Albums

Newcastle-upon-Tyne’s Bridie Jackson and The Arbour return – drawing on English folk traditions and Eastern European colours their sophomore album ‘New Skin’ is stunning.

Folk Radio UK catches a rare opportunity to see BBC Folk Award Best Duo winners Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin perform in an intimate house gig, it was a magical evening.

Harpeth Rising take their name from the fast flowing, powerful tributary of Tennessee’s Cumberland River. Like that, their latest album is in full flood.

Mo Kenney’s self-titled album sets a very high bench mark and it’s way past time the rest of us caught up with what Canadians seem to know already Mo Kenney is a star in the making.

Island Records resurrect their classic 60s pink label for The Rails, daughter and son-in-law of folk music legends Richard & Linda Thompson, footsteps they are highly likely to follow.

Unfussy and honest in their approach to the music, Tumbling Bones are not looking to reinvent Americana’s old time roots…only the very best do it with the same verve and passion as these boys.

Sussex based Hatful Of Rain’s follow up to their 2011 release ‘Way Up On The Hill’ strikes for the heart and head and succeeds on both counts.

A Wake is the latest offering from Two Wings a beautiful album that proves that the venerable Glasgow music scene still has plenty of life and originality left in it.

As dark, brooding and beautiful as the Welsh landscape, 9Bach venture into new songs on Tincian, inspired by the heritage of their homeland and a trip down under with thrilling results.

What started as a solo project aiming at a distinctly English sound is turning into a band in its own right and Wenlock Hill, the second album from Merrymouth proves the wisdom therein.

Billy Bragg and his band played a milestone show last night at London’s Hammersmith Apollo along with special guest Seth Lakeman…warmth and comradeship washes over the Apollo.

They say there’s no place like Home and by following her heart Hafdis Huld proves the wisdom with a sublime and serene CD recorded in the rural outskirts of Reykjavik where she resides.