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…
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…
Hi I hope everyone’s good and enjoying the sun! So it’s been a few weeks since the Hebden Bridge Folk and Roots Festival, where the…
Village Folk – http://www.villagefolk.org/ In my past posts about Village Folk I have alluded to the venue (The Lawns Hotel) in Chellaston being very much like…
Observational and considered, Lakeman collects a squad of influencing folk artists that bring his rich imagination and celebratory character to life Released 3rd February 2017…
During a brief hiatus to the excessively cold weather last month, I had the pleasure of heading down to Chellaston in Derbyshire for a gig…
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…
Release Date – 1 November 2016 Merry Hell are certainly putting their hours in. There are a working band with new disc “Bloodlines” coming out…
I am happy on this Wednesday in November…. I am in Manchester. Christmas stalls are up, but it is not that seasonal treat that interests…
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,…