Tag Archives: English folk music

Rev Hammer’s Freeborn John Live (CD/DVD)

Posted on 21st March 2007 by Peter Massey

Each year, I get to listen to literally hundreds of folk music CDs and every now and then along comes a real gem. This is one of them! I remember back in the ’70s getting my hands on a vinyl … Continue reading →

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Jim Causley’s Fruits of the Earth

Posted on 3rd September 2006 by Peter Massey

Jim Causley is a relatively new name on the UK folk scene. He is a young man in his twenties who shows a lot of promise, singing fine old English traditional folk songs. At least, that is what he presents … Continue reading →

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The Kathryn Tickell Band’s Air Dancing

Posted on 28th December 2004 by Lars Nilsson

In a far distant past (1986) I saw the then very young Kathryn Tickell charm an audience at Sidmouth Folk Festival with her Northumbrian pipes and her fiddle. She was named as one of the bright hopes for the future … Continue reading →

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Jim Moray’s Sweet England

Posted on 14th December 2004 by Diverse Voices

Lenora Rose contributed this review. I had just managed to wheedle the editor into letting me review this CD a day or two before the BBC Radio 2 2004 Folk Award Winners were announced — and Jim Moray collected both … Continue reading →

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Waterson:Carthy’s Common Tongue

Posted on 18th November 2004 by Diverse Voices

This review was contributed by Alistair Brown. To embark on yet another review of the offerings of England’s foremost folk ensemble, Waterson:Carthy, is a bit like putting a pebble on top of the great pyramid of Cheops. It adds to … Continue reading →

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June Tabor’s An Echo of Hooves

Posted on 2nd March 2004 by Lars Nilsson

If anyone could pull off a whole album full of dark dismal ballads it must be June Tabor. And she certainly proves it on this album. Tabor stirred up a lot of interest with her debut album, Airs and Graces, in … Continue reading →

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An omnibus review of midwinter holiday music

Posted on 3rd December 2002 by Kim Bates

Ensemble Galilei’s A Winter’s Night: Christmas in the Great Hall St. Agnes Fountain’s Acoustic Carols for Christmas, and Comfort & Joy Various artists’ Oh Christmas Tree: A Bluegrass Collection for the Holidays And how do you approach your midwinter holiday? … Continue reading →

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Waterson:Carthy’s A Dark Light

Posted on 15th June 2002 by Diverse Voices

This review was contributed by Judith Gennett. Norma Waterson and her spouse Martin Carthy have extensive musical histories extending into the dim murky past of the English folk revival. One’s head could explode just thinking of it all: the a … Continue reading →

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Broceliande’s Sir Christèmas

Posted on 3rd December 2001 by Peter Massey

Well, it’s getting near that time of year again, so it is inevitable that I should have a seasonal album to review. This is the first in a set of four volumes of songs of the season from Broceliande, but … Continue reading →

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Roam’s Count the Stars

Posted on 9th November 2001 by Diverse Voices

Judith Gennett wrote this review. Roam is an acoustic folk band from Yorkshire. They’ve released a later album called Songs of J.R.R. Tolkien, having on occasion performed dressed as elves and dwarves. Only one Tolkien song appears on Count the … Continue reading →

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