Albums

The Other Country is the debut release from Esther Rose Parkes, all but four tracks are written in collaboration with her mother, the poet Linda Rose Parkes…a country worth exploring further.

A welcome return from Gina Villalobos with Sola, her first album in five years. Villalobos can deliver punch and caress with equal aplomb, but it’s the latter than dominates here.

Blue Rose Code proves every bit the poetic champion as the magnificent, musically expansive second album, The Ballads Of Peckham Rye, proves the healing has begun.

Mishaped Pearls ‘Thamesis’ confirms the exceptional skills of its creators and earns them a place among those who make a significant contribution to the rich diversity of music we treasure.

Savannah Road is Brigitte DeMeyer’s 6th album and is the first she’s produced herself, 10 of the tracks co-penned by guest guitarist and harmony vocalist Will Kimbrough.

Natalie Merchant’s new album is filled with exquisitely crafted original songs. The product of a mature, thoughtful songwriter who’s come a long way.

Paul heads to Servant Jazz Quarters for Vikesh Kapoor’s headline gig. “A voice that mixes sandpaper and molasses, gravel and grace…As first headline gigs go we, could not have asked for more.”

With his second album, House Of Jacks, Blair Dunlop builds on the considerable promise of his debut and subsequent Horizon Folk Award, creating a bold and big new sound in the process.

Cory Seznec’s latest offering ‘Beauty In The Dirt’ is the bastard offspring of a creole-swamp style that Alan Lomax would have loved, he seamlessly joins musical styles…excellent!

Boho Dancer reissue their debut album Gemini as a special edition. Mike explores the new offering which includes three new tracks from the Danish trio.

Brooke Sharkey releases ‘I Crossed The Line’ this month, an EP that has tiptoed into the heart of our reviewer Helen and taken up residence at the top of her perennial playlists.

Dan Lyth’s album conjures what might result from a cross-fertilisation of Radiohead and The Fence Collective, an ambitious, intellectual, art-music project, but with a real beating heart at its core.