Suzie Ungerleider’s vocals sweep you up and carry you gently from one wonderful melody to another, such that regardless of the subject-matter, you want to hear it again and again.
Absent Fathers is a clinical dissection of the damage we can do to each other without even knowing it. Together with Single Mothers, it’s a career high.
FRUK catches The Barr Brothers at a sold out Bush Hall on their fifth visit to the UK in less than a year. Read our special live feature review from Paul with photos from the night by Di Holmes.
Unconventional and conventional was the order of the night with Howe Gelb and Grant Lee Phillips at The Portland Arms. Paul shares the experience with some great photos from Di Holmes.
Paul heads to London’s Green Note to catch Canadian band Fish and Bird, one lasting memory is the beautiful, brilliant music and their joyful enthusiasm for it. Touring UK & Ireland this month.
Sussex based Porchlight Smoker release their Water Into Sand late January – an authentic Americana album that sits neatly in your collection even whilst looking to wider horizons.
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.
