Album Review | Ma Case | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 4/5 Haiti has long been associated with Voodoo and Moonlight Benjamin takes these things seriously. Now based in France, the Haitian singer doesn't muck about with her sound, delivering a consistently gutsy and bluesy trance-like groove throughout, especially on such songs as "Salwe" … Continue reading Moonlight Benjamin – Simido

Album Review | Cav Productions | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 3/5 I imagine that the two photographs that make up the centre spread of Ry Cavanaugh's new album Time for This, bring a lump to the Session Americana front man's throat. Accompanying his ukulele-totin' old man on harmonica in the corner of the … Continue reading Ry Cavanaugh – Time For This

Live Review | CAST Theatre, Doncaster | Review and Photos by Allan Wilkinson Once again Doncaster has been treated to a rich and varied evening of music at the CAST Theatre with a triple bill made up of visiting artists from both the north of Doncaster and the south of Doncaster, together with a local … Continue reading Rachel Croft, The Kimberleys and Sam Scherdel

Album Review | Little Sailor | Review by Marc Higgins | Stars: 5/5 With Elaine’s assured and sophisticated singing and fine players like Findlay Napier, Patsy Reid and Euan Burton this is a solid and quality debut album. “Next Friday Night” is a smooth opener, layered voices with a touch of Katie Melua class over … Continue reading Elaine Lennon – Elaine Lennon

Album Review | Matty Grooves | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 4/5 If you walk along the Fortis Green road in the heart of Muswell Hill, you will come across the old Fairport House, where the band would noisily rehearse back in 1967, taking part of their name from a wooden plaque screwed to … Continue reading Fairport Convention – Shuffle and Go

Album Review | Self Release | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 5/5 Little did I know when I sat down to watch a performance of Neil Gore and John Kirkpatrick's folk opera Rouse' Ye Women! back in March, that almost a year later I would be sitting down to listen to the debut solo … Continue reading Rowan Godel – Where the Wild Horses Roam

Album Review | Cooking Vinyl | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 5/5 I stand in the dubious position of being undecided as to whether I prefer live or recorded music. Both have their good and not so good aspects. In the case of Sam Lee, I tend to sit very much on the fence … Continue reading Sam Lee – Old Wow

Album Review | 37d03d | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 5/5 I'm convinced that the American singer songwriter Anaïs Mitchell can do no wrong, a notion I first adopted after Young Man in America followed Hadestown back in 2012. Since then I've had the pleasure to have seen her perform a number of times, … Continue reading Bonny Light Horseman – Bonny Light Horseman

EP Review | Self Release | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 4/5 There's no easing oneself into the music of Dana Immanuel and the Stolen Band, whose opening song and title track to their new EP "Mama's Codeine" hits like a shot of adrenaline once the frailed banjo leads you into the boudoir. It's … Continue reading Dana Immanuel and the Stolen Band – Mama's Codeine

Album Review | Reveal Records | Review by Allan Wilkinson | Stars: 5/5 After seeing the celebrated 'go to' guitarist in several line-ups over the years, usually seated alongside an extraordinary vocalist or sandwiched between equally extraordinary musicians, Ian Carr's own adventures as either a soloist or as the focal part of one of his … Continue reading Ian Carr and the Various Artists – I Like Your Taste in Music