Mike Davies

Cabaret is not an easy genre to pull off convincingly. However, drawing on a fairly diverse spectrum of influences Rupert Wates does a pretty good job.

Zoe Muth’s third full-length album ‘World Of Strangers’ brings her widest musical offering to date ranging from classic country to ballads to early Fairport folk- rock.

Kris Delmhorst releases her first collection of original material in six years – a mature, sophisticated album that you grow into and further confirmation of her enduring quality.

The folk, rock and big band jazz on offer from Carrie Clark and the Lonesome Lovers gets the promise of a wider audience as her fourth album gets an international release.

Swedish sextet West of Eden sound like a homegrown British folk band – produced by Damien O’Kane and feat. Kate Rusby and Michael McGoldrick this is really worth checking.

The Hazey Janes release their long awaited follow up ‘Language of Faint Theory’, an album that finds them moving way from the early influences that defined them.

Living In The Lowlands is the debut album from Cambridge based Lizzie J Taylor. An impressive debut that speaks eloquently on her behalf.

Enlisting Richard Hawley’s producer, Colin Elliot, Cherry Ghost returns with his third offering ‘Herd Runners’. Mike digs under the surface in his review and gets carried aloft.

Chimes at Midnight is the latest offering from Rainbow Chasers – formed by English folk scene stalwart Ashley Hutchings and featuring previously unreleased recordings.

The Other Country is the debut release from Esther Rose Parkes, all but four tracks are written in collaboration with her mother, the poet Linda Rose Parkes…a country worth exploring further.

A welcome return from Gina Villalobos with Sola, her first album in five years. Villalobos can deliver punch and caress with equal aplomb, but it’s the latter than dominates here.

Savannah Road is Brigitte DeMeyer’s 6th album and is the first she’s produced herself, 10 of the tracks co-penned by guest guitarist and harmony vocalist Will Kimbrough.