Album Reviews
Jessi Colter “Edge of Forever”
Country outlaws, past and present, join forces and come up with a truly modern country album Lest one forget, Jessi Colter was one of the original “country outlaws” in that she was one of the quartet […]
Reviews
Album Reviews
Abigail Lapell “Lullabies”
Traditional songs from around the world with a very modern meaning. The Oxford English Dictionary defines a lullaby as, “A soothing refrain, used to please or pacify infants”. Applied to Abigail Lapell’s similarly titled album this […]
Live Reviews
Live Review: Taylor McCall +Sebastian Schub, The Troubadour – London, 6th November 2023
This was a London launch for South Carolina’s Taylor McCall. A showcase, but a low-key and intimate one. Without the frills of a compère signalling his entrance, somehow McCall was there, unexpectantly in our midst, unannounced, […]
Album Reviews
Jackdaw “Ghost in the Big House”
Joyful confident album that shows you are never too late to make a start. The backstory to this album is interesting. Jackdaw and ‘Ghost in the Big House’ is a collaboration based around the songs of […]
Album Reviews
Cattle and Cane “Golden”
Folk-pop music with a rich tapestry of sounds reaches for the sky. Hailing from Teeside, Cattle & Cane have built a solid reputation in their home territory of northeast England. That’s based on multiple sell-out performances […]