Mike Davies

An album to savour and immerse in rather than seeking out immediate pleasures, at one point she sings “I’ll never be in season, I’m forever ripinin’”; a heady fruit indeed.

Ovans has never failed to impress with his ability to either fire up the heart or cut to the emotional quick. Albums like this are the reason why some of us get out of bed in the morning.

Having been something of a treasured secret among the musical cognoscenti for the past decade the time has come for Sam Burton to take his overdue place on the wider stage.

VanWyck’s ‘God is in the Detour’ is one of those consistently rewarding albums that make your musical detour into perhaps new and previously unknown territory well worthwhile.

Their finest hour yet, a musically gentle listening experience, suffused with both love and sadness and, as the title implies, a reminder that while we may be apart our voices are not silenced.

The first all-new material from Bruce Springsteen and his legendary E Street Band since 2012, this ‘Letter To You’ comes with a first-class stamp.

This Frontier Needs Heroes latest offering is a fairly low key, musically introspective affair, but allow it to seep into your soul and you’ll find that the flow will carry you along.

Country Darkness Vol 3 is the last of the EP trilogy from My Darling Clementine with four more covers of Elvis Costello’s…if Costello has heard them he should be duly humbled.

Otis Gibbs has released some stunning albums over the past 18 years, but this may well be his finest hour, this Hoosier deserves to be a national treasure.

If you didn’t have the good fortune to indulge yourself in their debut album, Lunatraktor’s Bonefire EP affords an opportunity to sample their unique take on traditional folk – invigorating stuff.

Michael J. Sheehy returns with his first solo album in ten years – Distance may indeed bring beauty into perspective, but I highly recommend you get up and close and intimate with this.

While The Marriage are a musical rather than a connubial relationship featuring Kirsten Adamson and Dave Burn, this debut sounds like the dawning of a very bright future.