Albums

Stuart Forester’s second album ‘A Yard of Ale’ is a delightful album with lyrics that give the music a strength rooted in empathy for the character portraits they paint.

The partnership between Boo Hewerdine and Brooks Williams is maturing nicely with this second CD Snake Oil filled with toe-tapping songs of the highest quality.

David Grubbs has the intellect, talent, and bullish presence to make north-east London’s post-hipsters quake in their hi-tops. He is joined on stage at Café Oto by Italian pair Andrea Belfi and Stefano Pilia.

Field Report has been several years in the making, and musically it shows. Old and new meet in carefully considered swirls of pedal steel, acoustic guitar and judiciously deployed synths.

Aidan O’Rourke’s beautifully realised third solo album busts boundaries between Scottish folk and jazz, telling the story of the Hotline between the USA and the Kremlin.

Humming to the pines, tracking shadows down the street and making maps of memories. On her debut album, Georgia Ruth goes on radiant harp adventures.

The de-facto launch gig for North Ten finds Ross Wilson bringing Blue Rose Code to a packed out Slaughtered Lamb. You can feel the love in the room on a triumphant return.

On their latest release ‘On The Chalk’ The Memory Band present their discoveries with more appeal, sincerity and originality than many a self-appointed guardian of tradition.

Taylor Dupree and Seaworthy have created truly immersive music in the form of Wood, Winter, Hollow, something they could not have achieved through wires thousand of miles apart.

Simon gets a double helping of Norwegian chanteuse extraordinaire Anne Marie Almedal at the Norwegian Embassy and the 100 Club and bumps into Danny Thompson who endorses her whole-heartedly!

Folk Radio UK enjoyed an evening in the company of Charlie Parr at the Slaughtered Lamb, London, the first of two nights. Read our live review.

Scottish fiddle player Adam Sutherland (The Treacherous Orchestra, Session A9, Peatbog Faeries) release his solo debut ‘Squall’. Another fine fiddle player to watch for on the vibrant Scottish music scene!