Tag Archives: folk rock

BEKAH BARNETT – Rise

October 25, 2015

Urban Minstrel 2015 Higher and higher, San Fran chanteuse ups the ante on album number two. She calls herself urban minstrel and folk diva and, thus, gravitates down to earth but, be it physical or metaphorical, BB embraces both connotations … Continue reading →

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QUILL – Brush With The Moon

August 1, 2015

Cherry Red 2015 Out of tragedy wonder comes, and a wide-eyed observation of the ways of this world unfolds from the Midlands meadows. It could have been the end for this band’s three-decade journey, when bassist Ben Brain died in … Continue reading →

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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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