Albums

Fiona Hunter (Malinky) releases her eponymous debut album – her gift for the interpretation of traditional song and the use of Scots language is unsurpassed.

Phil Beer assembles his band for a fine tour who we caught at Salisbury Art Centre for another great performance. We also take a peek at Phil’s Folk Boat project.

Elephant Revival is a Colorado quintet of rare talent and their third album, These Changing Skies, released today, is music that reaches for the stars.

Tissø Lake’s ‘The Hollow Wood And Wondrous Cold’ gets a well deserved reissue alongside a new single and excellent companion-piece which showcases this excellent and often overlooked artist.

Now in her 60s Linq releases her sixth album ‘Disconnect’, an album about different forms of disconnection that finds her voice still in fine form and her political fire undiminished.

Vio/Miré’s latest offering is one of the most beautiful albums I’ve heard and I don’t use that term lightly. Ghostly, uplifting and poetic. One you must definitely hear.

Patsy Matheson’s ‘Domino Girls’ is as musically accomplished as you would imagine, but it’s her relaxed, assured vocals, catchy melodies and wry lyrics that are its greatest strengths.

Carrie Tree and House Of Hats overcome tuning issues and early Sunday curfews to give the assembled at the Slaughtered Lamb a cracking good night of wonderful music.

Michael Raven & Joan Mills 1972 lost folk classic “Death and the Lady” finally gets released on CD. We delve into their past and look at their influence on bands like The Owl Service.

Red Pine Timber Company’s latest offering ‘Different Lonesome’ is a solid album featuring songs of ‘Saturday night sinning and Sunday morning salvation’.

Richard Dawson: Full of grit and no bull shit, while simultaneously being capable of producing music as sweet and sensitive as Joanna Newsome, without the sickly gloss.

The bluegrass-flavoured folk-rock quartet Ramshackle Union Band wear their influences boldly. Echoes of Richard Thompson, Fairport and The Band can be heard in their latest offering RUB.