Albums

Blue Moon Marquee display their full range of stylistic talents on Scream, Holler & Howl, their finest album to date. It feels like a pivotal moment for the band, one that should see them break big internationally.

Purbayan Chatterjee & Rakesh Chaurasia’s “Saath Saath” demonstrates the highest virtuosity playing as well as extraordinary synergy and fluency. The performances are majestic and will speak to the soul and heart.

For The Night is the best distillation yet of Elephant Sessions’ unique, vibrant musical mash-up of funk, trad and electronica. A captivating brew.

Written during the pandemic, Chris Fox’s latest album, In Plain Sight, is witty and wise in equal measure. Joined by Holly Brandon on fiddle, Dan Wilde on banjo and legendary bassist John Parker, it’s his best yet.

Memorial’s debut album is quite simply the most fragile, vulnerable, and intoxicatingly beguiling memorial to broken hearts you’ll hear this year.

Army of Briars’ ‘Made From A Broken Star’ is one of those fabulous (if at times demanding) albums that comes along only once in a very long while. Keep an open mind, and you’ll discover this is a CD to be grabbed, explored at length and cherished – you’ll not hear its like anywhere…

Recorded with guitar player Jim Richardson, the album, Inside Out, is an apt record of the late Andy Dinan’s considerable talent and legacy. Grace Kelly and Michael McGoldrick share their memories in this special album review.

At one point on Canyons & Highlands, Norrie McCulloch says “Every song tells us something about love”. You might not learn something you didn’t already know, but this beguiling album will certainly help bring it into perspective.

Big Ideas, the Edinburgh Americana outfit The Wynntown Marshals’ fourth album is finally here, and it’s a beaut. On the release of their 2010 debut, The Wynntown Marshals were hailed as Europe’s best Americana band. Nothing here suggests anything’s changed.

Tina Jordan Rees’ ‘Beatha’ is an expertly crafted suite of upbeat tunes that raise the spirits and celebrate the small pleasures that can enrich anyone’s life. “…an album of the most joyous, energetic music I’ve heard in a good long while.”

An alluring and beautifully sung album about the timeless vicissitudes and valedictions of love, May Erlewine’s Tiny Beautiful Things understands the heart and soothes the hurt.

With a family history that embraces legendary bluegrass outfit the Whitetop Mountain Band, Martha Spencer has a lot to live up to, but with this fabulous album, she more than does her heritage proud.