Emma Langford- “Sowing Acorns” – A Review
A fun album that will defy attempts to hold it down in one place. Well arranged and with some seriously confident creations, this disc hints at a continued bright future for Langford. Release Date: September 2020 It’s been a long time coming, but we have finally got around to reviewing the second album by the […]
Ninebarrow- “A Pocket Full of Acorns” Review
Timely, persistent and quiet. The natural world continues to spill forth from Ninebarrow’s fourth album, in all the best ways. Those quiet boys of folk, Ninebarrow, have been keeping themselves busy during the lockdown. Well, when we say quiet, we acknowledge that ever since their debut album they have been anything but; with recognition from […]
Merry Hell – Emergency Lullabies (review)
Exuberant and rousing with a few inspired sentimental stops, Merry Hell still have a lot to say with their sixth album. RELEASED NOVEMBER 2020 What can we say of Merry Hell? They are a band often seen on the live circuit with an impressive turnaround of albums (this is their sixth studio outing); you could […]
Jenny Sturgeon – The Living Mountain (review)
An album indistinguishable from the nature it is set in, Sturgeon’s expertise ensures a multi-layered, emotional linchpin of folk Now even deeper into the cold of Winter, we come to ponder Jenny Sturgeon’s latest work “The Living Mountain” originally released on 16 October 2020. Sturgeon’s first album “From the Skein” was an enjoyable and accomplished […]
Lizabett Russo- “While I Sit and Watch This Tree” (album review)
Russo’s album is a brighter, more focused affair that lets the positive rays of growth bring more optimism to her delightfully individual music. To Be Released: Late November 2020 Gathering her ideas from the characterful stream of her mind and hewing a sound from the knotty avant-garde folk tree, Lizabett Russo continues a work very […]
The Wilderness Yet – Debut Album Review
Their ears and hearts nested in the traditional, ‘The Wilderness Yet’ provide an album with many brilliant, emotional responses to nature. Away from the bustle, in a secret garden within the leafy settlement of Sheffield, we get the glimpse of a band bringing their debut to the fore. “The Wilderness Yet” comprises of Rowan Piggott […]
Saskia – Are You Listening?” (Album Review)
“An album that refreshes and surveys the ground covered up to now. Saskia continues to sculpt her clay of gentle-folk into a pleasing and healing treasure.” Released July 31st 2020. Our Pick: “Write me a Song” (Track 5) From the brightest, warmest and sunniest part of folk music’s acoustic heart comes musician, Saskia Griffith Moore […]
Will Pound- A Day Will Come (album review)
Breathlessly broad yet uniting; Pound’s love letter to the European idea and its people touches the soul. Released 8th May (Will Pound Lulubug Records). Will Pound’s Art’s Council funded work is an unbridled joy filled with light and cheers from every corner of your favourite continental bar. Much like our favourite A L’Imaige Nostre-Dame in […]
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 with pianos.. What comes to mind? Is it “King Ralph” (1991) with John Goodman playing “Good Golly Miss Molly” in formal attire and bragging about his Rolling Stone Collection, or […]
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 review of Luke Daniels’ fourth solo offering “Old Friends & Exhausted Enemies”. Having been in partnership with the School of Philosophy at Edinburgh University and attended Celtic Connections to perform […]