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).
ROBERT VINCENT – Life In Easy Steps – DB Industries DBICD5
Robert Vincent’s debut album comes lavishly packed in a hardback booklet with a bonus disc if you get in quick. The Merseyside-born singer-songwriter has a ...
CHRIS WHILE AND JULIE MATTHEWS – Infinite Sky Fat Cat FATCD027
Chris While and Julie Matthews have been making music together for twenty years now, first with The Albion Band and currently with St Agnes Fountain ...
RICHARD TRETHEWEY – DIG WHERE YOU STAND
Richard’s superb debut album is making a noise in the right places! Recently released and already having extremely positive comments. As Richard explains in his ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Folk Awards 2013 (Proper Music Properfolk14)
Glorious…there’s no other word to describe it. Opening with every folk fans favourite band of ragamuffins Bellowhead and “Roll The Woodpile Down” this 3 CD ...
Larkin Poe and Thom Hell – THE SOUND OF THE OCEAN SOUND
Having toured internationally as The Lovell Sisters between 2005 and 2010, including performances at the Grand Ole Opry, Telluride and numerous other top venues and ...
IAIN MORRISON – To The Horizon, Sir (Peatfire Records peatfire005)
Not since the first time I heard the distinctive vocal of October Project’s Mary Fahl singing “Return To Me” have I come across a vocalist ...
Sam Sallon – Kathy’s Song video released
Kathy's Song (EP) was released through AWAL on indie imprint Indigo-Octagon yesterday. The EP has received great reviews from Hitsheet, MusicWeek and Classic Rock Society ...
Nicole Maguire – WHAT YOU REALLY MEAN
Nicole Maguire has been determined to sing since childhood, she’s been writing songs since she was 12 and at just 15 was gigging, playing opening ...
Kate Rusby releases New Album ‘20’ to Mark 20 Years of Music Making
FEATURING COLLABORATIONS WITH THE CREAM OF ROCK, FOLK & BLUEGRASS ARTISTS INCLUDING PAUL WELLER, RICHARD THOMPSON, NIC JONES, DICK GAUGHAN, PHIL SELWAY, MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER, ...
PAUL CARRACK – Good Feeling (Carrack-UK PCARCD21)
As Foghorn Leghorn might say…”How long, n-n-now I said how long has this been going on?” Well, about forty years according to his illustrious recording ...
Mary Dillon releases debut album ‘North’ on 4th February
Irish folk singer Mary Dillon will release her first full length solo album, North, next month after a prolonged hiatus from the music scene. Formerly ...
DAISY CHAPMAN – Shameless Winter – Songs And Whispers SW17/Folkwit Records f0090
Sometimes I really don’t know where to start, other than to advise you to listen to this album as soon as you can. Shameless Winter ...
MIKE SILVER – JACK DANCES –FRCD 0112
You know it is going to be a little gem the minute singer/songwriter Mike Silver releases a new album and his latest - Jack Dances ...
MATHEU WATSON – Dunrobin Place (Seer Records SEE002)
I really enjoyed Matheu Watson’s first album and wondered what he’d do to follow it. The answer is: wait three years, travel, play a lot ...
Irish Songstress Heidi Talbot Announces Angels Without Wings
Irish Songstress Heidi Talbot Announces Angels Without Wings Former Cherish The Ladies Vocalist’s New Release Features Collaborations with Mark Knopfler, Jerry Douglas, Tim O’Brien and ...
BROOM BEZZUMS – Winterman (Steeplejack Music SJCD019)
Mark Bloomer and Andrew Cadie are Broom Bezzums, a duo regularly augmented by Katie Doherty’s vocals. In fact the opening track here, ‘Salt Sea And ...
Review of Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick, James Yorkston and The Carrivick Sisters concert in aid of charity for musicians
AN EVENING WITH MARTIN CARTHY AND DAVE SWARBRICK, JAMES YORKSTON AND THE CARRIVICK SISTERS AT THE CECIL SHARPE HOUSE REGENT’S PARK LONDON ON 18th DECEMBER ...
MADDY PRIOR and THE CARNIVAL BAND – A Christmas Caper PARK RECORDS PRKCD124
Nicely in time for Christmas comes this best of set spanning fifteen years and seven albums in the career of Maddy Prior & The Carnival ...
Live Review – CC SMUGGLERS – 12 Bar Club, London 29 November 2012
If you think of Mumford & Sons as The Beatles then CC Smugglers are The Rolling Stones. They both inhabit the same folk/ blues/ country/ ...
Meet on the Ledge Release Long Shadows
It’s been a 10-year gap between recordings but fans of the folk veterans Meet on the Ledge will rejoice when they listen to the just-released ...
Paul Johnson interviews Jon Boden from Bellowhead at the Broadside Album Launch…
On the 17th of October, Paul Johnson caught up with Jon Boden (from Bellowhead) at the Broadside album launch party in the aptly named "Water Rats" hostelry in old London town ...
Folking Feature for Police Dog Hogan From The Land Of Miracles
Police Dog Hogan are a high-energy seven-piece (including fiddle, banjo, mandolin, drums and guitars) that fuses country-folk to a pop sensibility. The band is rapidly building ...
KATHRYN TICKELL – Northumbrian Voices (Park Records PRKCD121)
There can be nobody prouder than a father and raconteur (Mike Tickell) witnessing his daughter entertaining an audience from centre stage and in this case ...
