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Category: Album/EP Reviews

Reviews that get the senses going in the glorious field of folk music!

by blueestaiPosted on2nd May 20202nd May 2020Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Kirsty Merryn – Our Bright Night (review)

Kirsty Merryn – Our Bright Night (review)

Released 24/04/20 Singularly beautiful, contemplative and dark. Merryn’s second album is a creeping jaguar in the rainforest of folk. When you think of 90’s films…

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by blueestaiPosted on2nd February 20202nd February 2020Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Luke Daniels: Old Friends and Exhausted Enemies (A Review)

Luke Daniels: Old Friends and Exhausted Enemies (A Review)

Release Date: Friday 4th Oct 2019 (Wren label) Rather belated we begin to turn the page on the new year (and into February!) with our…

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by blueestaiPosted on24th July 201925th July 2019Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Reg Meuross – 12 Silk Handkerchiefs (album review)

Reg Meuross – 12 Silk Handkerchiefs (album review)

Let us turn to Reg Meuross and his new album and project “12 Silk Handkerchiefs”. Constructed and composed alongside Brian W Lavery (who is the…

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by blueestaiPosted on5th March 20196th March 2019Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly’s “Changeable Heart”

Ruth Notman & Sam Kelly’s “Changeable Heart”

Photos by Redwood Photography 2019 is with us, and with it comes the next wheel of folk that propels it’s artists up and into the…

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by blueestaiPosted on30th October 201830th October 2018Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Rachael McShane – “When All is Still” Album Review

Rachael McShane – “When All is Still” Album Review

Released 10 Aug 2018 Rachael Mcshane has trekked through the valleys of folk music theatre with her star turn as Susannah, a new mother fighting…

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by blueestaiPosted on29th September 201829th September 2018Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Robert Lane – Only a Flight Away – Review

Robert Lane – Only a Flight Away – Review

Released 27th April 2018 With “Only a Flight Away” there is a gear change from the “Country Lane” to the “Highway Lane”. Working and skillfully…

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by blueestaiPosted on15th May 201815th May 2018AcousticLeave a comment on Gem Andrews – North- Album Review 2018

Gem Andrews – North- Album Review 2018

An enticing mix of light and darkness tied together in a package of exploratory, urban Tyneside Country. BAND Gem Andrews: Vocals, Guitar Nicky Rushton: Piano,…

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by blueestaiPosted on11th March 2018Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman – Personae (2018) Album Review

Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman – Personae (2018) Album Review

“Sharp, witty and accomplished there is a class to Roberts & Lakeman’s new album that cannot be measured on any known scientific apparatus” Album: Personae…

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by blueestaiPosted on10th March 2018Album/EP ReviewsLeave a comment on Peter Knight’s Gigspanner “The Wife of Urban Law” Review

Peter Knight’s Gigspanner “The Wife of Urban Law” Review

“An album that greets old friends with a warm handshake which has arrived with a zest for life and a sense of adventure”    Picking…

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by blueestaiPosted on8th January 20188th January 2018AcousticLeave a comment on Bella Gaffney- Heaven Knows – Album Review

Bella Gaffney- Heaven Knows – Album Review

Album: Heaven Knows With:  Bella Gaffney (Vocals and guitars, concertina, and more)              Lauren Deakin Davies (Bass guitar, keys and percussion)              Nick Hall (Backing…

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