Alasdair Fotheringham

Paul Brady “The Archive”

May 6, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

The definitive, hugely entertaining background exploration of why Paul Brady’s music matters so much. For any diehard Paul Brady fans, this album can only mean that – as the saying puts it – Christmas has come […]

Helene Cronin “Maybe New Mexico”

April 3, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

No ‘maybe’ about it: flawless bedrock americana through and through. There are a lot of typical americana topics on the ten tracks of Texas singer-songwriter Helene Cronin’s third album, ‘Maybe New Mexico’. We start off in […]

Seth Lakeman “The Granite Way”

February 17, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Lakeman’s latest rousing, compelling reminder that sometimes folk-rock – it just rocks. At 13 solo albums and counting and with a career stretching back to the early 1990s, certain things can be taken for granted about […]

Evan Rotella “Last Train Home”

January 24, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Pithy, thought-provoking urban folk doesn’t get much better than this. There’s something both unexpectedly captivating and hugely impressive about the latest album by up-and-coming Canadian singer-songwriter Evan Rotella. At first glance, ‘Last Train Home’ is a […]

Nick Gusman and the Coyotes “Lifting Heavy Things”

December 9, 2024 Alasdair Fotheringham 2

Repackaged 1990s alt-country time travel trips have rarely felt this rewarding. It’s far easier said than done, but why does this album, the third by St. Louis outfit Nick Gusman and the Coyotes, and as fine […]

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Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

March 24, 2026 0

An impressive blues-influenced mixture of laid-back and edgier numbers. Coast of Light is Luke Winslow-King’s ninth album after having debuted with Luke Winslow-King in 2008. It is a bit of an outlier from many of the […]

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

March 24, 2026 0

The night opened with Bassie Gracie, a bold spoken word poet grounded in hope, proclaiming that making art can be the remedy to worry. This Celtic-and-proud waif delivered rhythmic anti-racism with barely veiled anger at the […]

artwork for The Montvales album "Path Of Totality"

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

March 24, 2026 0

Folk-tinged harmonies and sophisticated indie-pop for turbulent times. Sally Buice and Molly Rochelson are originally from Knoxville, Tennessee – together they make up The Montvales. During their middle school years, the duo started out by busking […]

Articles by Alasdair Fotheringham

Paul Brady “The Archive”

Helene Cronin “Maybe New Mexico”

Seth Lakeman “The Granite Way”

Evan Rotella “Last Train Home”

Nick Gusman and the Coyotes “Lifting Heavy Things”

Luke Winslow-King “Coast of Light”

Live Review: Beans On Toast + Ruth Lyon + Bassie Gracie, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham – 11th March 2026

The Montvales “Path Of Totality”

Pat Carter and Luis de Cicco hit the road to promote new live album

Andy Thomas “Highway Junkie”