Beth Nielsen Chapman ‘The Mighty Sky’ A collection of songs about astronomy for children of all ages!
Working with Astronomy enthusiast/songwriter Rocky Alvey and her longtime hit songwriting partner Annie Roboff, Beth Nielsen Chapman releases an adventurous new project; "The Mighty Sky", ...
BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST – STOCKING FILLERS (Unearthed Records EARTHOL003)
You can always guarantee quality from Paul Sartin (oboe/cor angais/violin and voice) and Paul Hutchinson (accordion). Like a paired-back acoustic version of the Albion Country ...
THE DEMON BARBERS – The Lock-In (Safecracker Pictures DVD SP059)
Having witnessed the ‘Celtic’ hit Riverdance on its opening night in London in 1995 and being absolutely blown-away (as was the sold-out audience) by the ...
GLENCRAIG SCOTTISH DANCE BAND Latest Album Reviewed
Strictly Ah’m Dancin’! (perhaps a cheeky reference to Bruce…and I don’t mean ‘Robert The’) or so it would appear according to the cover of this ...
JIMMY LEE and THE EDGE OF CHAOS ORCHESTRA – The Runaway
If you are into a good chorus then I suggest you check out the latest release from Jimmy Lee and his band of musicians. I ...
Darryl Purpose – Next Time Around
Darryl Purpose is clearly the second coming of James Taylor and Tom Rush. As someone who cut her musical teeth on those and other masters ...
Paul Johnson interviews GARRY BLAKELEY’S during THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR’ tour
LIVE SHOW DELIGHTS ON ONE WET AND WINDY NIGHT IN RYE IN SUSSEX! If Garry Blakeley ever had to bullet point and compile a CV ...
FOLKLAW – The Tales That They Tell (Own Label)
After releasing his debut album, Nation’s Pride, under the name Folklaw, Nick Gibbs has now put together a full band to go with that name ...
LINDA BANDELIER and DAVID CAMPBELL – Ae Fond Kiss (No Label)
Now, I really like this album but where to place it categorically I’m not sure. It could be classified under ‘storytelling’ with the main thrust ...
MAEVE MACKINNON – Once Upon An Olive Branch (MM02)
It must be a difficult decision for any performer…in this case by Maeve MacKinnon…to relinquish control of their latest recording to the skills of a ...
JOHN WORT HANNAM – Brambles And Thorns (Borealis Records BCD219)
Getting all of the “Great Lakes” to scan lyrically must have taken some doing but John Wort Hannam proves up to the challenge and displays ...
St. Agnes Fountain The Twelve Years of Christmas Reviewed!
I’ll just admit it; I’m jealous of those that can celebrate the holiday season with St. Agnes Fountain’s live and newly recorded music “The Twelve ...
Matraca Berg – Love’s Truck Stop
Matraca Berg didn’t set out to write five #1 hits in a single calendar year… to be nominated for Grammys in each of the past ...
Free Stream of Blacksmith’s Prayer form SETH LAKEMAN LIVE WITH THE BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
In March 2012, folk-inspired, multiaward winning singer-songwriter Seth Lakeman played with the renowned BBC Concert Orchestra at Plymouth Pavilions in Devon. Seth will release a five ...
CALUM STEWART and LAUREN MacCOLL NEW ALBUM Wooden Flute and Fiddle
Calum Stewart (wooden flute) and Lauren MacColl (fiddle & viola) are two young musicians, at the top of their game. Calum, formerly of Manran, is at the forefront ...
THE UKULELES – The Ukuleles (DMGTV047)
Logan Wilson & Martha Paton are The Ukuleles. Perhaps something in the title will give you a hint (and it isn’t the word ‘The’) as ...
GREEN DIESEL – Now Is The Time (Own Label)
Perhaps it’s the late 60’s, Fairport styled introduction that appeals to me on Green Diesel’s take on Steve Ashley’s “Fire And Wine” complete with obligatory ...
OCCASIONALS – Birling (Greentrax Recordings CDTRAX371)
For those looking to extend their repertoire of ceilidh dance tunes you could do no better than purchase this ebullient collection by one of Scotland’s leading ...
Levellers release Mutiny video
Levellers have just released the latest instalment of their project to record a video for every track from their recently released album, Static On The Airwaves ...
RICHARD THOMPSON – ELECTRIC
Declared by Rolling Stone as one of the Top 20 Guitarists Of All Time and considered one of the UK’s most outstanding songwriters, musician Richard Thompson ...
THE YOUNG ’UNS – When Our Grandfathers Said No (Navigator NAVIGATOR075)
The Young ’Uns are probably the most entertaining group I’ve heard in a folk club in a long while. This is not just because of ...
Ray Cooper aka Chopper is leaving Oysterband…
We have just had word that Ray Cooper, also known as Chopper, is leaving Oysterband to pursue a career as a solo singer-songwriter. Ray says; " After ...
RÉALTA – Open The Door For Three (Réalta Music ADC 001)
It’s rare to find an album of traditional Irish music opening with a disturbingly modern sounding guitar figure before sliding into the first tune but ...
Live Review – Martyn Joseph supported by Luke Jackson, Rugby Roots 3rd November 2012…
A captivating night all round at Martyns 10th visit to Rugby Roots at the Lawrence Sheriff School on his tour to promote his new album Songs For ...
