Albums

Having passed the 20 year mark in her extraordinary career, Kate Rusby is busy as ever, with a brilliant new album Ghost, a UK tour and two young’uns to educate in the family’s musical tradition.

Even when the subject matter’s downbeat Police Dog Hogan find positivity and deliver it with the sort of buoyancy and verve as they so ably demonstrate on their new album.

Follow the Music is a superb record in every way, it exudes a gentleness borne of strength, revealing its heart and soul, its depth and beauty, in its own sweet time, over successive listens.

With its seamless, timeless blend of the traditional and the modern, Stories Still Untold should be in the top purchase list of any folksong fan and place Ewan amongst the music’s elite.

It’s not easy to cover such a vibrant history but Real World 25 does an outstanding job, creating a playlist mixing classics, with a deeper delve into fans catalogue choices.

Kathryn Tickell and The Side bring together the influences that have shaped their music to create something elevating and wonderful, it takes the listener on a fascinating journey.

I Can’t Wait is the long overdue sophomore return of Fayssoux an album that will most certainly kindle a warm glow in those who hear it.

Caroline Rose’s latest release I Will Not Be Afraid is a raw album fuelled by tough, rootless life, but also one with the freedom to live, act and say how and what she wants.

Paul takes in a great evening of entertainment as Peter Bruntnell and Stevie Ray Latham put on a night to remember at London’s Green Note.

Christchurch resident Aldous Harding’s self-titled debut album “is the kind of album that moves you in ways you can’t quite fathom”….it goes beyond beautiful.

San Diego-based quartet Sister Speak deliver an impressive debut that with the right exposure, should firmly establish them as a fresh new name on the alt-roots circuit.

The Lament Of The Black Sheep is one of the most beautiful records you’ll hear this year – Ange Hardy gives FRUK an exclusive insight into her story and the stories therein.