Albums

★★★★★ Portico Quartet’s latest album is as engaging as it is experimental and sure to bring them more acclaim and a widening audience.

★★★★★ Sharon Van Etten’s tird studio album Tramp sees a whole host guest collaborators including Zach Condon of Beirut.

★★★★★ The Dirty Three return with a masterpice from their seven year hiatus with Towards the Low Sun. A well deserved 5 stars!

Michael Farrant reflects on Ewan McLennan’s performance at Colchester Arts Centre…you certainly don’t meet a guitarist, singer and songwriter of this quality every day.

★★★★★ Bristol quartet Spiro remain unconventional and take their latest release ‘Kaleidophonica’ a significant step further.

★★★★★ Back in 2010 when Perfume Genius released ‘Learning’ no one had heard of the precocious bedroom recorder. Things are very different two years down the line…

★★★★★ At 77 Leonard Cohen releases his 12th studio album, the aptly – and poignantly – titled Old Ideas.

For Celtic Connections 2012, Thea Gilmore brought her much acclaimed Sandy Denny project Don’t Stop Singing to The Old Fruitmarket in Glasgow.

Celebrating the links between folk music around the world and protest song, at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall.

Alabama duo Laura and Lydia Rogers have arguably two of the best voices in contemporary American country music.

Read our live Celtic Connections Kris Drever Trio ‘EP Launch’ review with Kris, Éamonn Coyne and Megan Henderson!

Jaadu is a meeting of great musical minds that has resulted in a unique experience and an unforgettable performance.