Albums

Kyle Carey’s debut album ‘Monongah’ is a gentle delight which brings fresh rewards on each repeat playing. If she can maintain this standard, Carey deserves to be held in the highest esteem.

Sproatly Smith’s latest release ‘The Minstrel’s Grave’ demonstrates a band that are willing to play at the fringes of folk music and incorporate musical ideas drawn from rock, psychedelia and even rap.

Taken as a whole, Tarras’s new album ‘Warn the Waters’ is likely to be a good return to the scene for the band, as there is appeal for both folkies and the modern post-pop audience.

KAN are one of those bands that are at the forefront of moulding and re-defining tradtional music, if this is the standard then the tradtional music scene has rewarding times ahead!

Cynic’s New Year is a fragile beast with transitory fiddle, banjo, guitar and cello to cushion frontman Justin Ringle’s tentative laments and words of found wisdom.

Read our live review of Ian Anderson at the Derby Assembly Rooms. He is currently touring “Thick as a Brick” 2012.

At a time when Jim White’s personal life hit a roadblock he has served up a masterclass in song writing on his latest release ‘Where it Hits You’.

Two Wings latest release ‘Love’s Spring’ is an impressive début which shows them to be a considerably soulful little group.

We give the low down on The Chieftains latest release: Voice of Ages. Plus we have an album giveaway!

Adventures in your own Backyard is an attempt to ‘make the music we would want to listen to at home’.

The rather graceful and tranquil looking image of Moya Brennan & Cormac De Barra used for this article is very fitting in many respects. They both come from what many consider to be large musical families that have been very influential on the Irish Music scene. Grammy award winning Moya Brennan is probably best known as the lead singer of Clannad but she has also produced a wealth of solo …

The Carolina Chocolate Drops have continued to push their game further and further with each new release, their latest of which ‘Leaving Eden‘ sees a new extended line-up allowing some first-time offerings and a more expansive sound. Those original ingredients that made them so popular are still present and amongst some well-chosen covers and traditional songs are also some new original compositions. As has become their trademark, they still maintain …