Seuras Og

The joy and pleasure Dan Walsh exudes during this live performance is striking. Recorded in his hometown of Stafford, Live at The Floodgate, captures the magic and glow of Walsh at his very best.

The new album from Norman Blake, Day by Day, couldn’t come at a better time. An opportunity to savour the past through the hands of a consummate craftsman.

Rewilding is majestic music. Dan Brown, the writer, lead-musician and producer, has a promising future, as do all the contributors here who must share some due credit for the outcome.

Despite the difficulties and the blood sweat and tears behind this album, it holds together perfectly as a fully coherent whole. Phil Odgers’ “Ghosts of Rock n Roll’ is a wonderful record of folky pop and melancholic twang that demands your ears.

The August List’s ‘Wax Cat’ is a thrilling and bizarre concoction of retro influences that’s delivered in a glorious jumble of melodic chaos. The near-collision between the myriad competing forces provides a near-perfect record.

Recorded at a countryside retreat in Kildare with Myles O’Reilly, Rónán Ó Snodaig’s Tá Go Maith is an album not to be rushed but instead presents an opportunity to slow down and embrace its evocative gentle mood and positivity.

“On Our Way”, the latest release from I See Hawks in L.A., is a spectacular offering that occupies a timeless space where ideas and influences jostle freely, unrestrained by fashion or fortune, contributing together a potent message for the moment.

Inspired by Andrew Wasylyk’s morning walks in a Dundee park, the music of “Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia” offers a deep sense of place, filling spaces of the mind and awakening the senses; it adds textures and tangency to discovering all the things you never notice during a busy day.

After an eight-year hiatus, post-folk collective Fuzzy Lights return with Burials…”A stirring and unsettling listen” with plenty of breath-taking moments.

After several years of silence, LA marks the return of Kathryn Locke, a strongly recommended set. For music to be the true voice of a performer is almost a cliché. Here it is a fact. Welcome back, Kathryn.

Saint Sister’s “Where I Should End” amazes. The blending of the acoustic and electronic has seldom come together so seamlessly as it does here. I guarantee it will stick fast in your consciousness.

‘For Morgan’ is a swirling memory of simpler times that manages to be timeless and timely all at once. A charming and intriguing album from Nick Evans, aka Dawn Song – an audio letter from father to son.