Album Reviews
Raine Hamilton “Brave Land”
An LP that starts well but struggles as it goes on. Raine Hamilton’s chamber-folk album has moments of real quality, but also moments where she seems to lose sight of what she wants the album to […]
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The Whitmore Sisters “Ghost Stories”
Sisters Bonnie and Eleanor Whitmore set aside their individual projects to join together for a highly impressive first outing as a duo. Bonnie and Eleanor Whitmore have both established themselves as accomplished figures within the pantheon […]
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Fruit Bats “Sometimes A Cloud Is Just A Cloud: Slow Growers, Sleeper Hits And Lost Songs (2001–2021)”
A thoughtful 23 song collection comprising favourites and unreleased rarities Fruit Bats have been the vehicle to showcase the skills of Eric Donald Johnson for two decades, give or take the odd séjour performing as SDJ, […]
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Neil Young & Crazy Horse “Barn”
Reflections on aging, on the need to address environmental concerns and to recall that love matters. It is often the case with Neil Young’s recent new material releases that the thoughts on first contact are not […]
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Aoife O’Donovan “Age Of Apathy”
Enchanting folksy Celtic Americana. A charming, esoteric puzzle. In americana terms, Aoife O’Donovan is a big deal. A Grammy-winning big deal (as a third of ‘I’m With Her’, alongside Sara Watkins and Sarah Jarosz). So the […]