Albums

Living In The Lowlands is the debut album from Cambridge based Lizzie J Taylor. An impressive debut that speaks eloquently on her behalf.

McCabe’s variety of folk music is one thankfully untouched by fashion. The simplicity of ‘Painting The Evil Man’ makes it sound as if it could have been released at any time in the last 40 years.

Johnny heads to The Square Tower, Portsmouth to catch the Will Pound Band perform a mix of the traditional and the adventurous plus news of a new Will Pound venture.

With Pledge Music and a change of label, McNeill & Heys have created Any Other Morning, a beautiful, mysterious work, charting hidden paths to refocus our view of the world around us.

Jon Allen’s ‘Deep River’ is a collection of songs with solid roots and a sense of place that can only be articulated using the landscaped language of this sceptred isle.

Enlisting Richard Hawley’s producer, Colin Elliot, Cherry Ghost returns with his third offering ‘Herd Runners’. Mike digs under the surface in his review and gets carried aloft.

Chimes at Midnight is the latest offering from Rainbow Chasers – formed by English folk scene stalwart Ashley Hutchings and featuring previously unreleased recordings.

The first Martin & Eliza Carthy duo album, The Moral Of The Elephant is just their voices, their instruments and elegantly simple arrangements, a brilliant release for Topic’s 75th year.

The Other Country is the debut release from Esther Rose Parkes, all but four tracks are written in collaboration with her mother, the poet Linda Rose Parkes…a country worth exploring further.

A welcome return from Gina Villalobos with Sola, her first album in five years. Villalobos can deliver punch and caress with equal aplomb, but it’s the latter than dominates here.

Blue Rose Code proves every bit the poetic champion as the magnificent, musically expansive second album, The Ballads Of Peckham Rye, proves the healing has begun.

Mishaped Pearls ‘Thamesis’ confirms the exceptional skills of its creators and earns them a place among those who make a significant contribution to the rich diversity of music we treasure.