It seems Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola cannot put a foot wrong and The Smoky Smirr o Rain is a stunning addition to an already impressive catalogue of music. Written and played with skill, flair and feeling, this album is vital and quite wonderful.
Journey Through The Roke is a rather fetching gorgeous record. Flitting from Americana, jazz, and blues, with nods to funk, country, and tradition, the album expertly demonstrates Honey and the Bear’s skill and confidence. It is a road I’ll happily wander along again.
In Clifftown, M G Boulter perfectly captures the poetry of everyday life in a muted, fading town. Stay awhile and let its poignancy flow over you. Its quiet grandeur will gently seep into your soul. A thoroughly intoxicating listen.
The latest album by Jon Boden marks an elegant, profound, and thoroughly rewarding conclusion to a remarkably prescient series of albums. Last Mile Home is a genuinely heartfelt and beautifully structured listen. An exquisitely moving conclusion to Jon’s trilogy. This one will stay with you.
American musician and producer Myles Cochran talks us through his latest album Unsung – “Dense without being heavy, intelligent without being esoteric, this is elegant, nuanced music that has been finely crafted and richly woven.”
Dense without being heavy, intelligent without being esoteric, this is elegant, nuanced music that has been finely crafted and richly woven. Unsung is a quite remarkable album.
If you want to get to the heart and soul of Reveal Records, then bring this compilation into your home and let some inspired music light up your life…one of our finest modern-day record label collectives.
The power of A Casual Invocation comes from its mystery: it feels at once ancient & modern. Folk music at its most transcendent, an antidote to the banal and a gateway to the weird.
There is something pure and beautiful about ‘Home Recordings’ that finely balances and sets it apart from any other Martin Simpson album I can think of. A wonderful achievement and gratefully received.
Their previous release was one of the most innovative folk albums of the last decade, and on Receiver they up their game even further. The Rheingans Sisters have created a masterpiece of modern folk music as well as a captivating physical artefact.
Acid Croft Vol 9 has a warm glow that comes from a new start. Having heard its first fruits, we can tell you that the Shooglenifty magic is brighter than ever.
On Silhouettes, the latest offering from duo Matthew Lowe & Daniel Trenholme known as Stables, they deliver melodically rich tunes and an abundance of good vibes and go-getting lust for life.
