Wookalilly, a four-piece band from Belfast release their debut album ‘All the Waiting While’, an Old World take on Bluegrass from a group unafraid to experiment.
Mist is Dust is melodic, individual and beautifully rendered. he overall feel is of adventure, of boundary-pushing and scant regard for the status quo.
Trent Miller is a persuasive storyteller who keeps his songs short and purposeful, allowing the music to to draw you in and the words to anchor you. Burnt Offerings promises much and delivers.
Sylvie Simmons puts on a a top performance at London’s 12 Bar Club with support from Raevennan Husbandes. Songs for loners, lovers and losers…a memorable evening.
Having recently reviewed their new album Paul heads to Leytonstone to catch a What’s Cookin’ promotion featuring Reid Jamieson & Carolyn Victoria Mill.
Jamie Doe aka The Magic Lantern entertains the crowd at Camden’s Green Note, an unforgettable evening of great entertainment served with a side plate of humility.
Paul heads to London’s 12 Bar Club for a Bucketfull of Brains showcase and is treated to great performances from Sugar Magnolia, Trent Miller and Pete Gow.
With music that ‘seeps beneath your guard until it feels like an old friend’ there’s plenty to love about Run Boy Run whose music is rooted in the traditional music of the Appalachian South.
Paul headed to London’s Borderline this week to catch an amazing line-up: The legendary Wizz Jones with Case Hardin and Jason McNiff and the Lone Malones. What a night!
This boy doesn’t so much stand on ceremony as jump up and down on him until it submits, his hybrid Blues and Country squall whipping in from various shores and uprooting whatever’s in its path.
The debut album from husband and wife duo Martin and Kerraleigh Child, AKA The August List, comes up a sure winner. Appalachia and American roots music via Dorset.
Canadian husband and wife duo Reid Jamieson’s latest album Juniper KItchen deserves a wider audience. They’re over in the UK in November so make sure you catch them!
To be following your creative instincts with such certitude at this stage of a musical career is rare and to be applauded, especially when the results are as warm and refreshing as Good-bye Lizelle.
Fieldnotes is a gentle un-rushed musical affair from James Haddock Jr. backed by a fantastic set of musicians including Nathan “Junior” Andersen of M.Ward/The Dandy Warhols.
Paul catches an intimate double bill from Austin-based songwriter Matt McCloskey and Andrew Combs who more than justifies the hype surrounding the Nashville based singer-songwriter.
