This is a “Look Back” post, one that brings an older review (from shedancesinthemind.blogspot.com) here to my new website. Since my writing in early 2016, Saskia Griffiths-Moore has continued to grow with a series of[…]
Category: Album/EP Reviews
Reviews that get the senses going in the glorious field of folk music!
EP Post #3 Melanie Crew and James Black
As the veil of winter is beginning to fall, I continue to bring news of some Autumn EP releases which I have given some time to listen to. For my third EP roundup post I[…]
Steve Pledger’s – “Somewhere Between” Album Review
A self-assured album from Pledger, whose writing has clearly grown in skill. The lyrics are pleasingly concise, yet emotive and manage to capture other people’s viewpoints very well. It always persuades, but sometimes astonishes. […]
Lady Maisery – Cycle – (Album Review in Poem Form)
LADY MAISERY- CYCLE (poetic review) A dawn chorus whose stalwart shanties wash an ignorance of history past they approach the day careening in Physis’ circuit, putting a breathy foot to a metal horse. As an[…]
EP Post Autumn 2016 #2 Iona Fyfe Band-“East”-” a particular flair and vigour that shows more than a nod to the time and land of the past”
Iona Fyfe Band – East Publisher: Birnam CD ionafyfemusic.com Iona Fyfe (and band’s) “East” EP has been out for a while; since July 1st in actuality. Four months have passed, the leaves now fall and[…]
EP Post Autumn 2016 #1: Steve Grozier (Take My Leave)
Hi all, I have had some interesting things coming through the mailbox in recent weeks (several in some cases). I have finally had a chance to listen to it all and wanted to share the[…]
Kate Rusby – Life in a Paper Boat (album review)
Artist: Kate Rusby Pure Records http://www.katerusby.com/ An album of precise and selective instrumentation that concisely builds atmosphere and quality. Kate Rusby continues her good works through effectively combining traditional words and material with modern arrangements[…]
Ange Hardy and Lukas Drinkwater- Findings – Review
A culmination of learning the disc boasts high-class collaborations, vocals like fireweed and a smooth, rewarding experience that builds on earlier work and honours the traditional Ange Hardy and Lukas Drinkwater – http://www.angehardy.com/ Label: Story Records Limited Executive Producer:[…]
Jenny Sturgeon’s “From the Skein” Album Review
A good debut album that effectively conveys Sturgeon’s love of history. A balance exists as wide myth collides with shared Scots history; brilliance flickers in some of the darker tracks which hint at even better things to[…]
Gentle Heart – Saskia Griffiths-Moore’s debut album (a review)
An unabashed genre-hopping album that balances light with dark in a spiritually precise manner and a strong leading voice Some albums are like the snow-topped mountains of Asia, full of ancient mystery which might be[…]