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Album Review: Kate Rusby – The Frost Is All Over

Kate Rusby is undoubtedly one of the big names in the recent revival of British folk helping rescue the genre from silver tankard wielding traditionalists to create a more contemporary…

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Album Review: Tracey Thorn – SOLO: Songs and Collaborations 1982 – 2015

Tracey Thorn has always been a part of my life, although I was a little late to the party. As a teenager I fell in love with Everything But The…

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Album Review: Richard Thompson – Still

Good grief. I’ve had this album forever and I’ve been totally unprofessional and sat on it, and sat on it, and sat on it. Why? Well firstly, because I had been…

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Album Review: United Bible Studies – ‘So As To Preserve The Mystery’

In an effort to maintain a balanced sense of perspective, it is necessary to flambé ones objective juices, to periodically take a trip outside of what is often mistakenly referred…

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Album Review: Beirut – No No No

At its best ‘No No No’ is cheerful, breezy, spirit-lifting. But that same lightness is also what holds it back from being anything more than a solid, ultimately not-very-remarkable listen.…

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Album Review: Gilmore & Roberts – Conflict Tourism

They say that folk music is the new rock and roll. Many would argue it’s also the original rock and roll. If this is the case, there shouldn’t be much…

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Album Review: Small Feet – From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean

From Far Enough Away Everything Sounds Like the Ocean is the debut album from Stockholm trio Small Feet, aka Simon Stalhamre (vocals/guitar) alongside Jacob Snavely (bass) and drummer Christopher Cantillo.…

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Album Review: Dar Williams – Emerald

Dar Williams’ music professes a great deal of heart; there’s little doubt for the listener that this songwriter sees and feels keenly, and wants to communicate her observations and conclusions. On…

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Album Review: 10,000 Maniacs – Twice Told Tales

‘In my Tribe’, the third album by Jamestown, New York band 10000 Maniacs released in 1987 remains in my top 50 albums of all time. The Wishing chair, their second…

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Album Review: Stornoway – Bonxie

Oxford four-piece Stornoway are back with a new album called ‘Bonxie’, released on 13th April through Cooking Vinyl. It’s the first of Stornoway’s albums to take the services of a…

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