JIM MORAY – folking live concert review…
JIM MORAY, Black Peak: Folking Live at Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell – October 24th 2012. Reviewed by Colin Bailey. It was the first time ...
SKILDA – Skyewalker (Celluloid 006628)
Now Luke here (sorry about that…couldn’t resist it), with the title Skyewalker used for their latest CD release you’d expect something a bit new-age-ish from ...
HARVEY ANDREWS – Writer Of Songs (HASKA:CD:003)
The nice thing about writing reviews in 2012 is that time is irrelevant. By that I mean I can write a review of an album ...
Paul Johnsons folking interview with Ioscaid from Cropredy 2012
Ioscaid is group of young lads from counties Down, Armagh, and Derry who came together in late 2009 as a band to enter the Siansa Gael ...
Tim Carter, presenter of ‘Off the Beaten Track’ reviews Show of Hands live
Show of Hands at Yeovil Octagon Theatre Saturday 27th October, 2012 Amongst the many acts that populate the current and seemingly ever-expanding British folk scene, ...
Seth Lakeman Band live review plus new EP: live with the BBC Concert Orchestra
Seth Lakeman Band Ipswich Corn Exchange Sunday 21st October 2012. A top-class night at the very nicely refurbished Ipswich Corn Exchange. After watching Seth grow ...
New single from the Moulettes, UCA’s DANCE out on Bonfire Night
The fiery neo-folk-rocker, Uca’s Dance is the second single from the Moulettes’ critically acclaimed album, ‘The Bear’s Revenge’. The band welcomed back ex-Moulette, Ted Dwane, ...
Coty Hogue – When We Get to Shore
It’s exceedingly difficult to create a great live album, but with When We Get to Shore, Northwest US songwriter and folk singer Coty Hogue seems to have succeeded ...
folking takes a look at Talking To The Operator by Mad Staring Eyes
Mad Staring Eyes are a 6-piece band from North London. Their line up includes pedal steel and flute and revolves around a core that has ...
MCGOLDRICK MCCUSKER DOYLE – Live (Vertical Records)
Like your draw dropping open when you first saw Mo Farah or Usane Bolt at the Olympics you know you are witnessing something special given ...
SHARON SHANNON and THE RTE CONCERT ORCHESTRA – Flying Circus (CACD2415)
Following her own yellow brick road (judging by her choice of footwear) Sharon Shannon has chosen yet another…how shall we say ‘obscure’ bedfellow in utilising ...
SESSION A9 – Session A9 (RAJ Records 005)
Featuring four world class fiddle players; Charlie McKerron, Gordon Gunn, Adam Sutherland and Kevin Henderson plus, for good measure Marc Clement (guitar), Brian McAlpine (piano ...
Mystic Pinball – JOHN HIATT
JOHN HIATT, one of America’s foremost singer-songwriters, has made a swift return to the recording fray by way of a brand new album, entitled MYSTIC PINBALL MYSTIC PINBALL comprises ...
Martyn Joseph – Songs For The Coming Home – reviewed by Trish Roberts
After 30 plus years of making music you would be forgiven for thinking an artist would plateau at some point, happy to remain within familiar ...
Luke Jackson – More Than Boys is reviewed by Trish Roberts…
The first word that came to me when I listened to this initially was ‘Classy’ . It is difficult to talk about the exceptional song ...
SAM CARTER – The No Testament (Cap 003)
In 2010 Sam Carter was on the ‘folk’ scene radar with his debut album and a name to watch out for. Since then he’s been ...
GEORGE STEVENS – A Toad In The Hand – GPJ Records GBN7M1100001-12
George Stevens is a maker of bespoke musical instruments by profession and a maker of music by instinct and inclination. His debut EP, 3 Tunes, ...
Dylan Mondegreen – Dylan Mondegreen FOLKWIT RECORDS F0087
It isn't his real name, of course, but it caught my attention and I bet it caught yours, too. Børge Sildnes is Norwegian, although you wouldn't know it from ...
WE BANJO 3 – Roots Of The Banjo Tree
WOW (followed by as many exclamation marks as it’s possible to give!) this album gets a resounding ten out of ten and then some. I ...
JOYCE THE LIBRARIAN – They May Put Land Between Us (FOLKWIT RECORDS f0083)
Joyce The Librarian are as enigmatic as their music. They would seem to be a quartet from Bristol led by singer-songwriter Martin Callingham. That said ...
Electric Eden now out on Universal Music…
Presenting the soundtrack to Rob Young’s ground-breaking survey of music making in the British Isles. Universal Music Catalogue has now released Electric Eden, a new compilation, hand-picked ...
Martha Tilston to release Machines of Love and Grace and new single ‘Stags Bellow’ plus UK live dates…
Martha Tilston will release her new album Machines of Love and Grace on October 22. The new album will be accompanied by the single ‘Stags Bellow’, and a headline UK tour, including London’s ...
SHOW OF HANDS – Wake The Union (Hands On Music HMCD36)
Steve Knightley and Phil Beer (with long time collaborator Miranda Sykes) certainly know how to stir things up opening with a powerful song of bitter ...
GARRY and ROSE BLAKELEY – The Wheel Of The Year new album
It’s amazing what you can achieve at home these days and also where it literally becomes a ‘cottage’ industry. This couldn’t be more true than ...
