Of all of the clichés that plague the ears since birth for the majority of us fine denizens of Earth, one old saying that rings the most true is “Age is just a number.” At 83 years young, Loretta Lynn…
Album | Loretta Lynn – Full Circle
Album | Willie Nelson – Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin
Willie Nelson needs no introduction. By now he has become a part of your understanding of contemporary folk, country and blues music. But Summertime is no ordinary Willie Nelson record, because his latest studio release is a splendid foray into…
Album | Roo Panes – Paperweights
Two years on from Little Giant, Dorset-based Roo Panes returns with his second full-length album Paperweights. Where Roo described his debut as being about “encouragement, about small revelations of great significance”, he says the themes of the new record are…
Album | Mairearad Green – Summer Isles
Mairearad Green has been a regular on the folk music scene for years now playing with the likes of Box Club, Mairearad and Anna, with guitarist Anna Massey, and the poozies. Summer Isles is an ode to the islands near…
Album | Lily and Madeleine – Keep it Together
Lily and Madeleine Jurkiewicz, sisters from Indianapolis, appear to have a knack for delivering consistently high quality records, sung with a breathy style that is beautiful to listen to. Keep it Together is their third LP, and stands alongside their…
Album | Lionlimb – Shoo
When singer-songwriter Stewart Bronaugh quit his job as a day labourer in both Chicago and San Francisco and returned to his native Nashville, he decided to resurrect a project he’d originally started back in 2010. He hooked up with drummer…