Album Reviews
Gill Landry “Love rides a dark horse” (Loose Music, 2017)
Gill Landry had it all – he was in the Old Crow Medicine Show, had just won his second Grammy with that band, and moreover he was in love – not just in love but all […]
Articles by Jonathan Aird
News
First acts announced for Cambridge Folk Festival
Always a good idea once the tickets have gone on sale – as they did ten days ago! If you’re the cautious type who wants some idea what kind of festival Rhiannon Giddens will be curating […]
Album Reviews
Rebecca Clamp & Hans Wessels “Lit Up with Sorrow” (Folkwit Records, 2017)
Rebecca Clamp – here collaborating with her partner Hans Wessels – writes songs that are like three minute windows into her life, with subject matters relating to her feelings in a particular instant, summaries of conversations […]
Album Reviews
The Wailin’ Jennys “Fifteen” (True North Records,2017)
Six years after their last album The Wailin’ Jennys (Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody, & Heather Masse) reconvened for a five day recording session. The title? Well – it’s fifteen years since the original trio (Carla Luft […]
Live Reviews
Tom Russell, The 100 Club, London, 1st December 2017
It doesn’t pay to be late to a Tom Russell gig, you might miss the opening act who takes the stage to do a little “guess that tune” as he plays snippets of road songs. A […]