Chris Helme The Rookery now released
Chris Helme, who first rose to prominence as the front man of John Squire’s post-Stone Roses band ‘The Seahorses’ has now released his brand new solo album ...
Ben Glover’s New Album – Do We Burn The Boats is now out…
Recorded in the heart of Nashville, the album was produced by Neilson Hubbard (Kim Richey, Glen Phillips, Garrison Starr) and features a track (Rampart Street) co ...
Introducing Dodson and Fogg – Folk singer songwriter psychedelia
Folk singer songwriter psychedelia makes a welcome return in the form of Dodson and Fogg and Fogg, a new project led by songwriter Chris Wade. The ...
Colin Bailey reviews THE 1971 PROJECT gig at Riverhouse Barn, Walton-on-Thames 28.9.2012
Fittingly billed by the venue as The American Songbook 1971, this was an evening of new interpretations of songs from four classic singer-songwriter albums produced ...
Mary Gauthier – LIVE AT BLUE ROCK
After twelve years of relentlessly touring the world with her acoustic guitar and harmonica, singing on stages large, small and in between, Mary Gauthier is ...
Pete Fyfe reviews ALEXANDER WOLFE – Skeletons (Dharma Records DHARMACD15)
I used to play at the New Cross Inn, London years ago and was somewhat intimidated by the dowdy interior of the venue…just thought you’d ...
Sandy Denny – The Notes and The Music – A Collection of Demos and Rarities
Sandy Denny was one of the UK’s finest singers. She was voted Melody Maker’s greatest female singer for 2 years in a row in 1970 and ...
Dai Jeffries reviews GALLEY BEGGAR’s latest release…
There have been major line-up changes since Galley Beggar released their debut album, Reformation House, a couple of years ago. Gone are lead vocalist Frances ...
LAU – Race The Loser – new album out tomorrow
Lau are modern folk music's most innovative band. Brilliant musicians, thrilling performers and free-thinking visionaries. Their new album 'Race The Loser' (Reveal Records) was recorded ...
JAMIE SMITH’S MABON – Windblown Review
I must admit that I was pretty blown away by Mabon’s last CD and my thoughts haven’t changed much with this excellent follow-up. Jamie Smith’s ...
BLAME SALLY to release LIVE AT KVIE STUDIOS
BLAME SALLY is a San Francisco folk-rock quartet with an attitude, combining acoustic textures with Americana harmonies and an independent spirit. To coincide with their first ...
LED ZEPPELIN – Celebration Day
(Los Angeles, Date, 2012) – On December 10, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London’s O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records ...
THE OUTSIDE TRACK – Flash Company
It’s nice to be uplifted every now and then and anyone that has witnessed the recently televised 2012 Olympics should appreciate this recording opening as ...
45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND and NICO
LOS ANGELES, August 8, 2012—When The Velvet Underground & Nico album was released in March 1967 on Verve Records, with its Andy Warhol-designed, peel-off banana cover, it ...
Dark Wood by Abagail Grey
Uniting the intensely personal with the wholly universal, Dark Wood is the latest release from Scotland’s Abagail Grey, the creative alter ego of Highland singer-songwriter,pianist ...
David Francey release his new CD Late Edition
David Francey - from carpenter to songwriter. Since leaving the construction business to record the album Torn Screen Door in 1999, Scottish-born Canadian David Francey is now recognized as one ...
KIMBER’S MEN – The Strength Of The Swell (A Private Label APL014)
For those of you that haven’t seen Kimber’s Men do yourselves a favour and rectify this at the earliest opportunity. Otherwise, you could stay at ...
THE HALTON QUARTET – Based On True Events (Own Label HQR001CD)
This is a very nicely structured album in that it reminds me of days gone by when bands such as Nightnoise were recording for the ...
Dai Jeffries reviews Broadside by Bellowhead
Bellowhead’s fourth album comes so loaded with expectations it’s a wonder that it can stand up unaided. Hedonism has been so successful and the band’s ...
A New Stream for Simian Ghost (Slow Magic Remix)
Swedish trio Simian Ghost broke onto the international scene with their cultured mix of organic instrumentation and smart electronics over the last year, seeing coverage everywhere ...
Summer’s Lament – a seasonal track by Jamie Smith’s Mabon
“The woodland’s burning green to red….” As the first day of autumn waits for its September 22 cue, the hitherto instrumental band Jamie Smith’s Mabon reveal one of their trailblazing ...
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros
2012 would have been the year punk icon Joe Strummer turned 60, and to celebrate the extraordinary life and career of the musician, Hellcat Records ...
Damien Dempsey – ALMIGHTY LOVE
For Damien Dempsey, people and place are King. His voice is Dublin yet wholly distinctive, almost clichéd to say it, but he is part of ...
Anna Coogan and Daniele Fiaschi Release The Nowhere, Rome Sessions
It is often said that music is a universal language that transcends culture, borders, and boundaries. For Anna Coogan and Daniele Fiaschi, who don’t share a ...
HOT FINGERS – In Glorious Mono
Years ago I used to pop to my local pub (anyone remember those?) and be ‘entertained’ by artists the calibre of Bill Posters Will Be ...
GILMORE and ROBERTS – The Innocent Left
As I’m sitting here listening to this, the third album by Katriona Gilmore and Jamie Roberts I’m struck particularly on the second track “Doctor James” ...
