FolkWords

Goodbye, Farewell and Thank You: After more than a decade reviewing albums and commenting on folk music, FolkWords has reached the end. For more information see the FolkWords website: folkwords.com/folknewspage.h…

‘Blazing’ from Mean Mary @meanmarymusic - impossible to ignore - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Live and Never learn’ – I See Hawks In L.A. @iseehawksinla - on top form on all counts - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘To Belfast...’ Conor Caldwell @aggieschad - incorporating and moulding explorative imaginings - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘EVO’ from Skerryvore @SKERRYVORE - synthesis of folk and rock, tradition and innovation - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘We All Share The Same Sky’ by Jon Budworth @jonbudworth - immediate communion of artist with listener - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Flat as the Earth’ from Lonesome George lonesomeg.bandcamp.com - fusion of music with symbiotic interdependence - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘By The Night’ - Alden, Patterson and Dashwood @APDnorwich - infectious hooks, memorable melodies, finely tuned harmonies - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Midnight Sun’ from The Gothard Sisters gothardsisters.com - amplifying tradition and createing original pathways - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Horizon Lines’ by Matthew Byrne @mattbyrneNL - always a place for a singer with songs to steal your soul - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Shivelight’ from Mishaped Pearls @MishapedPearls - a progressive tour-de-force of highly creative and innovative originality - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘The Pipe Slang’ Jamie MacDonald and Christian Gamauf pipeslang.com - outstanding debut from two talented musicians - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

Steve Dawson ‘Lucky Hand’ @Nailbiter16 “... woven into the absorbing web formed by this music” folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘I Want Blood’ from Suburban Dirts @suburbandirts - demands and deserves the widest of exposure - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Queen City Jubilee’ - The Slocan Ramblers @slocanramblers - drives bluegrass onto new roads - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

April 2018 Album of the Month: Ray Cooper @RaycooperRay - ‘Between The Golden Age & The Promised Land' - folkwords.com/albumofthemont…

‘Swallowed By The New’ - Glen Phillips @GlenPhillips '... personal ‘baring of the soul’ folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘By Way Of Night’ Odette Michell @odettemichell - gently engrossing collection of original work - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Punch’ from The Poozies @pooziepooz - a multiplicity of facets to reflect their unique style folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…

‘Topspin’ Cardboard Fox @CardboardFox1 - a thoroughly gorgeous listening experience - folkwords.com/folkwordsrevie…