Albums

The reissue of Micah P Hinson and The Gospel of Progress by French label Talitres restores the vision of one of the most critically acclaimed albums of 2004.

Trusting In The Rising Light is a work of satisfying depth whose precision of execution embodies a true warmth and humanity. It just has to be counted amongst Robin’s best work to date.

Madman is a remarkably eclectic fourth album combining stripped down pop, folk and raw blues all loaded with extraordinary honesty and personal emotion.

On Julie Murphy’s new EP ‘Mermaid’ she offers three stunningly evocative interpretations of three traditional folk tunes transforming them into something magical.

Trent Miller is a persuasive storyteller who keeps his songs short and purposeful, allowing the music to to draw you in and the words to anchor you. Burnt Offerings promises much and delivers.

Different Every Time’ is a career spanning, double compilation album of Wyatt’s work. Curated by Wyatt, Domino and Marcus O’Dair, it acts as the perfect companion piece to O’Dair’s new biography of the same title and provides our Song of the Day.

English traditional folk music meets Tuvan roots in The Goshawk Project as Carole Pegg (Mr Fox) teams up with Tuvan throat-singer and musician Radik Tülüsh.

Heed the Thunder’s new album, ‘Cokaigne’ exemplifies the taut strangeness and the endless flow of musical ideas that can be found all over this varied and impressive little album.

On xoa, Anaïs Mitchell opts for a loosely autobiographical approach, largely driven by requests by her fans it offers a back to basics collection which hangs together surprisingly well.

For one week only we are previewing Boo Hewerdine’s new release ‘My Name in the Brackets‘. Plus Boo takes us track by track through the album released on 8th December.

Lorcán MacMathuna of Preab Meadar talks us through the dance element of their new album with a brief look at the history of Irish Literature.

Sylvie Simmons puts on a a top performance at London’s 12 Bar Club with support from Raevennan Husbandes. Songs for loners, lovers and losers…a memorable evening.