Cropredy 2012 Interview with Dave Pegg at this years Fairport’s Cropredy Convention…
Glorious weather and a great musical line-up ensured success for Fairport's Cropredy Convention this year as music fans enjoyed themselves at the three-day Oxfordshire festival ...
Madison Violet – The Good In Goodbye
JUNO nominated Canadian roots duo Madison Violet (Brenley MacEachern and Lisa MacIsaac) recently concluded their UK & Ireland tour in support of their new album The Good in ...
Marc O’Reilly – My Friend Marx
My Friend Marx is the debut album from Irish alt-roots artist Marc O’Reilly. Its release has been greeted with much acclaim in his native Ireland and received ...
GREG RUSSELL and CIARAN ALGAR – The Queen’s Lover (Fellside Recordings FECD251)
Our admiration and respect should go to Paul Adams at Fellside Recordings for yet another coup. Not only did he manage to promote and nurture ...
David McGraw and Mandy Fer – Seed of a Pine
This album encapsulates, everything I love about the Americana music scene, namely, heart, soul, places, travel, song and fine musicianship. I have Darryl Purpose and his ...
JEZ LOWE – Croydon Folk Club, Croydon, Surrey (09.07.12)
Expectations are high…they always are for a gig at Croydon Folk Club particularly when this week’s guest is the truly stellar (at least in ‘folk’ ...
Fay Hield and The Hurricane Party – Orfeo
Fay Hield is a singer who seems to have been born knowing how to carry a tune but with the rarer gift of knowing how to go straight ...
Diversions Vol 2. – The Unthanks with Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band
Diversions Vol 2. constitutes perhaps the most daring and accomplished of musical adventures to date for The Unthanks Their paradoxical marriage of staunch traditionalism and ...
PIPELINE – The Red Line
Many years ago I had the pleasure of working with the Hyde Brothers (then based in Scotland) in the short-lived band Malin Head. In a moment ...
MACMASTER/HAY – Hook
Make no mistake this is a real thinking person’s album. It’s quite obvious from the opening track “Hook” that it feels in many ways like ...
JUNE TABOR and OYSTERBAND – The Union Chapel London 19th April 2012
Someone once said that a typical June Tabor concert review went thusly: “June Tabor sang some songs and everybody cried”. There is some truth in ...
Sam Lee – Ground Of Its Own
Ground of Its Own is the striking debut release by Sam Lee, a young folk musician who is busy forging a unique path, not just in his own ...
Folking introduces Coyote Grace and the Now Take Flight album…
What blossomed as a sweet relationship between two young people busking on the streets of Seattle has become a powerful trio of roots musicians renowned ...
KARINE POLWART releases TRACES
I was Farrah Fawcett... You were Steve McQueen... And we rode your silver Grifter half the way from Aberdeen... So sings Karine Polwart at the beginning of her ...
Juno nominated Jeremy Fisher new release Mint Juleps
Listening to Mint Juleps, the fifth album by two-time Juno Award nominee Jeremy Fisher, is like ambling through the long and relaxed dog days of ...
DANA and SUSAN ROBINSON – American Hornpipe (Threshold Music TM 1012)
Whether it was Robin Hood or the 18th century English Prime Minister Robert Walpole that provides the title character for the poem “Who Killed Cock Robin” ...
Tupelo release their foot-stomping album DIRTY MONEY…
Tupelo’s debut album DIRTY MONEY conjures images of a sinister, gangster-filled speakeasy in prohibition-era Chicago as the band fire out tunes to stir men of ...
The Agnostic-Phibes Rhythm and Blood Conspiracy releases CAMPFIRE TALES…
Folkmaster - This may not be to everyone's folking taste but I've had a few beers and have decided why not? Sort of reminds me of an ...
ColvinQuarmby CQV is reviewed by the folkmaster…
The new ColvinQuarmby album has now descended from CQ towers, and is heralding in, by a fab twelve page booklet containing of all Gerry Colvin ...
SOPHIE PARKES – Wayward Daughter: The official biography of Eliza Carthy (Soundcheck Books)
I confess to being an intermittent fan of Eliza Carthy throughout the whole of her career so when this tome arrived on my doorstep for ...
BRUCE COCKBURN – Small Source of Comfort
Bruce Cockburn has always been a restless spirit. Over the course of four decades, the celebrated Canadian artist has traveled to the corners of the ...
Folk icon teams up with dance producer to produce genre-defying album…
American folk music legend and a British experimental dance music producer may be highly improbable, but folk grande dame Peggy Seeger and Broadcaster have pulled ...
Anna MacDonald – Paper Flowers EP Released tomorrow on Firebeach Records
Anna MacDonald is a singer and songwriter of folk songs which reflect the strong influence that different strands of Scotland’s traditional music have had upon ...
BULLY WEE BAND – The Madmen of Gotham & The Vintage Years 1975-1980 (Slaughterhouse Productions SLP009CD)
The saying “…born at the right time…” couldn’t be more appropriate in describing this more than welcome trip down memory lane. I remember first meeting ...
Marvin, Welch and Farrar – Second Opinion (Beat Goes On BGOCD714)
How do you carry the burden of being so well established because of another vehicle (in this case The Shadows) that anything else you try ...
