Albums

One of the main lyrical preoccupations of Rick Redbeard‘s debut solo album ‘No Selfish Heart‘ is time – its slipperiness, its sadness, the alluvial deposits it leaves behind in its passing.

In 2011 Salif Keita met up with Philippe Cohen-Solal (The Gotan Project). Together they have breathed new life and new energy into Salif’s music. Talé takes further than it’s ever been before.

Lord Huron’s debut album ‘Lonesome Dreams’ will lead you to places you least expect unwinding like a film of wide open spaces creating rich soundscapes that conjure wilderness and ghosts of the past.

Road to Palios is the latest album from Ryan Francesconi & Mirabai Peart featuring guitar and violin duets which use inspiring minimalist instrumental meanderings to capture your heart with. Magical.

Laylam features four highly respected folk artists: Eliza Carthy, Bella Hardy, Lucy Farrell and Kate Young. The sheer enjoyment that was felt during the making of it shines through and makes it a total delight.

Jesca Hoop’s new album ‘The Complete Kismet Acoustic’ is about rediscovery in many ways…her best album yet…as Tom Waits once said “her music is like going swimming in a lake at night”

The latest offering from Edinburgh based roots collective Southern Tenant Folk Union ‘Hello Cold Goodbye Sun‘ is fizzing with emotional charge…challenging, inventive and original, it doesn’t get much better!

Lily Mae is a 16 year old contemporary folk singer-songwriter from Bucks County, PA. She recently released her stunning debut EP ‘Early Days’. We caught up with Lily and her sister Chloe, also her lyricist!

The Black Twig Pickers are back with a new album Rough Carpenters. All those small musical nuances go to make up the unique whole…As Gangloff explains, “It’s not the melody, it’s the moss.”

This is simply brilliant! A taster of Aidan O’Rourke’s new album ‘Hotline’. Listen to ‘TAT-1’, Martyn Bennett would have loved a piece of this action…this is Scottish inventors at their musically best! Stunning!

The hugely talented multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and painter Barry Kerr has released a beautiful new single ‘The Leaving Song’ which is accompanied by a new video. Watch it now.

Serafina Steer’s third album ‘The Moths are Real’ sees Jarvis Cocker step into production duty, something he won’t regret…the brilliance of this album is clear from the start, this belongs in the limelight!