Cam Fraser

Classic Clips: Neil Young “Heart of Gold” – BBC Studios, 1971

August 25, 2023 Cam Fraser 1

“Americana? Isn’t he really a rock guy?” some of you might say. Sure, some of the time, maybe most of the time. But when he sat down in the BBC’s Radio Theatre studio way back in […]

Villages “Dark Island”

February 24, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

Cape Breton’s former indie-rockers dive deeper into lush, Celtic-inspired folk-rock. Band of Horses, Vetiver, Fleet Foxes, Midlake, Fruit Bats and, most recently, Bonny Light Horseman have all successfully worked out their own pathways between indie-rock and […]

Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman + Cat Clyde @ Celtic Connections, Saint Luke’s – 5th February 2023

February 16, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

To say that there was excitement that Bonny Light Horseman were returning to Celtic Connections was an understatement. Described previously in AUK as “the greatest psychedelic-tinged folk-rock band in the world” it was clear that great […]

Live Review: James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra + Julian Taylor @ Celtic Connections, Drygate – 4th February 2023

February 13, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

Back in August 2022, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, James Yorkston played a gig at Summerhall featuring two notable but very different guest musicians. Due to a bout of illness, The Second Hand Orchestra’s founder and […]

Live Review: Lucinda Williams + LA Edwards @ Celtic Connections, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – 23rd January 2023

January 30, 2023 Cam Fraser 0

For the last 40 years, Lucinda Williams has shown herself to be one of the major figures in Americana. She has a string of well-respected albums that go back to the late 70s and she’s mentioned […]

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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

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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 Cam Fraser

Classic Clips: Neil Young “Heart of Gold” – BBC Studios, 1971

Villages “Dark Island”

Live Review: Bonny Light Horseman + Cat Clyde @ Celtic Connections, Saint Luke’s – 5th February 2023

Live Review: James Yorkston, Nina Persson and The Second Hand Orchestra + Julian Taylor @ Celtic Connections, Drygate – 4th February 2023

Live Review: Lucinda Williams + LA Edwards @ Celtic Connections, Glasgow Royal Concert Hall – 23rd January 2023

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”

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