Albums

Richard Hollingum shares his Top 10 albums of 2020 including Burd Ellen, Robb Johnson, Kronos Quartet, Patti Smith, Avocet, Mhairi Hall, The Bonny Men, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin and Ultan O’Brien and more.

A remarkable, well-researched, historically illuminating, contemporary resonating and consummately crafted album that is both musically esoteric and accessible, haunting and atmospheric, it deserves to become a classic of its kind.

Gaol is a gorgeously evocative album. A soothing, timely reminder of the emotional power of the heart and an earnest, delicate, and utterly enchanting release.

David Morrison shares his Top 10 releases of 2020 – Cabane, Shirley Collins, Le Ren, Ocie Elliott, Elle Osborne, Marin Patenaude, William Prince, Tremblers of Seven and more

David Pratt selects his Top 10 albums of 2020 including releases from Katy Bennett, Katy Carr, Charlie Dore, Virginia Kettle, Tamikrest, Zoë Wren and more.

Billy Rough shares his Top 10 favourite albums of 2020 including Fay Hield, Ashley Hutchings, Sam Lee, Lauren MacColl, Findlay Napier, Rachel Newton, Shooglenifty, Martin Simpson, Jenny Sturgeon and Sam Sweeney

Danny Neill chooses his Best Albums of 2020 ft. Amy LaVere, Bob Dylan, Sarah Jarosz, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom, Brigid Mae Power, Terry Allen, Jason Isbell, Laura Cortese and Richard & Linda Thompson

Thomas Blake shares his Top 10 Albums of 2020 featuring Bill Callahan, Shirley Collins, Burd Ellen, The Silver Field, Herman Dune, Stella Sommer, Stick in the Wheel, Cunning Folk, Brigid Mae Power & The Rheingans Sisters.

Glenn Kimpton shares his Top 10 Albums of 2020 including Nick Jonah Davis, Sally Anne Morgan, Cynefin, JR Samuels, Bill Callahan, Sarah Louise, Martin Kirkegaard, Buck Curran, Gwenifer Raymond and more.

Hopefully, they can and will deliver this live next year at more than just their planned headliner at 2021’s Orkney Folk Festival, I for one am willing to travel some distance to experience the Orkney Monster.

It is clear from the get-go that these guys are working from the same core recipes. The key is in the inspiration and motivation; when Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams make music they are copiously fuelled by an abundance of both.

Mike Davies shares his Top 10 Albums of 2020 featuring Eliza Gilkyson, Luke Jackson, Blackbird & Crow, Ben Bostick, Bruce Springsteen, David Keenan, Merry Hell & more.