Tag Archives: folk rock

DODSON AND FOGG – In A Strange Slumber

June 21, 2015

Wisdom Twins 2014 Life and death rumination from a purveyor of penumbral delights. There’s always been a dark hue in Chris Wade’s folk-tinctured tapestries like , but this album marks his first descent in such a gloom. No, it’s not … Continue reading →

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DORIS BRENDEL and LEE DUNHAM – Upside Down World

April 4, 2015

Skyfire 2015 Proud surreal stance and real-life adventures of one of the hottest duos in English Wonderland. There’s no half-measures for Doris Brendel who inadvertently made a dismal point of her last record’s title, , by almost falling out of … Continue reading →

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JUDY DYBLE – Gathering The Threads

March 12, 2015

Judy Dyble 2015 Subtitled “Fifty Years Of Stuff,” a marvelous overview of lost gem’s of English folk rock first decades on the stage and behind the scenes. She may be praised as a national treasure now, but only core followers … Continue reading →

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10,000 MANIACS – Tales Told Twice

March 3, 2015

Cleopatra 2015 Alternative to alternative is traditional but not regular for American troupe going back to their Olde Worlde roots. A line between non-conformism and folk has always been a thin and a fine one, and it was crossed many … Continue reading →

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Judy Dyble dusts off personal treasures

February 28, 2015

Strange it may seem – yet logical it is! – but the last years have seen ‘s creative revival and a resurgence of interest to her music which reaches far beyond the singer’s work with FAIRPORT CONVENTION and a proto-KING … Continue reading →

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