Michael Farrant

Live Review: Ewan McLennan

by Michael Farrant 22 February 2012 Live Reviews

Michael Farrant reflects on Ewan McLennan’s performance at Colchester Arts Centre…you certainly don’t meet a guitarist, singer and songwriter of this quality every day.

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Live Review: First Aid Kit @ London, Bush Hall

by Michael Farrant 14 December 2011 Features

Michael Farrant caught First Aid Kit at London’s Bush Hall last week. The noise of the audience reached ear-splitting volume as the sisters took to the stage…

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Rapunzel & Sedayne – Songs From The Barley Temple

by Michael Farrant 2 December 2011 Folk Music Reviews

★★★★★ The new album from husband and wife duo Rapunzel and Sedayne, ‘Songs from the Barley Temple’, is a mesmerising mixture of old folk ballads and newly penned songs.

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Album Review: Goodnight Lenin – The Wenceslas Square ep

by Michael Farrant 23 November 2011 Folk Music Reviews

★★★★★
Few bands manage to combine playfulness in melody with heartfelt lyrics in the way Goodnight Lenin do.

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Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell – Kite

by Michael Farrant 28 October 2011 Folk Music Reviews

★★★★
Jonny Kearney and Lucy Farrell’s debut album Kite combines an eclectic assortment of influences, spanning traditional folk and jazz to skiffle and blues.

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Live Review: Sarah MacDougall

by Michael Farrant 21 October 2011 Live Reviews

Michael Farrant caught Sarah MacDougall on her album launch tour for ‘The Greatest Ones Alive’ in Norwich’s Tombland.

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Samantha Whates – Dark Nights Make for Brighter Days

by Michael Farrant 30 September 2011 Folk Music Reviews

★★★★
Dark Nights Make for Brighter Days is the debut album Scottish singer-songwriter Samantha Whates. As the title suggests, a record of contrasts and contradictions.

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