Albums

With Krista Detour, Alison Krauss and Mary Chapin Carpenter among the guests, Carrie Newcomer deservedly keeps illustrious company on her latest release Kindrid Spirit (A Collection).

On Small Houses latest release ‘Exactly Where You Wanted To Be’ there is no musical sleight of hand. It is an ultimately pleasing paradox of an album: concise yet unhurried, simple yet demanding.

Éamonn Coyne & Kris Drever’s ‘Storymap’ delights in an expansive approach to the arrangements, but its strongest asset is the musical tradition of collaboration between like-minded souls.

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.