January 2019 – Page 9

Ryan Farmer “Just Another Night” (Independent, 2019)

January 23, 2019 Graham McCusker 1

‘Just Another Night’, the debut record from Nottingham-based singer-songwriter Ryan Farmer wastes little time in giving the listener a precise idea of what to expect for the next forty minutes. Within the first sixty seconds of […]

Video: Mandolin Orange “The Wolves”

January 23, 2019 Jeremy Searle 0

The excellent Mandolin Orange have a new album, Tides Of A Teardrop, out on February 1st and this is the latest single from it, a beautiful song of joy and hope.

Songs for the apocalypse: Darren Smith “Dogtown Mines”

January 22, 2019 Mark Whitfield 0

It’s fair to say right now that the world has never seemed such a volatile place: with events in both the UK and the US (and beyond) making a complete meltdown at some point in the […]

The Life and Times of the Brothers Hogg “Room Service” (Independent, 2018)

January 22, 2019 Phil Grant 0

In an album review with a limited word count, a band name like The Life and Times of the Brothers Hogg takes up a lot of space. It leaves very little room to talk about their surprisingly […]

The Mammals + May Erlewine @Celtic Connections. St Luke’s, Glasgow,18th January 2019

January 22, 2019 Paul Kerr 0

AUK kicked off our Celtic Connections itinerary this year in the hallowed portals of an old church situated on the outskirts of The Barras, a once thriving open-air market place and home to the legendary Barrowlands […]