Reformed for this special gig at Glastonbury Festival’s Acoustic stage Pentangle, the folk super group from the 1960s and 1970s, put in an engaging and perfectly executed set. Featuring the original line up of guitarists Bert Jansch and John Renbourn, […]
There are a lot of firsts for this box set, featuring three CDs and one DVD of Richard Thompson’s BBC sessions and live recordings from the early 1970s through to 2009, writes Joe Lepper from Neonfiller.com. It’s the first […]
As an introduction to the talents and flaws of the late English folk singer Sandy Denny this reissue (release date June 20, 2011) of her debut solo album does a pretty good job, writes Neonfiller.com. It also offers a […]
Southern Tenant Folk Union are among a fine crop of genre crossing folk acts to emerge in the UK in recent years. Like England’s The Miserable Rich and The Leisure Society this Edinburgh based act are accomplished folk musicians, have […]
The coming together of Jo Freya with Chumbawamba’s Jude Abbott and Neil Ferguson for their debut album Get Well Soon is a more than welcome addition to the current UK folk revival. As you would expect from Freya, who […]
Midlake’s influences across the folk rock scenes of the 1960s and 1970s are well known, so in many respects their role as the latest curator in the Late Night Tales series will produce few surprises. As expected this 19 […]
Taking in three different producers and studios has worked out well for The Mountain Goats on All Eternals Deck. This unusual approach could have produced uneven results, but all those involved including death metal guitarist and producer Erik […]
From the mid 1960s through to the early 1970s the UK folk music scene was transformed with a legacy that continues to influence indie and alternative artists to this day. From America’s Midlake and Sweden’s Tallest Man on Earth […]
Beneath what is possibly the year’s worst album cover are hidden some of 2010′s most heart warming tracks, writes Neonfiller.com. Celilo Falls by US bluegrass/folk singer songwriter Rachel Harrington is romantic and full of warmth with its timeless, traditional take […]
