Folk Radio UK Music Reviews

Folk Radio UK’s music reviews cover a wide range of genres from Traditional folk to contemporary and more. Most of what we review is also played on the station.

Reviews are written by a freelance team who are passionate about the music we play. We cover the more well known to the new and obscure artists. Expect variety as well as sample tracks and video where possible to give you the full flavour!

Celtic Connections 2012 Review: At First Light

Celtic Connections 2012 Review: At First Light

by Neil McFadyen 3 February 2012 Live Reviews

At First Light took to the stage at the splendid City Halls in Glasgow, in support of Jaadu, as part of Celtic Connections with a set that delighted the audience from start to finish.

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Neil Cowley Trio - The Face of Mount Molehill

Neil Cowley Trio – The Face of Mount Molehill

by Alex 3 February 2012 Reviews


Neil Cowley Trio’s latest offering: ‘The Face of Mount Molehill’ is one of best jazz albums I’ve heard this year.

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Album Review: Ed Tullet - Never Joy

Album Review: Ed Tullet – Never Joy

by Selina Ream 31 January 2012 Reviews


Never Joy is not a grower – it’s love at first listen. But can this debut album from frighteningly talented 18 year old Ed Tullet be the real thing?

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Album Review: Alex Highton - Woodditton Wives Club

Alex Highton – Woodditton Wives Club

by Rachel Devine 30 January 2012 Reviews


On Woodditton Wives Club Alex Highton uses gentle observation to brutal reveal, but in a way that provides coherency and a sense of narrative conflict.

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Introducing: Ben Calvert & The Swifts

Ben Calvert & The Swifts – Festive Road

by Alex 25 January 2012 Reviews


Ben Calvert & The Swifts latest release ‘Festive Road’ has a charm about it that makes it a lot warmer than you expect…

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Gretchen Peters - Hello Cruel World

Gretchen Peters – Hello Cruel World

by Neil McFadyen 23 January 2012 Reviews


Gretchen Peters latest album ‘Hello Cruel World’ is a collection of eleven self-written songs that offer a wry, and often intimate view of life and what we make of it.

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Mick O’Brien and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh - Aoibhinn Crónán (The Deadly Buzz)

Mick O’Brien and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh – Aoibhinn Crónán

by Neil McFadyen 20 January 2012 Reviews


Aoibhinn Crónán (The Deadly Buzz) is Mick O’Brien and Caoimhin O Raghallaigh second album. It delights from the very first bar, a combination of tradition, skill and sheer love of the music.

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Live / Album Review: Ani DiFranco - Which Side Are You On?

Live / Album Review: Ani DiFranco – Which Side Are You On?

by Rachel Devine 17 January 2012 Live Reviews


Ani DiFranco’s ‘Which Side Are You On?’ is a phenomenal album by any standards, but all the more so because it’s a composite of everything that’s excellent about DiFranco’s music.

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Northern Lights - Dubh agus Geal

Northern Lights – Dubh agus Geal

by Neil McFadyen 11 January 2012 Reviews


The best possible way to appreciate Northern Lights debut release ‘Dubh agus Geal’ and the wealth of creativity, imagination and study that’s gone into the creation of this masterpiece is to immerse yourself completely…

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Alan Kelly Gang - Small Towns and Famous Nights

Alan Kelly Gang – Small Towns and Famous Nights

by Alex 5 January 2012 Reviews


The Alan Kelly Gang features Alan Kelly, Tola Custy, Steph Geremia and Tony Byrne along with guests Eddi Reader and more. Their début album is the perfect celebratory mix of a touring partnership!

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Rita Hosking - Burn

Rita Hosking – Burn

by Rachel Devine 2 January 2012 Reviews


Burn is the fourth self-released studio album by Californian singer Rita Hosking. A strong collection of country-folk songs that range from the celebratory to the elegiac.

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James Hill - Man with a Love song

James Hill – Man with a Love song

by Alex 2 January 2012 Reviews


On James Hill’s latest release, Man with a Love Song, he proves his virtuosity lies not just in the ukulele.

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Album Review: Naomi Bedford - Tales from the Weeping Willow

Naomi Bedford – Tales from the Weeping Willow

by Alex 29 December 2011 Reviews


Naomi Bedford’s début release ‘Tales from the Weeping Willow’ is definately well well up there on our best of 2011!

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Galia Arad - Ooh La Baby

Galia Arad – Ooh La Baby

by Neil McFadyen 27 December 2011 Reviews


Ooh La Baby is an album that is full of surprises – the biggest surprise being that Galia is yet to break through to the wider audience she deserves.

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