Albums

Toronto based NQ Arbuckle’s latest offering ‘The Future Happens Anyway’ is an outstanding and ultimately upbeat, life-affirming piece of work.

Kurdish singer Aynur has teamed up with Spanish composer, producer and flamenco guitar virtuoso Javier Limón, creating a bold new fusion that makes Hevra one of the finds of the year so far.

Bellowhead in their inimitable style discuss the Revival album track by track in their latest video. Watch it here.

Victory & Ruins is one hell of a fine album that crackles with instant hooks and melodies, has an effervescence of choruses and boasts a fistful of damn fine blue collar songs into the bargain.

Acoustic Classics is what it claims: a collection 14 tracks culled from Richard Thompson’s 40 plus year career. These all new acoustic recordings will keep even the devoted fans happy.

Terms Of My Surrender conjures the authenticity of Robert Johnson and Howlin’ Wolf and you can almost feel their ghosts looking on from the mixing deck.

Gramercy Arms are back with The Seasons Of Love, a stunning collection of Dave Derby power poppers featuring an impressive guest list including Lloyd Cole, Joan Wasser and Tanya Donnelly.

Using their Irish American roots The Greenbeans create a sound that is immediately engaging with lyrics and instrumentation that repay closer listening.

They fuse ancient and modern, Welsh and English traditions into a seamless and coherent, contemporary whole without compromise. Fernhill are one of the finest folk groups we are blessed to be able to witness today.

Cannell’s weird and often eerie choice of instruments, her attention to historical and musical detail, and in particular her improvisational prowess give this remarkable and at times elemental album a personality of its own.

In 1970, Pye released Trout Steel. The third album from Mike Cooper who rejected pigeonholes for a more enlightened view of the musical community when. A Classic get reissued.

Till Tomorrow is a gem – forty years in the making and the perfect way for Dougie MacLean and his substantial audience to celebrate a career that has given so much to tradition-based music in Scotland.