This week, in issue 5, I offer you a round dozen of recent releases for review, splitting the content into CD and Vinyl ON CD WINTER DANCE PARTY 1959 #2…
Title: Hummingbird Label: Thirty Tigers Despite the name, so common so as to be used as a dodgy pseudonym for scandalous assignations in British back street hotels, John Smith stands as…
Title: Sequence Label: Upset the Rhythm Rattle are two ladies from the city of Nottingham, UK namely Katherine Eira Brown and Theresa Wrigley. And they give us? Drums. Plus a few…
Title: Winterfolk Label: Nomasters Featuring the strong and clear voice of Belinda O’Hooley (who also plays piano, accordion and, mysteriously, programming), Heidi Tidow on vocals, again clear and strong plus guitar…
Title: Live at the NCH Label: Realworld An Irish/American group that began to do their thing around 2011, the band have two albums under their belt. In fact, I reviewed one…
Title: American Primitive Guitar & Banjo 1963-1974 Label: Craft A very long name for a rather long, yet wonderfully conceived compilation of guitar picking and more with a targeted style and…
Title: 9.30 Fly Label: Esoteric Released on the old Ember label out of a little studio in Monmouth in Wales, the band consisted of Michael Wainwright on vocals, Barbara Wainwright who…
Title: Dandelion Albums and BBC Collection Label: Cherry Red She was discovered and encouraged by one of my own heroes, the late and great BBC DJ, John Peel who signed her…
Title: The Book of InXixu Label: Wah Wah A fascinating project that can be seen as a follow-up to the psychedelic folk release, The Book of Am, this release was initially…
Title: Ronee Blakley Label: Man in the Moon She was a singer-songwriter but with a decided folk-based style who found a measure of fame with this release, issued in 1972. More…
Title: Afterlight A five-piece outfit, this new folk outfit features members from the likes of RURA, Manran, Talisk and Barrule. More specifically, Adam Brown (bodhrán), Adam Rhodes (bouzouki), Mohsen Amini (concertina),…
Title: Aïta Label: Market Square Traditional Irish music from Bléjean on the uilleann pipes and low whistles with Sargent on bodhrán and bouzouki. This, their debut album, was recorded in Brittany,…
Title: Heart Song Label: Brutal Honest Apparently, this lady stems from Austin, Texas and natives of that fine and unique State will have to forgive me because I never realised that…
Title: Folque Label: Round 2 Released in 1974 on Philips and inspired by both Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span, this progressive folk outfit sang songs in their native Norwegian language. The…
Title: John Renbourn Label: Music on Vinyl “There was one time I was in the States on a show with Doc Watson and I made the mistake of including one of…
Title: Sittin’ In Label: Audio Fidelity From 1971, originally released on the Colombia label and Loggins’ 11 track debut (effectively) with a firm additional credit heading towards Jim Messina (who many will…
Title: Wondrous Traveler Label: TSG Basically a duo, Cara Luft (former Wailing Jennys member) and JD Edwards. The album starts off powerfully with the song Had I Paid, an intense, passionate affair…
The Changing Times of the Folk Scene Label: Jasmine A bit of a musical history lesson, this one. Spread over two CDs, this collection follows the pathway of folk in the…
Title: Alice’s Restaurant Label: Pure Pleasure The fifth child of the legendary Woody Guthrie who, indeed, gave him his first guitar at the age of six, Arlo Guthrie hardly shot to…
Title: Out of Mind Label: Independent This is the first full album release (if you ignore their 2015, self-titled, EP) from this 4-piece band that was formed only in 2014. Because…
Title: Revolve & Rotate Label: Gael Productions Daniels is an English folk singer songwriter with a texture to his voice that allies itself very easily to an effective, emotional delivery. His…
Title: Solid Air Label: Island The reason for the reissue of this classic album isn’t so much the album itself but it has been chosen, as it where, to illustrate the…
Title: Clarion Label: Sylvafield There’s a distinct flavour of Captain Pugwash from the first few seconds of the first track of this LP that is decidely unsettling which then, very surprisingly, switches…
Title: The Gloaming 2 Label: Real World Effectively an Irish roots album, this LP wastes no time in reaching right under your skin and plugging directly into your emotions with a…
Title: A Trident Anthology 1965-1967 Label: Big Beat It was Frank Werber, known to many as the manager to The Kingston Trio (one of the most important groups during 1957 and…
Title: Turn the Glass Label: Plains Records OK, before we go any further I need to tell you that this band includes Cathy LeSurf. In fact, the cover of the CD…