Albums

Canadian band Fish & Bird present a rollercoaster of an album with ‘Something in the Ether’ … “I do believe we may be listening to prog-folk here”…be not afraid. Read on.

First Aid Kit’s ‘Stay Gold’ offers fuller arrangements and brighter dynamics. Whilst the lyrics have become more intimate and personal it is an album of heartfelt beauty.

Summer 2014 sees the eagerly anticipated follow-up release from those purveyors of Western swing, country blues and ragtime – Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra.

Dougie MacLean celebrates his forty years as a recording artist in style at The Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. Neil shares in the experience of this special one-off evening.

We have a special EP premiere today from Australian singer-songwriter Hanah Botting and her solo project Owl & Mouse. Somewhere to Go is an exceptionally beautiful EP.

Joan Osborne’s new album Love And Hate documents the rainbow hues of the complex human emotions woven into affairs of the heart. With Jack Petruzzelli on board again, it’s stunning.

Paul falls hook, line and sinker for the latest offering from those Donegal sisters The Henry Girls…Louder Than Words is seamless. And superb. Just hit repeat and play it again.

John Fullbright brings a whole new meaning to John The Revelator as your correspondent is blown away by his appearance at Islington Assembly Hall.

Watch the new video from Passenger for his new single ‘Scare Away The Dark’. Don’t miss his 19 date UK Tour which are selling out fast.

The album launch for Blue Rose Code’s The Ballads Of Peckham Rye finds Ross Wilson backed by some of the key players on the record and a couple of special guest for another superb show.

To the Bone is the new solo album from Trevor Jones, the singer and songwriter for Miracle Mile. A great collection of songs born of what he calls “a period of instability”.

Cabaret is not an easy genre to pull off convincingly. However, drawing on a fairly diverse spectrum of influences Rupert Wates does a pretty good job.