The Waterboys: This is the Sea (1985)
Mike Scott and the Waterboys Have you heard the Big Music? You probably already have. Its the music seemingly heard everywhere now,…
February 12, 2015
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Richard and Linda Thompson: Wall of Death (1982)
Richard and Linda Thompson – 1980 In the same year as Kate Bush was heralding a new apex for neo-folk music, one…
February 4, 2015
Steeleye Span: Demon Lover (1975)
Steeleye Span – 1975 Just after slagging them off yesterday. Here I am championing them again. A few months before releasing “All…
December 15, 2014
Brian Eno: Discreet Music (1975)
Pour down like silver. What an apropos name for whatever the hell was going on in classic English folk and folk-rock music…
December 14, 2014
Richard and Linda Thompson: I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Richard and Linda Thompson There’s something about the year 1974 that will trigger a sea change in the English musical landscape. A…
December 9, 2014
Alan Stivell: Tri Martolod (1972)
Alan Stivell – 1972 When we last left off Alan Stivell he was breathing new life into a genre threatened to be…
December 5, 2014
Steeleye Span: Cam Ye O’er Frae France (1973)
Steeleye Span There’s something so telling about today’s tracks. Everything about Steeleye Span signify the bloated culmination of English folk-rock as most…
November 21, 2014
Paul Giovanni and Magnet: Corn Rigs (1973)
Paul Giovanni singing “Gently Johnny” in a The Wicker Man scene. Somehow, we’ve come full circle. At a time when most of…
November 17, 2014
C.O.B.: Moyshe McStiff And The Tartan Lancers Of The Sacred Heart (1972)
Last we left Clive Palmer’s old, new band C.O.B. they were creating a fascinating sound, one that hearkened to pre-traditional days, days of…
November 16, 2014
Lal and Mike Waterson: Bright Phoebus (1972)
Mike and Lal Waterson If you’re going to come back, when you’re flame has almost been extinguished by time, you can find…
November 15, 2014
Sandy Denny: It’ll Take A Long Time (1972)
Sandy Denny – 1972 Talk about a long time coming! Last we heard from Sandy she was doing her brilliant work trying…
November 14, 2014
Nick Drake: Hanging on a Star (1972)
Nick Drake – 1972 I’d be remiss to go through 1972 without covering Nick Drake’s Pink Moon. In the grand scheme of…
November 13, 2014