DOGAN MEHMET Outlandish Album Reviewed
Blimey mate…luvvaduck…wotcher cock, it wouldn’t surprise me if these and many other colloquialisms were all thrown into Dogan Mehmet’s melting pot and a good few ...
Folking introduces Will Varley, ‘King For A King’ video and Advert Soundtracks…
Will Varley has been haunting the open mics and acoustic nights of London and the South East for the past decade. His polished live shows ...
Folking introduces Cocos Lovers, ‘Baron of the Trees’ video and the new album…
Operating well beyond the remit of alt-folk, the 7 piece husband and wife led band festival favorites are an incredibly distinctive musical force who channel ...
Norwegian Fiddler Annbjorg Lien Announces New Album Khoom Loy
“If you like moody, sometimes dark, folk music, punctuated by beautiful musicianship and artistry, then you will find nothing to dislike here." —PopMatters “Lien’s spectral ...
Magpie, the fantastic new album by Tess with selected album SoundCloud track…
TESS was born in 1972. In the following years, there could have not been a better education into music and songcraft! Bowie, The Doors, John ...
Mary Black, The Night Is On Our Side (3ú Records/Blix Street)
The Night Is On Our Side is the latest single to be released from Mary's recent album, Stories From The Steeples- her first studio recording ...
STATE OF THE UNION (Boo Hewerdine & Brooks Williams)
In the grand tradition of ‘The Special Relationship’, State Of The Union combines the talents of America and England, producing an end result that is ...
Colin Hay to Celebrate ‘Down Under’ 30th Anniversary With Global Re-Release
(Nashville, TN) July 24, 2012 — A newly recorded version of the iconic Men at Work song “Down Under” will be released globally on Compass ...
Breaking News… Velvet Underground and Nico 45th Anniversary Edition
We've just heard that Universal are set to release a 45th Anniversary Edition of the seminal Velvet Underground & Nico, across 6 discs, on October ...
DAVE SWARBRICK – Swarbrick/Swarbrick 2/Smiddyburn is reviewed by Pete Fyfe…
This tremendous 2-disk, 3-album set by that quintessential fiddler Dave Swarbrick should be required listening and possibly one of the best boxed sets to grace ...
VARIOUS ARTISTS – Gannin’ To Blaydon Races: The Songs Of George Ridley
The unitary district of Northumberland is to be lauded for its musical contributions to the world including as it does Billy Mitchell, Lindisfarne and Jack ...
The Streets Forget by Eamon Friel…
Eamon Friel is the son of a Mayo mother and Derry father. He writes about his life, experiences and his observations of the ever changing ...
TOMMY FLEMING – The Platinum Collection is reviewed by Pete Fyfe…
The first time I heard Tommy Fleming sing was probably around 1996 when he was the latest recruit to the ranks of De Dannan. Of ...
The Harbour Of Songs Project is reviewed by Pete Fyfe…
“Harbour Of Songs” is a project…excuse the pun…helmed by Adrian McNally and funded by The Stables Arts Centre near Milton Keynes providing an interesting background coupled with a ...
HIDDEN PEOPLE – Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman
"HIDDEN PEOPLE" is an apt title for this long-anticipated debut CD from husband-and-wife duo Kathryn Roberts and Sean Lakeman. They have been lynchpins of the UK's ...
BETHANY WEIMERS – Harpsichord Row – Reviewed by Dai Jeffries
If you ever need justification for the technology that allows someone to make an album in their bedroom using a sofa and some sleeping bags ...
LARKIN POE – Thick As Thieves
Thick as Thieves is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Larkin Poe release Band for all Seasons, the box set of 4 EPs the band recorded and released ...
Piano Magic Release 11th Album “Life Has Not Finished With Me Yet”
‘Life Has Not Finished With Me Yet,’ Piano Magic’s 11th official album sees them emerging from beneath the wreckage of previous guitar-heavy releases to re-investigate ...
The Roughneck Riot to release This Is Our Day
On July 16 2012 The Roughneck Riot will unleash their new album “This Is Our Day” through Bomber Music. The single “Ignorance Is Easy” was ...
SILLY WIZARD – ‘Live’ Again – Reviewed by Pete Fyfe
The old saying ‘…died and gone to Heaven’ really is the only way I can describe this re-release of Silly Wizard’s performance recorded at The ...
ALASTAIR SAVAGE – Secrets From The Kitty – Reviewed by Pete Fyfe
The only problem I have with all instrumental albums is whether there will be enough going on to keep the listener’s interest throughout the entire ...
MAZ O’CONNOR – Upon A Stranger Shore – Album review by Pete Fyfe
What a lovely voice! I just knew I was going to enjoy this album from the moment I played the first track “South Australia” which ...
Gathered – Nick Burbridge and Tim Cotterill – Album reviewed by Valerie Moss
Once again Nick Burbridge has produced a jewel of an album. Somehow every word of every songs seems to crackle with energy. His folk music ...
Rachel Newton – The Shadow Side
To say this album is understated, would be no overstatement. Shot through with an arresting delicacy that simply wills you to listen, it possesses a ...
Jim Moray – Skulk
It’s some time ago now that Sweet England thundered on to the UK folk scene, momentum like an express train on a collision course to ...
Mark Waistell – Latecomer
Mark Waistell used to play and sing 30 years ago before (like the rest of us) stepping on to, the "proper job" hamster wheel and fading into whiskered obscurity ...
