Iona Lane – Hallival – Album Review
Released – March 25 2022 From beyond the rolling mist (and probably a few sheets of snow) the mountain of Hallival stands beautiful as a site of exploration, and in seeing it, a conquest of one’s own very ideas of beauty. Iona Lane’s debut album takes this beauty and transcribes it into a folky exploration […]
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 […]
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 will talk about acoustic singer-songwriter, “Melanie Crew” and folksinger “James Black” and they releases in the past months, following a […]
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 the darkening has already beckoned. When the cold weather truly starts I know several people who will be looking back […]