The Watersons

Reissue Review: The Watersons “Frost And Fire : A Calendar Of Ritual And Magical Songs”

January 5, 2023 Tim Martin 1

An excellent reissue of one of the key albums of English folk music. Originally released in 1965, ‘Frost And Fire: A Calendar Of Ritual And Magical Songs’ was the debut album by The Watersons, Comprised of […]

The Watersons “John Barleycorn” – Frost and Fire Revisited

September 16, 2022 Jonathan Aird 0

The Watersons – Norma, Mike and Lal Waterson and their cousin, John Harrison – put out ‘Frost And Fire: A Calendar of Ritual and Magical Songs’ in 1965 after going through a particularly arduous audition process […]

The Song Remains: Norma Waterson 1939 – 2022

February 2, 2022 Rick Bayles 0

A unique innovator within the folk tradition and the UK’s own Maybelle Carter. One of the great voices of British Folk Music will sing no more. Norma Waterson, a founding member of The Watersons and a […]

VERSIONS – “John Barleycorn”

September 7, 2020 Paul Villers 5

Here we are again with another of our occasional series in which we examine a tune and explore the various ways in which different artists have interpreted them. This time Martin Johnson goes all folk on […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers