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I’m With Her “See You Around” (Rounder Records, 2018)

February 13, 2018 Linda Jameson 0

I’m With Her are a folk trio made up of Sarah Jarosz, Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) and Aoife O’ Donovan (Crooked Still). Each artist has a fanbase following in their own right and can claim Grammy […]

Dave Richardson “Carry Me Along” (Independent, 2018)

February 13, 2018 Mark Nenadic 0

A drift of New England based contemporary (yet traditional) folk, if such a thing exists. Dave Richardson’s stock in trade is ‘old school’ roots, certainly in terms of song subject and structure. That’s no bad thing. […]

Ed Romanoff “The Orphan King” (PineRock Production, 2018)

February 12, 2018 David Cowling 0

Ed Romanoff is a storyteller, his songs vehicles for the narratives, and stories we get whether they be ghost Miss Worby’s Ghost, the freak show Elephant Man, crime The Ballad of Willie Sutton, and of course […]

Buffalo Road “Whole New Silence” (Backwater Records, 2017)

February 8, 2018 Mark Underwood 0

Buffalo Road’s third record “Whole New Silence” is described as something of a “lost album” by their record company, having first been completed in 2016 while only seeing the light of day last November. Meanwhile, the band are […]

Alela Diane “Cusp” (All Points, 2018)

February 8, 2018 Paul Kerr 0

Since her last album in 2013 (About Farewell) Alela Diane has remarried and given birth to two daughters. We mention the daughters as Cusp is, above all, an album about motherhood, even the album cover can […]