Albums

Wise beyond her years, Maya Rae sounds like a veteran at just 18; produced by Steve Dawson and backed by a crack cast of musicians including Birds of Chicago and kai Welch, don’t let this album pass you by.

A simple yet haunting album of emotional and musical depth that underscores both Kirsty Merryn’s consummate musical craftsmanship and her articulacy of the heart.

While it took B.Knox a  while to stop just writing songs for himself and to have the confidence that others might want to listen to what he had to say, Heartbreak & Landscape is ample evidence of why they will.

The Ledger is a traditional folk song album par-excellence and a work of great distinction. Recommended to anyone who appreciates top-quality music delivered by very fine musicians.

Good Times Older is a winner on many fronts but it also gives us some idea of just how gifted Jack Sharp is as a singer and interpreter of song. We can only hope that his foray into the world of traditional music continues.

Home Waters is Sam Carter’s finest and most confident piece of work so far and best displays the honed talents of this valuable musician. A concise, cohesive and self-assured album that perfectly balances and blends ace song-writing with considered and finely judged arrangements. A must-have.

An album that ranks up there with Springsteen’s The Ghost of Tom Joad in its vision of a world bereft of hope… Bostick has tapped into the zeitgeist with a songbook of the times worthy of Steinbeck and Guthrie.

Dan Whitehouse’s Dreamland Tomorrow offers two musically contrasting albums, but both consummate expressions of a master craftsman and wordsmith at the peak of his prowess. It is an album deserving of wide commercial success.

Sins We Made is the sophomore outing by Canadian duo Harrow Fair which blasts out of the starting gate. It’s a truly terrific album, indulge in the sins they’ve made, and listen and repent at listening leisure.

On Bloom Innocent – Acoustic, Fink moves beyond the limitations of any particular genre, developing new methods of communication. Blending the electronic and the acoustic worlds is no easy task yet Fin Greenall and company seem to have seamlessly mastered the task.

Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down Brett Newski tells us, as he looks at the world through eyes jaded by years of disappointment and lies.

Shelby Lynne mines the depths of her consciousness to examine what is real in her relationships. The truth is on display. Listen and you can hear exactly how it plays out in her life, the good, the bad, the unexplainable.