Paul Kerr

Angeline Morrison “The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience”

September 30, 2022 Paul Kerr 2

An important, essential folk album which casts light on the hidden history of black people in these sceptred /blighted isles. On the face of it, ‘The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience’ is an […]

Live review: Nathan Bell + Malcolm MacWatt @The Fallen Angels Club, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow -15th September 2022

September 20, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

It seems like only yesterday that Nathan Bell was playing his first post covid gig here in the UK, after being laid off for two years, but on checking, it was in October last year. Time […]

Interview: Norrie McCulloch unveils Canyons & Highlands, a transatlantic Astral Folk collaboration

September 14, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

Canyons & Highlands delves into vintage correspondence with a fine mix of classic folk and country sounds. ‘Canyons & Highlands’ is the fifth full-length album from Scottish singer/songwriter Norrie McCulloch. Unlike its predecessors, it’s not being […]

Classic Americana Albums: Violent Femmes “Hallowed Ground”

September 14, 2022 Paul Kerr 1

There’s always been a Christian thread running through country music, be it simple devotion and a belief in a better world awaiting us after death or, and much more interesting, a fire and brimstone approach with […]

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer “All New”

August 31, 2022 Paul Kerr 0

These three veteran Grammy winners look set to win another one with this excellent collection of bluegrass and good old fashioned folk songs. Tom Paxton, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, surely needs no introduction here […]

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

July 28, 2026 0

“Radiate a smile if we’re only here for a short while / no we don’t want to miss a day / cus there’s so much we must do,” sings David Keenan on Radiate a Smile, four […]

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

July 28, 2026 0

The new release by The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio arrives with lively words of welcome. After three solo releases of his own, in 2019 Mike Jacoby teamed up with Don Read and Mike Levin to form […]

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

July 28, 2026 0

When we say more people should know about Hayden, I’m not talking about the beloved 18th-century composer and founder of Viennese Classicism, but about Paul Hayden Desser, the Canadian singer-songwriter who has been quietly ploughing his […]

Articles by Paul Kerr

Angeline Morrison “The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs Of Black British Experience”

Live review: Nathan Bell + Malcolm MacWatt @The Fallen Angels Club, The Glad Cafe, Glasgow -15th September 2022

Interview: Norrie McCulloch unveils Canyons & Highlands, a transatlantic Astral Folk collaboration

Classic Americana Albums: Violent Femmes “Hallowed Ground”

Tom Paxton, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer “All New”

Interview: David Keenan on inspiration, optimism and telling stories

The Mike Jacoby Electric Trio “Welcome to the Family”

More People Really Should Know About: Hayden

Various Artists “Just Look Inside the Cover – Songs of Pete Ham”

Willie J Healey to release new EP before October tour dates