Roving Crows – “Bury Me Naked” Album Review
It was a few years ago I saw the Roving Crows now. I remember in Bromsgrove. Not far from Ledbury (their home turf) andalso not far from where I spent my youngest years (in Kidderminster); it was an interesting experience when I was relatively new to folk. It was not just an introduction to the […]
Daria Kulesh “Long Lost Home” – An Album Review
An album of resistance to oppression in armed and peaceful forms. Articulate and personal, it is peppered with tragedy but is in essence celebratory of family and the personalities whose stories are within. Sound Recording: Jason Emberton, Jonny Dyer Additional Recording: Timur Dzeytov Produced: Jason Emberton, Jonny Dyer, Daria Kulesh Introduction Daria Kulesh […]
Almond&Olive – Standing at the Precipice (Album Review)
Almond&Olive deliver an earnest and lyrically intriguing debut with a strong character and rapport in voice Having released this debut last Friday (27th January 2017), artists Almond&Olive that consists of Natalie Alms (Almond) and Ollie Davidson (Olive) are no longer standing at the precipice but have taken a good look and lept over […]
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. Introduction to Album Steve Pledger is back with “Somewhere Between” his second acoustic-offering that continues to move across the themes […]
Merry Hell’s Bloodlines – Album Review
Release Date – 1 November 2016 Merry Hell are certainly putting their hours in. There are a working band with new disc “Bloodlines” coming out within two years since their last album, “The Ghost in Our House” (2015). They are in the middle of an exceptionally busy looking tour schedule too (with dates being filled […]
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: Rob Swann Released 14th September 2016, Live on BBC Radio 2. In association and support from the EFDSS. In […]
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 come. I have been taking some time to have a listen to Jenny Sturgeon’s debut album, “From the skein”, it […]
Rob Lane – Ends and Starts (album review)
Blues rock that warms the senses for Spring and gets the room moving in an optimistic, light-hearted manner Intro In taking a mild diversion from things going on in my current home County (Yorkshire), the South West with it’s wonderful mysteries, and the cosmopolitan excitement of emerging folk around London, I have decided to go […]
KARA – Some Other Shore – “a deep thematic album of tragedy and triumph” – review
Released June 2016 KARA return with another excellent album called “Some Other Shore” (their debut was also nautical sounding, “Waters So Deep”). The particularities that make the sound and ideas appealing can be boiled down into the three-part approach taken to their writing and recording of folk music. The first part is that their music […]