Many who have preceded Malcolm Holcombe in roots music, from Hank Williams to Johnny Cash, have faced a fair amount of hardship which had left them at a dark crossroads in their life. Just as many have succumbed to a…
It’s been years in the making but the debut album from whimsical French duo Nina Goern and Yohan Hennequin aka Cats On Trees is released in the UK this week after a good chart performance in their homeland in which…
We first heard of My Grey Horse nearly four years ago, when the gentle nature sound effects that introduce their song ‘You’ll Never Learn’ circulated online. Followed up by the more mainstream – but no less brilliant – ‘Waste of…
In the 40 years since America’s all-time favourite supergroup embarked on a massive stadium tour all four members have led us to a perception which at face value makes this vast compendium – available in one-disc, four-disc, and uber-box-set form…
Winchester-born songwriter Jon Allen is best known for two songs that helped sell Land Rovers around the world, but the eleven powerful, incredible songs on his latest album Deep River suggest it is now time he is known for his…
I just happened to be listening to this first full album from Broken Boat on a calm day last week after the British storms had passed, and the fact that the songs created a perfect backdrop to my setting tells…
Loudon Wainwright’s voice is still in sharp and fine fettle. Not only that, but the meaning the words seem to carry is both profound and delightful. A man, in his late sixties, with bitter and joyous memories, and a voice…
The Italian-born folk songstress Emma Tricca returns with her second album, Relic, following on from the delicate and hushed Minor White, released back in 2009. Whereas the tracks on Minor White were sparsely arranged, with the emphasis purely on Tricca,…
While this is Stephen Steinbrink’s first release, either solo or as part of French Quarter, in the UK, the Arizona-born singer-songwriter has been around for some time. Arranged Waves marks his seventh solo album of artful pop, and one of…
King Creosote’s love letter to Scotland could not have come at a better time with the eyes of the world turning north for the Commonwealth Games and the upcoming independence referendum. But don’t expect a collection of rousing anthems –…