David Weir

With support from Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay, Vashti Bunyan works her magic before a quiet and reverential audience at Leeds Brudenell Social Club. An unforgettable evening.

On Songs of Love and Horror Will Oldham’s enigmatic aliases hand back control for an unadorned set of tenderly sung, troubled songs that tap the darkness as only Oldham can.

For such a stripped debut, ‘The Flesh and Bone’ is still abounding with drama and wisdom, where at any given moment Hicklin can turn a phrase or deliver a stunning melody in such a way that it knocks the wind out of you.

Serene and subtle on the surface, with a deeper undercurrent running through – Rozi Plain’s aptly-titled third record, see’s her joined by a host of alt-folk familiars. The results are utterly spellbinding.

To say Marika Hackman’s album ‘We Slept At Last’ is a warts and all album is an understatement. The flashlight’s glare is upturned and fixed on that frightful grimacing profile we all know only too well. Yet the radiant glow seems to embrace the blemishes and frailties. In fact it goes deeper, to reveal the unpredictable, eccentric and beautiful person hidden behind them.

On his latest solo offering José González harnesses the symbolism of nature to relate his opinions on politics, philosophy and humanity to his audience. A welcome return.

Alex Highton expands upon his previous recordings by confidently intermixing his eclectic range of influences with welcome appearances from Laura J Martin and Nancy Wallace.

With ‘I Love You Honeybear’ J. Tillman has finally found a ‘true self’ and identity to share, and in turn, a lover and an audience to share it with.

Nansemond is Nathan Bowles boldest sonic outing yet, sounding fresh whilst still alluding to the sounds of the past. An artist crafting a story, part myth, part memoir.

Different Every Time’ is a career spanning, double compilation album of Wyatt’s work. Curated by Wyatt, Domino and Marcus O’Dair, it acts as the perfect companion piece to O’Dair’s new biography of the same title and provides our Song of the Day.

‘Acoustic Dust’ is a body of work, bristling with the gracefulness, rawness is replaced with warmth which includes a mellow cover of Sandy Denny’s ‘Bushes and Briars’.

Stephen Kellogg and Gregory Alan Isakov took to the road over a week ago, after an eventful set of shows, the two prolific songwriters arrived for a sold-out show at Manchester’s Gullivers.