Alasdair Fotheringham

Olav Larsen “Stream of Consciousness Vol.2”

May 30, 2025 Alasdair Fotheringham 0

Whoever said, “Sequels are never as good as the first part”, clearly hasn’t listened to this album. With an album name like this one, you could be forgiven for thinking that “Stream of Consciousness Vol.2” is […]

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 […]