JAKE WILSON – All’s Well (Jake Wilson Music JWM001)
The ironic title will not be lost on anyone who recollects the front cover photo of the ill fated Scott Expedition. On this recording Jake ...
SKERRYVORE – World Of Chances (Tyree Records tYREE03CD)
I was really looking forward to this, Skerryvore’s fourth album. Unfortunately their major selling-point of upfront Highland bagpipes that played a major part of the ...
Bearfoot Releases New Music Video For Midnight In Montana
Bearfoot has just released a music video for "Midnight in Montana." This is the second video from American Story, their 2011 release on Compass Records. Featuring lead vocals ...
SANDY DENNY – Rendezvous Deluxe Edition
This is a re-release of Sandy Denny’s 1977 album re-packaged in a handsome gatefold sleeve with enclosed booklet and accompanying notes by Patrick Humphries. By ...
Mawkin – Crow
Two years after the much fêted Mawkin:Causley collaboration disbanded, Mawkin are back with a new melodeon player, Nick Cooke, and drummer, Lee Richardson. The reinvigorated ...
Rusty Shackle – WASH AWAY THESE NIGHTS
Rusty Shackle formed in early 2010 and their infectious pulse, style and musical genre, whilst potently contemporary, is difficult to pigeon hole and has been ...
Mike Donaghy releases I Wish You Well
Mike Donaghy has been making a name for himself in Ireland and the UK ever since releasing his first EP “January Never Came This Year” ...
Sunday For Sammy 2012
Over two and a half hours of entertainment and boy, do those Geordie lads and lasses know how to throw a party! Conceived to honour ...
Syd Arthur – On An On
Syd Arthur, a quartet of Canterbury-based devotees of sound immersed in the simple pleasures of songwriting, performance and exploratory musical interplay, will release their debut ...
Eve Selis Releases FAMILY TREE
To support the UK release of FAMILY TREE, Eve Selis and her full band will be touring the UK during June and July 2012. Venues include ...
Levellers – the new album videos plus free track download
Folk-rock band Levellers will release their tenth studio album, Static On The Airwaves, on 25 June 2012. They have also just announced an 11 date ...
RICHARD DIGANCE – Dorking Folk Club (09.05.12)
You know it’s going to be a great night when you see the broadly grinning expectations of the ‘sold out’ audience come streaming through the ...
An interview with Andy Letcher from the band Telling the Bees by Charlotte Shirvington
The Beginning of a New Era... Tucked away in the idyllic setting of one of the oldest towns in the UK is a wonderful band ...
PETER NARDINI – Hug (Temple Records COMD2105)
The last time I saw a photo like that depicted on the sleeve of Peter Nardini’s “Hug” CD was one of James Bond (in “Diamonds ...
THE ORIGINAL BUSHWACKERS and BULLOCKIES BUSH BAND – The Shearer’s Dream (Storytellers Guide)
There was a time…the early 1970’s…when the world could be counted as priggish in its approach to British ‘folk’ music. That was until it was ...
ALAN REID and ROB VAN SANTE – The Adventures Of John Paul Jones (Red Sands Music RSCD003)
No…not that John Paul Jones…the harmonica playing bluesman (!) but this one is, in nautical terms at least a legend none the less. His omnipresent ...
THE FUREYS and DAVEY ARTHUR – 30 Years On (Global Records GBCD001)
Blimey, a whole 30 seconds of clapping for this celebration of the Fureys' 30th year together and that was before the band even took to the ...
Joshua Caole’s Debut Album Moon Palace is now released…
Moon Palace is the first full album from Joshua Caole. Released on Bullo Pill Recordings, much of the material accumulated during the long hours spent constantly ...
SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS COMMEMORATES WOODY GUTHRIE CENTENNIAL WITH ‘WOODY AT 100’ BOOK with 3CD SET OUT JULY 10, 2012
INCLUDES 150-PAGE BOOK, 57 TRACKS, 21 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PERFORMANCES & 6 NEVER-BEFORE-HEARD ORIGINAL SONGS In honor of the Woody Guthrie Centennial, a year-long celebration of ...
River City Extension – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger
River City Extension are set to release, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Your Anger, on June 5 via XOXO Records/Anchor & Hope Music. The eight-member band, ...
James J Turner – How Could We Be Wrong?
From the first bars of the opening title track “How could we be wrong?” I knew I would enjoy this album from Liverpool based musician/songwriter ...
DEEP END OF THE FORD – An Táin own label
Horslips called it The Tain and added electricity to the 12th century text collected in The Book Of Leinster from a much older story. Now, Sean-Nós ...
JEZ HELLARD and THE DJUKELLA ORCHESTRA – Blood & Honey
Djukella is a Balkan word meaning ‘mongrel’ and is usually applied as an insult. It is, however, an appropriate name for a multi-racial band with ...
THE GRAND SLAMBOVIANS – Gandalf Murphy And The Slambovian Circus Of Dreams – Live Review
West End Centre, Aldershot -1 June 2012 I tried to discover if this is a permanent name change and received the sort of answer you ...
RACHAEL and THE RED SOCKS – Melodies And Time (Inaugural Records)
I've never actually swam with dolphins but I somehow get the feeling it would be very much like attending a concert by harpist/vocalist Rachael Gladwin and ...
