Albums

With founding members David Lowery and Johnny Hickman at the helm Cracker release a double-album that captures two diverse musical and political sides of California.

Who He? is the first solo album from master guitarist Ian Carr, one that can join the inner sanctum of records whose unique sound sets them apart from the crowd.

Shift offers a rich and often heady brew of traditional and modern songs and sounds rooted in the musical traditions of the Borders between southern Scotland and northern England.

Apple Of My Eye’s Arran Glass gives us an exclusive insight into the genesis of their unique sound and how Seven Tides, their wonderful new album was crafted.

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.

We report back on The Great British Folk Festival feat: Bellowhead, Capercaillie, Bella Hardy, Salt House, Eddi Reader, Melrose Quartet and many more.

Stephen Gerrard, the kind of singer-songwriter who’s the backbone of our folk clubs, provides a second collection of self-penned songs with ‘Broken Shells’.

Recording the basic tracks for their superb debut album Be Still Young Heart live in a Cornish church seems to have given The Grenaways something quite special.

The reissue of Micah P Hinson and The Gospel of Progress by French label Talitres restores the vision of one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2004.

Trusting In The Rising Light is a work of satisfying depth whose precision of execution embodies a true warmth and humanity. It just has to be counted amongst Robin’s best work to date.

Madman is a remarkably eclectic fourth album combining stripped down pop, folk and raw blues all loaded with extraordinary honesty and personal emotion.

On Julie Murphy’s new EP ‘Mermaid’ she offers three stunningly evocative interpretations of three traditional folk tunes transforming them into something magical.