
THE YOUNG ‘UNS – Never Forget (Heretue Records YNGS10)
Never Forget begins and ends with contrasting views of the EDL march on the Bull Lane mosque following the murder of Lee Rigby. I caution ...
BARB JUNGR- Hard Rain (Krystalyn Records KLCD1P)
I’m a sucker for covers albums particularly when Bob Dylan is involved. Some are good, some are dreadful but they all have something to recommend ...
Glenn Tilbrook – Happy Ending
Not one to rest on his multitude of laurels, Glenn Tilbrook is back, ducking and diving, bobbing and weaving, with his fifth non Squeeze album ...
Kim Churchill prepares to launch his new studio album to coincide with a return visit to the UK
Having completed a string of European dates as the hand-picked support act on Billy Bragg’s epic Tooth and Nail tour, and headlining his own show at London’s Borderline, ...
New Release from Merrymouth – ‘Wenlock Hill’ out May 5th
Wenlock Hill is the new release from Merrymouth, the three piece folk-orientated band formed by Ocean Colour Scene’s frontman Simon Fowler along with long time ...
PETER LACEY – Last Leaf (Pink Hedgehog SMILE49)
Peter Lacey is a former session musician who embarked on a solo career relatively late. Last Leaf is his fifth album and prompts the inevitable ...
LAURIE LEWIS
For fiddler, guitarist, singer, and songwriter Laurie Lewis, the traditions of bluegrass and folk aren’t so much tools in her hands, but burning sources of ...
ROBERT SARAZIN BLAKE
So much of the American dream lies along an open road. Woody Guthrie lived this, Jack Kerouac and John Steinbeck wrote about this, and Bellingham, ...
HOUSE OF HATS – This Love (Own Label)
Hailing from Brighton, the acoustic quartet have been likened to both Fleetwood Mac and CS&N and while that may be an overworked comparison frequently thrown ...
ROBBY HECHT – Robby Hecht (Old Man Henry Records)
A UK tour from late June with David Berkeley and Peter Bradley Adams should bring overdue wider recognition for Hecht, an East Tennessee born singer-songwriter ...
OYSTERBAND – DIAMONDS ON THE WATER (Navigator Records 087)
The long awaited album from Oysterband is now here and being given rave reviews by those who hear it! Including me! It's seven years since ...
JOHN GORKA – The Bright Side of Down (Red House Records)
It’s been a while since I last crossed paths with a John Gorka album, but, listening to this, his twelfth, I’m pleased to find a ...
CAHALEN MORRISON & ELI WEST the musician’s musicians…
It means something that the word about Americana roots duo Cahalen Morrison & Eli West spread first among musicians. Their debut album was passed around ...
Barb Jungr – new album and making of video
The UK’s finest interpreter of song, Barb Jungr returns to the songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen with the release of Hard Rain. Oft ...
NAOMI WACHIRA – debut album and video
Art is born from tension. And this tension is something that Seattle folk singer and songwriter Naomi Wachira feels every day as an African living ...
Beverley Martyn: NEW ALBUM ANNOUNCED + TRACK STREAM
Beverley Martyn started her musical career at just 16 with the jug band The Levee Breakers and recorded her first single "Babe I'm Leaving You" ...
KRISTA DETOR: FLAT EARTH DIARY
FLAT EARTH DIARY is Krista Detor’s fifth solo release and her first album in four years, featuring none other than genius bassist, Victor Wooten. FLAT ...
THE BLUSHIN’ ROULETTES – Old Mill Sessions (Self Released)
Based out of their new home in western North Carolina, Angie Heimann and Cas Sochacki are souls of the land, years spent living on his ...
BOHO DANCER: ‘Gemini’ Special Edition Album Reissue
Out in May on Slow Shark Records Danish trio Boho Dancer are to announce the release of a special extended version of their acclaimed debut ...
Daisy Chapman – Music To Make The Angels Jealous
‘Jealous Angels’ is the second single taken from Shameless Winter, the enchanting album by Daisy Chapman. Due for release on Monday 24th March 2014, the ...
TWIN FORKS European tour postponement
It is with regret that TWIN FORKS have announced the postponement of their forthcoming European tour, which included 6 UK shows. An extended run of ...
STARK: Blues with a banjo
Stark brings together three highly creative musicians – lead singer and guitarist Jamie Francis, drummer Evan Carson and bassist Josh Franklin. Together, they are pushing ...
Will Varley: ‘Weddings And Wars’ video release
A 4-minute, 8-bit history of the universe from the acclaimed singer-songwriter out now Acclaimed folk singer-songwriter Will Varley has released something you might not necessarily ...
Rock collective The Deadmen reveal single stream and debut EP
2014 marks the start of an exciting period for emerging Washington DC Folk-Rock collective The Deadmen. Riding high on a swell of attention in their ...
The Farewell Drifters – new album: Tomorrow Forever
The Farewell Drifters bring a unique Brian Wilson-like sensibility to the folk-rock movement, with intricately arranged harmonies and atmospheric, string-swathed studio shading that is newly ...
Blockbuster FolkWeek 60th Anniversary Acts Announced!
Diamond anniversary plans continue to fall into place for Sidmouth FolkWeek’s 60th festival (1st – 8th August 2014) as the line-up comes to fruition, featuring ...
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