LUCY WAINWRIGHT ROCHE – LUCY
Lucy Wainwright Roche is the angel-voiced daughter of singer-songwriters Loudon Wainwright III, a 2010 Grammy Award winner, and Suzzy Roche of singing sister act The ...
AT FIRST LIGHT – Idir
The Uilleann pipes played an integral part in my passion for Irish music and much of that has stemmed from the masterful John McSherry who ...
NELS ANDREWS – SCRIMSHAW
This is the third studio album from singer/songwriter Nels Andrews, with songs largely set in and around New York City, (his most recent roost since Albuquerque) ...
Sunday for Sammy 2012 DVD now released…
Where else but at a Sunday for Sammy 2012 show could you see Auf Wiedersehen Pet's Tim Healy, Kevin Whately, Chris Fairbank and Julia Tobin in a ...
Fairport Convention celebrated their 45th year anniversary today…
Fairport Convention, legendary pioneers of British folk rock and still one of the most enduring names in popular music, celebrated their 45th birthday today as ...
Eugene Twist – The Boy Who Had Everything
If it's possible to emerge studied, grounded and with a Clint Eastwood snarl, from the eye of an intense musical storm, Glasgow's Eugene Twist is ...
PEGGY SEEGER – Live
Many years ago I remember seeing Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl ‘live’ at the Croydon Folk Club in the austere surroundings of the Arnhem Gallery ...
OLD DANCE SCHOOL – Chasing The Light
A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of reviewing the Old Dance School’s debut release and mentioned to anyone who’d care to listen ...
FINBAR MAGEE – Strawberry Winters
I can’t remember where I first heard Finbar Magee. More than likely idling my time away listening to the radio but, whenever it was it ...
CHRIS RICKETTS – Outward Bound
Chris Ricketts has found a niche that appears to have been overlooked by many other youngsters from the Newcastle Folk & Traditional course namely that ...
Moulettes rear up in preparation for The Bear’s Revenge…
Moulettes release the first single from forthcoming album The Bear’s Revenge on May 28th. on Balling The Jack Records. The band have chosen live favourite, ’Sing ...
Woody Pines New Roots Music You Gotta Roll EP
Woody Pines taps into the rural backwoods of Americana. On this new EP, You Gotta Roll, you’ll hear backroads folk music of the very best kind, inspired ...
Maz Totterdell – Counting My Fingers from the album Sweep
Maz Totterdell’s remarkable debut Sweep depicts youthful talent at its most striking. Her sound, characterised by memorable melodies, folk musicianship and insightful poetic lyricism, has been likened ...
Nicky Swann HOW DOES YOUR LAND LIE? album release…
Nicky Swann is one of the very best of a new generation of female singer-songwriters. A great storyteller and a passionate performer this powerful, original ...
SHOW OF HANDS FRONTMAN KNIGHTLEY TO APPEAR ON MAJOR NEW BBC TV SERIES
Show of Hands’ inspired frontman and BBC award-winning songwriter Steve Knightley is to appear in a major new BBC 2 TV series starting next week. Devon-based Knightley, who won ...
Rachel Harrington and THE KNOCK OUTS
NEW ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE! Imagine Loretta Lynn playing Otis Redding songs in a garage in Seattle – in 1963. That gets you somewhere near the ...
FAIRPORT CONVENTION – Babbacombe Lee Live Again
For many of us old enough to remember it the first time round Fairport Convention’s “Babbacombe Lee” was one of those albums with its gatefold ...
ALISON KRAUSS and UNION STATION – Paper Airplane
It will come as no surprise to anyone that knows me how Alison Krauss more or less single-handedly re-kindled my liking for all things bluegrass ...
EWAN McLENNAN – The Last Bird To Sing
Indelibly etched in my mind are the many times I recollect seeing Dick Gaughan perform at folk clubs throughout the UK. His passion and at times ...
OTIS GIBBS – HARDER THAN HAMMERED HELL
Otis Gibbs is a man in search of an honest experience. Gibbs is often referred to as a folk artist, but that is a simplistic way ...
JON BROOKS – Delicate Cages
There’ll be no banner waving or singing of “Nearer My God To Thee” if the lyrics of Jon Brooks opening track “Because We’re Free” is ...
Garron Frith – AWAY FROM THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
Garron Frith is a musician from Stalybridge, North West England. He is steadily building up a reputation as an outstanding performer and original songwriter. His ...
Neil Young and Crazy Horse – Americana
I'll just admit that when I read the track listing for "Americana," the first CD by Neil Young and Crazy Horse in 9 years, I ...
The Roving Crows – Bacchanalia
Dear Roving Crows – Where have you been all my life? OK, I see you only formed in 2009. Is that even possible? How in ...
LEATHERAT – UPRISING CD LAUNCH
The Mill, Banbury 6 May 2012 The tickets were for 7.30 pm but the festivities began at noon with music in the bar. If ...
Sea Shanty Festival 2012 – A review by Jim Saville
The Easter weekend saw the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port hosting not one but two festivals. The regular Easter Boat Gathering and the 2nd ...
Changing Horses – The Nashville Sessions
Changing Horses are British Indie-Folk duo Richard Birtill (vocals and guitar) and Francesca Cullen (vocals, violin, mandolin and melodeon). Stylistically taking influence from the psychedelic ...
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