Albums

Alex Seel’s ‘Shifting Sands’ is the perfect showcase of a fine songsmith and artist. A strong second release from an artist deserving of a lot more exposure.

The Boathouse Sessions is an accomplished record which highlights Rachel’s growing artistic maturity; its relaxed, spontaneous feel and deceptively complex arrangements mark it out as something to be played over and over.

RM Hubbert’s latest release ‘Breaks & Bone’, the final instalment of a trilogy, demands to be listened to in its entirety and acts as a perfect denouement to a fascinating series of records.

Fiona Hunter gave the audience at Glasgow’s Glad Café a taster of her new album. Neil from Folk Radio UK was there to witness her performance…it’s a release that should be keenly anticipated!

On the eve of her November tour, Eddi Reader gives Folk Radio UK exclusive insight into her new album, Vagabond, due to be released by Reveal Records on February 3rd 2014. We also premiere the video for the single Baby’s Boat.

Chris T-T & The Hoodrats latest album ‘The Bear’ shows the mark of a writer and musician who knows his art and his craft; a rare thing in this disposable age where even instant gratification isn’t quick enough.

Sometimes music has the power to transport the listener to another time and place. The audience of a packed Glad Café witnessed such an occasion on the first night of The Aidan O’Rourke Quintet’s tour for their new album ‘Hotline’.

The scenes on Emily Jane White’s Blood / Lines are worlds between worlds and the spaces between words, ghost ships passing in the night. This is the music of yesterday and tomorrow, seen through the gauzy curtain of today.

Just a week into a 28-date UK tour, Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo rolled into town and proceeded to tear the roof off a packed house at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Helen was there for FRUK.

John Martyn – The Island Years is a significant collection of his music and illustrates perfectly the many journeys his muse took him on…John Martyn’s finest years. We’ve included a live performance bonus (not from this collection).

Jim Dickinson told his sons they’d be better together than apart. Heading his words they take his valediction and fuse the history of the blues to a new vital heartbeat. The NMA are keeping blues music alive with an evangelical rallying cry.

Beautifully packaged, Teach Me To Be A Summer’s Morning is a loving portrait, created by a daughter in memory of her late mother. It captures a creative spark that could light an inferno.