Albums

Canadian fiddler (and guitarist) Quin Etheridge-Pedden is just 15 years-old, and on the evidence of his first album, Embark, the young musician is heading for a sparkling career.

Broken Stay Open Sky is the fourth album from the now London-based Cornish 60s psych-folk styled six-piece Red River Dialect. Released on Paradise of Bachelors it’s sure to bring them the extra attention they deserve.

Del Day shares his personal highlights from this year’s UK Americana Awards at the Hackney Emire which included a stunning showcase, a Tom Petty tribute and wins for Robert Vincent, Robert Plant, Yola Carter, Emily Barker, Sam Outlaw, Thomas Collison and more.

It may not all be wholly autobiographical in a literal sense, but the emotional authenticity is clear, another terrific example of how exposing and exorcising personal pain can produce an artist’s best work while touching universal chords and perhaps giving voice to those less articulate in seeking catharsis.

Truly, the most remarkable thing about I’m With Her is not the individual command, but the dedicated effort towards a cohesive artistic vision. The beauty of the album is the synchronicity, the careful listening on the part of each band member that creates a simply stunning album.

While Will Varley may have produced his darkest album to date, with the extra dimensions afforded by the fuller instrumentation, it’s also arguably also his strongest.

It’s often said that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and this album applies salve to the wound and sets about the healing. Just like the medical box of their name, every home should have one.

Songs About a Train confirms that Reg Meuross is, unequivocally, quite simply one of the finest singer-songwriters of our, or any other, times.  His songs leave you with memories that are ‘released into your musical world to haunt you for years to come’.

If you like your music honest and free from studio beeps and production flourishes and your vocals real and untouched by autotune, then this new album from Anglo-American duo Cath and Phil Tyler should hold you. Well worth the eight-year wait.

There’s far more to Undersong than the time Salt House spent recording on the tiny Hebridean island of Berensay, with seasoned producer Andy Bell. Undersong is a highly accomplished album of wonderful music, that singles Salt House out as a trio of exceptional talent.

All On Red is the debut album from Orphan Colours (ft. members of ahab, Noah & the Whale and Danny & The Champions of The World). With a groundswell of acclaim and awareness already building, this could indeed be the start of something beautiful.

Rifles And Rosary Beads is a small selection of exceptional songs from a unique, and valuable project. In fact, remarkable really doesn’t cover it. When Mary Gauthier writes, records, performs, you expect remarkable; that’s what her music is. Rifles And Rosary Beads goes far beyond this.