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Malcolm Holcombe “Bits and Pieces”

June 8, 2023 Guy Lincoln 0

One more collection of peerless Holcombe vignettes for the road. Musicians often talk of their existential need to create. Making music, they say, is something essential to their being, it is not a choice they make […]

Cover art for Chris Frye's 'And There We Were in the Flamin' 20s'

Chris Frye and the Analog Ghosts “And There We Were in the Flamin’ 20s”

June 8, 2023 FredArnold 0

A third excellent, fascinating and contemporary side project by The Bills’ Chris Frye. The Bills are a high-class eclectic Canadian roots music band that incorporates folk, country, some blues and pop in its repertoire. Formed about […]

Robert Ellis “Yesterday’s News”

June 7, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Authentic tales of life’s anxieties set to acoustic guitar picking. ‘Yesterday’s News’ is an intriguing album written by Robert Ellis using the freedom he had after leaving his record label and management company after over 10 […]

Josienne Clarke “Onliness”

June 7, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Josienne Clarke reclaims her back catalogue. It has become something of the thing to do when someone has notched up a decade or more in the folk world: put out a retrospective but to distinguish it […]

Artwork for Anna St Louis album "In The Air" on Woodsist

Anna St. Louis “In The Air”

June 6, 2023 Richard Parkinson 0

Quality vocal and musical arrangements provide a great frame for this fine set of songs. ‘In The Air’ is Anna St Louis’ second full-length album following 2018’s ‘If Only There Was A River’. The intervening years […]

Billy Strings “So Much For Goodbyes”

September 7, 2026 0

Billy Strings plays through the pain to deliver an exceptional performance. Much has been written of Billy Strings’ experience growing up in Michigan, losing his father to a drug overdose at the age of 2 and […]

Elanor Moss “The Knife, The Needle”

September 7, 2026 0

Insightful lyrics and a delicate voice contrast with full-bodied horns to make a debut that feels authentically true to itself. They say art does not come easy, and that’s certainly something Elanor Moss found when trying […]

Stornoway live at the Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks -29th to 31st August 2026

Live Review: Found Festival, Claydon Hall, Bucks – 29th-31st August 2026

September 7, 2026 1

Found festival reminded me of the very first End Of The Road back in 2006: compact, homely, community-orientated and skilfully curated. The panoramic melodies, wide pastoral instrumentation and whimsical lyricism of local-ish heroes Stornoway instantly induced […]