by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Peggy Seeger – First Farewell
Her voice is clarity personified. She still sounds playful but laced in wisdom. Peggy Seeger might be American by birth, but has lived in Britain for over half her life. At the age of 85, with 68 years of recording…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | The Weather Station – Ignorance
Nearly 15 years have passed since the actor Tamara Lindeman unveiled her musical project The Weather Station to the world. Now she returns with her first recordings since the self-titled effort back in 2017. To say it’s been worth the wait would be…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra – The Wide, Wide River
“I hope I can tell you that I love you, when you are too old to be told” – Struggle An album about the ageing process, past loves and friends who are no longer with us, The Wide, Wide River…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | This Is The Kit – Off Off On
Let’s just be honest straight out of the gates, this is an amazing record. Intimate and hypnotic, Kate Stables has not only mined for gold, but has found her fortune. Off Off On is the fourth record she has recorded…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Laura Veirs – My Echo
“My songs knew I was getting divorced before I did”- Laura Veirs When Laura Veirs started putting pen to paper and forming the ideas behind what would form My Echo, her 11th studio album, she realised that her 19-year marriage…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Our Man In The Field – The Company of Strangers
Alexander Ellis, the man armed with a scorched guitar and a notebook full of troubled words and troubadours, is the man behind the Our Man In The Field monicker. This is a debut album that I’m so happy to have…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Fay Hield – Wrackline
“We all search to connect with others – we are entranced by those we cannot connect with and find ways to tell their stories to explain our own.” – Fay Hield Wrackline is Fay Hield’s first release since 2016’s Old…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Shirley Collins – Heart’s Ease
In a career that’s spanned the best part of 60 years, Heart’s Ease is another triumph in a late-flowering that’s seen Shirley Collins rightfully recognised at the top table of British folk music. It’s an album that’s a celebration of…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | The Jayhawks – XOXO
The Jayhawks are a band that need no introduction to anyone who is reading these pages. XOXO is their third album since returning from their latest hiatus back in 2014 and the follow up to Back Roads and Abandoned Motels. It’s 25 years since…
by Mark Buckley • • Comments Off on Album | Hannah White & The Nordic Connections – Hannah White & The Nordic Connections
If Hannah White isn’t a name that you know, this is now the time to educate yourself. I remember seeing her play in Tooting a few years ago when I went to support another artist and she stole the evening.…