Albums

Leveret’s new album ‘Forms’ is a mesmerising and nourishing treat for both the ears and the soul, as they pay homage to their love of the English folk tradition whilst simultaneously breathing new life and energy into historic tunes.

Alice’s ‘L’Oiseau Magnifique’ is a beguiling album of musical collages, replete with eccentric wit and crystalline vocals and harmonies; if you expect the unexpected, you will not be disappointed.

On Grief in the Kitchen and Mirth in the Hall, Alasdair Roberts’ performances are musically exquisite, while his singing has never sounded so emotionally charged. The quality of Roberts’ music is astoundingly high, and nearly three decades into his career, that shows no sign of letting up.

When singing unaccompanied and in unison, The Young’uns make an elemental sound, and on ‘Tiny Notes’, it pins you to the wall; they have created an album that has the potential to become a benchmark classic in modern topical folk music.

Iris Dement is not dictated to by label demands and deadlines, so when she releases her first album of original material in over a decade, she has something to say. Workin’ On A World is insightful, thoughtful and essential listening. This is the sacred now. 

On Aonaracht, Irish harper, composer and sound engineer Úna Monaghan is joined by Paddy Glackin, Saileog Ní Cheannabháin, Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn, Pauline Scanlon, and Jack Talty. The universe she creates is so carefully constructed; it’s thought-provoking, graceful, and complete, so why would you ever leave?

Just a few months on from the release of her stunning album ‘The Pivot On Which The World Turns’, Polly Paulusma has released a ‘sister’ album – ‘When Violent Hot Pitch Words Hurt’, that may even eclipse the original.

Volume 1 is an album packed with outstanding musicianship, on which Will Pound and Jenn Butterworth show themselves to be brimming over with ideas and possessed of a determination not to be confined by others’ expectations of what constitutes their style.

Featuring music from Joseph Allred, Rob Noyes, Jesse Sheppard, Isasa, D.C Cross, Nick Jonah Davis and many more, Buck Curran has curated a stunning tribute to the guitarist Steffen Basho-Junghans. This amount of musical quality and artistic depth is rarely found on one compilation. 

‘Dindin’ is an optimistic album, one on which Kimi Djabaté pays homage to his griot heritage while also artistically expressing the complexity of contemporary life in Africa, both the joys and obstacles.

Wayo is a raw, explosive and uplifting album and a totally immersive listen. The epithet “Vodou Priestess of Blues-Rock” sits well on Moonlight Benjamin; with this release, you will be rewarded in mind, body and spirit.

Joined by a number of gifted vocalists, Ben Walker’s ‘Banish Air from Air’ is a beautifully realised project, a fascinating, surprising and multi-faceted album of music, quite unlike anything you are likely to have heard before.