Albums

A Hawk and a Hacksaw do not disappoint on their latest release You Have Already Gone To The Other World. The opener is like a portal and once you cross it you’re in another world. A magical album!

‘I Am’ is the penultimate from Chris Woods latest album ‘None the Wiser’, Written by John Clare as he lived out his days in Northampton asylum. Listen here.

Dead can dance, or they would if they could. You wonder whether Lau have the power to raise the ghosts of the Union Chapel in an exultant, sold out return to the north London venue.

The First single release from Emily Barker’s forthcoming Dear River album is the wonderful title track. Like the best of Emily’s songs it has an immediate familiarity, yet is uniquely hers.

Prior to the start of their UK tour, we caught up with Sarah Howells of the Welsh acoustic pop duo Paper Aeroplanes, she talks about their new album ‘Little Letters’, the beauty of West Wales & more.

With his fourth album ‘Bright Sunny South’ Sam Amidon revisits bare folk storytelling. What he calls “a lonesome record”, to Bon Iver, is “the tips of the blades rising”. Either way: an adventure.

The erstwhile Wailin’ Jenny and Juno Award winning songwriter Cara Luft is back with her best album yet. Darlingford is a powerful, personal statement and a triumph built on tragedy.

Thea Gilmore’s latest release ‘Regardless’ sees her moving away from her folk persona towards a more commercial sounding album with an 80s – early 90s flavour.

The Tortoise is a mightily impressive first release, full of sadness and surprise, and introduces a spirited new voice. Despite the melancholy, good times beckon for Nuala Honan.

Two years in the making, The John Langan Band’s “Bones Of Contention” boasts voluptuously proportioned tracks, a veritable United Nations of musical influences and an infectious disregard for musical convention.

Simon Holland catches Amy Duncan’s London Album Launch, a great performance that leaves an enduring memory. Her songs possess an ethereal quality, each a vivid herald of a quietly compelling songwriter and a special night.

Track Number 7 from Chris Woods latest album ‘None the Wiser’ is ‘Tally of Salt’ and the first of two collaborations on this CD with the professional story teller Hugh Lupton. Listen to it here.