January 2026 – Page 20

Anniversary Cheers: The Delines “The Scenic Sessions” gets a wider release for its 10th birthday

January 13, 2026 Tim Martin 0

Having topped the annual writers’ poll for album of the year and made number 3 with our readers for their 2025 offering “Mr Luck and Ms Doom”, you’d think it might be time for The Delines […]

Folk Roundup – Spafford & Campbell, Mikey Kenney, Merlyn Driver, Sarah-Jane Summers & Juhani Silvola, Eva Goodman & SERA, Kate Gregory and Brendan Hearn, Sons Of Perdition

January 13, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

A new year and a new batch of folk albums to listen to and review. A small confession, some of these have been awaiting review for a short while, so this is also something of a […]

Haunted Like Human “American Mythology”

January 13, 2026 Tim Martin 0

Songs which respect tradition without being bound by it, this is American folk at its best. On first listen you might assume that ‘Eurydice’ which opens “American Mythology” was the product of an English folk duo. […]

The Song Remains: Bob Weir

January 13, 2026 Martin Johnson 2

“The Kid” who helped define the music of the Grateful Dead and maintained its relevance The world lost Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir on January 10th, 2026, due to underlying lung issues following his recent […]

Gold Star “Phantom Sam” – anyone seen him?

January 13, 2026 Jonathan Aird 0

After the riot of sound from yesterday we thought we’d swing to the other genre end of thoughtful and melodic, with hints at the bedroom folk we used to be so fond of. Although in this […]

Something for the weekend: Teenage Fanclub “There Was You”

August 21, 2026 1

Well that’s it from us for this week, and we leave you dear reader with a new song from Teenage Fanclub who will release their new album Do Not Dare To Dream on 9th October via […]

Alicia Blue “Country Desire”

August 21, 2026 0

A confident debut that shows the Nashville-based singer-songwriter has a vigour that sets her apart from the crowd. For singer-songwriter Alicia Blue, Waylon Jennings isn’t so much an influence as someone she calls “a creative angel […]

Classic Clips: Michael Hurley “Rhinefarm Session” – Vineyard at Gundlach Bundschu, 2015

August 21, 2026 0

Michael Hurley died last year, and wasn’t it starting to look like he wasn’t the dying kind? Every now and then someone goes, and it’s only then that you realise what you’d been hoping for: that […]

Month: January 2026