Tag Archives: folk rock

DR. STRANGELY STRANGE – Anti-Inflammatory

April 14, 2025

Think Like A Key 2025 What’s another quarter-century for an eternity-scoring ensemble? Eirean heroes return to secure a cure for our times. Living in the past seemed to be par for the course for this collective. Their first two records, … Continue reading →

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THE GPs – In 1981 There Was: Live In Concert

March 10, 2025

Talking Elephant 2025 Caught between “Full House” and “Streets Of London” but feeling free enough, rustic-rock royalty have a jolly good time. When three erstwhile Fairporters – Richard Thompson, Dave Pegg and Dave Mattacks – and Ralph McTell decided to … Continue reading →

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DORIE JACKSON – Stupid Says Run

February 20, 2025

Talking Elephant 2025 “The ghost soil sings her secrets”: a long overdue emergence on the British folk-rock scene of an imposing, impressive, impassioned force of nature. “Stupid says, ‘Run!’; smart says, ‘Wait!’”: the refrain from the second song on Dorie … Continue reading →

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HUNGRYTOWN – Circus For Sale

December 12, 2024

Big Stir 2024 Can chamber folk be adventurous? Yes – when it channels the charms of nature, human and otherwise. Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson have never been scared to unscramble the secret, and sacred, heart of their songs, but … Continue reading →

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IAIN MATTHEWS & AD VANDERVEEN – Greetings From Grolloo

December 6, 2024

RadZ 2024 Intertwining strings and voices, veterans of roots rock bring their charm to Dutch countryside for one enchanted night of music. These artists may have released only two studio albums together, the records separated by an entire decade, yet … Continue reading →

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