Albums

In our first of a three part live feature on The Big Whistle Festival we look the Friday night opening band and Folk Radio UK favourite ‘The Old Dance School’ who made a clear impression on our reviewer.

Read our live review of Transatlantic Sessions on Tour at Birmingham Symphony Hall. An allstar cast featuring the likes of Aly Bain, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eric Bibbs, Dirk Powell, emily Smith and many more!

Ducie is a pioneering partnership that will wow audiences tradtional and contemporary musi fans everywhere. Andy Dinan and Ian Fletcher join forces along with Richard Sliwa and Jon Thorne to work magic on their debut MANCUNIA

The First Ten is the long awaited debut album from Jack Day. Beautifully written and performed by the young singer-songwriter who has been become a ‘must see’ on the thriving London scene.

True Gents are a mighty 8-piece Collective from Perthshire, Scotland who include amongst their numbers Ross Ainslie and Gordon Duncan Jr (Son of the legendary piper). Their debut album is an absolute cracker!

The Man Who Died In His Boat is the latest release from the ethereal sounding Grouper. Like the washed up wreckage of a sailboat that inspired the album it is stangely entrancing and peaceful.

One of the main lyrical preoccupations of Rick Redbeard‘s debut solo album ‘No Selfish Heart‘ is time – its slipperiness, its sadness, the alluvial deposits it leaves behind in its passing.

In 2011 Salif Keita met up with Philippe Cohen-Solal (The Gotan Project). Together they have breathed new life and new energy into Salif’s music. Talé takes further than it’s ever been before.

Lord Huron’s debut album ‘Lonesome Dreams’ will lead you to places you least expect unwinding like a film of wide open spaces creating rich soundscapes that conjure wilderness and ghosts of the past.

Road to Palios is the latest album from Ryan Francesconi & Mirabai Peart featuring guitar and violin duets which use inspiring minimalist instrumental meanderings to capture your heart with. Magical.

Laylam features four highly respected folk artists: Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy, Lucy Farrell and Kate Young. The sheer enjoyment that was felt during the making of it shines through and makes it a total delight.

Jesca Hoop’s new album ‘The Complete Kismet Acoustic’ is about rediscovery in many ways…her best album yet…as Tom Waits once said “her music is like going swimming in a lake at night”