Albums

Katy Carr’s ‘Paszport’ is one of our albums of the month and you can catch her with her Aviators playing the Lexington next Monday 22nd April as well as a number of high profile international festivals through the Summer including Yoko Ono’s meltdown and Womad!

Welsh duo Trwbador released their self-titled debut album this month. You will have heard nothing like it, Angharad and Owain Gwilym are pioneering a new Welsh sound that is irresistibly beautiful!

We catch The Dunwells performing at their London launch for the UK release of their debut album Follow The Road. Their vibrant melodies positively bristle with hooks and driving dynamics, creating an instantly infectious sound.

The unrelenting 78 collector Ian Nagoski is at it again with Widow’s Joy being just one of six compilations that he has put together in the last 12 mouths. Don’t miss Nagoski’s talks held all over Europe and the UK in April and May.

Miranda Sykes & Rex Preston release their second studio album ‘Sing A Full Song’ featuring some exceptional performances which should see them stamping their authority as an established folk duo.

Simon Holland catches a great live performance by Erica Buettner at The Slaughtered Lamb, she is supported on the night by The Diamond Family Archive. True Love and Water is one of our Albums of the Month.

Bella Hardy’s ‘battleplan’ is by far and away her most consistent record to date which reunites her with producer Mattie Foulds. It may also be amongst the best sounding CDs you’ll hear this year.

Week three and track three form Chris Wood and The Sweetness Game throws yet more conventions to the wind and asks whether love and politics are happy bedfellows.

‘The Fraying’ is the latest acoustic offering from Megan Wyler on which she duets with multiinstrumentalist producer, Adem. A vocal partnerships that’s possibly forged in the summer mists of dawn.

Éamonn Coyne & Kris Drever’s ‘Storymap’ is one of our Albums of the Month. As they kick off their album tour tomorrow night we caught up with Kris Drever to get some idea of what the duo have planned…

Read our latest interview with Ross Wilson of Blue Rose Code…”I’ve been running on fear and anger for so many years, but day by day I’m trying to expand my emotional experience and bring some contentment into my life”

In week two of our preview of Chris Wood’s new album ‘None the Wiser’ we preview the track ‘Jerusalem’, one that initially appears as the first of the album’s real surprises and Chris talks about getting no wiser.