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My review in Fatea Records Magazine of the latest album by the amazing Stevie Jones and The Wildfires

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The same review in Time Past and Time Passing

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November 18, 2024 at 4:28 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of amazing compilation of contemporary acoustic guitar music

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Various, Bring It On Home (2026) APM
For me the acoustic American Folk Blues or Delta Blues are more evocative and interesting than the electric Chicago Blues that translated into or informed the British Blues boom of the 60s. BRING I…
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May 30, 2026 at 2:25 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing & Fatea Records Magazine of On These Islands We Sing, the latest album by singer songwriter Ewan Macintyre.

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Ewan Macintyre / Herding Cats, On These Islands We Sing (2026) Broken Car Records
With songs and music inspired by Mental Health and disconnection, conflicts in Gaza and World War One, the Gaelic language itself and pain management, Ewan Macintyre’s fifth album is a lyrically an…
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August 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Halfway To Summer, the latest album by Colin Macduff

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The same review in Fatea Records Magazine

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Colin Macduff, Halfway To Summer (2025) Self Released
HALFWAY TO SUMMER is a set of songs that explores the pleasures and challenges of being in the now. Colin Macduff writes real life songs and his intimate delivery draws you in. “Freckles” takes a n…
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June 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of the Airs On A Sixstring EP by Roberta Smith

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Roberta Smith, Airs On A Sixstring EP (2025) Self Released
The AIRS ON A SIXSTRING EP is the latest release from self confessed ‘Boho’ Singer Songwriter and musician Roberta Smith. That effortless mix of old and new, contemporary and retro is very evident …
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January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Not only did #NeilKing of #FateaMagazine write the lovely #review of Saturday’s #ArtsreachDorset show at #StudlandVillageHall that I posted yesterday, he also took these fantastic photographs and kindly sent them on to me! Thank you so, so much again, Neil! Looking forward to ->
January 28, 2026 at 9:52 AM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of The Vine, the amazing new album by Viaroa front man Richard Neuberg

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Richard Neuberg, The Vine (2026)
Since Viarosa’s SEND FOR THE SEA, released in 2008, the band’s front man Richard Neuberg has battled with chronic illness. The magnetic vocalist and musician has worked around ME and Chronic Fati…
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June 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of The Vine, the amazing new album by Viaroa front man Richard Neuberg

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Richard Neuberg, The Vine (2026)
Since Viarosa’s SEND FOR THE SEA, released in 2008, the band’s front man Richard Neuberg has battled with chronic illness. The magnetic vocalist and musician has worked around ME and Chronic Fati…
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June 6, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of the second album by inventive Birmingham six piece Juniper.

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Juniper, Halfway Home (2026) Self Released
“No matter how far you’ve traveled you are always halfway home” Juniper are a six-piece Birmingham who show that folk music is broad church that absorbs so much to make a rich and…
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May 26, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of The Three Seas, Antahkarana a truly unique and exciting album.

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The Three Seas, Antahkarana (2026) Earshift
Formed in 2009, in Santiniktan Bengal, after an all night jam between Australian saxophonist Matt Keegan and local musicians Raju Das Baul and  Deo Ashis Mothey, The Three Seas are two things. One …
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February 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records of Firelight Trio's latest album Midnight Followed.

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Firelight Trio, Midnight Followed (2026) Self Released
Fittingly Firelight Trio’s 2026 album MIDNIGHT FOLLOWED sees Gavin, Ruth and Phil playing seated around an arboreal fire pit with a very atmospheric Joseph Wright Of Derby chiaroscuro coming the fl…
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February 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records of the new album by The Willow Trio

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The Willow Trio, Bestiary (2025) Self Released
The Willow Trio are three Glasgow based clarsach players, Maya, Macadam and Romy Wymer who had met studying on the Royal Conservatoire traditional music course and local harpist Sophie Rock. With a…
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February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Argonaut, the latest album by The Destroyers

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The Destroyers, Argonaut (2025) Self Released
The Destroyers are a 12 piece Birmingham band, bold sassy and complex they roar out of the speakers like a Balkan or Gypsy take on Bellowhead. The band are celebrating their 20 year anniversary wit…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Mikey Kenney's latest album Tiny Little Light.

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Mikey Kenney, Tiny Little Light (2025) Penny Fiddle Records
There is a wonderfully organic and ‘in the room’ quality to Mikey Kenney’s TINY LITTLE LIGHT. On most tracks Mikey is playing the fiddle and singing simultaneously, as he would live, wi…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of Under Gainsborough Skies, the latest album by singer songwriter guitarist Ady Johnson.

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Ady Johnson, Under Gainsborough Skies (2026) Self Released
UNDER GAINSBOROUGH SKIES is album number three from Suffolk born, Colchester based singer guitarist Ady Johnson. Recorded live in the studio with minimal light accompaniment there is an immediacy a…
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June 23, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records of Doing This For Love, the latest album by Kris Drever

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Kris Drever, Doing This For Love (2026) The North Sound
Wrapped in a cover that shows lanes of stationary commuter traffic glimpsed through rain, as if we are marooned and lost in thought, this is an album of ruminations. The production wraps around the…
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April 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of the ninth and latest album by Canadian Great Lake Swimmers

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Great Lake Swimmers, Caught Light (2026) Harbour Songs
Canadian band Great Lake Swimmers, like their approximate contemporises The Low Anthem, revel in an Americana Folk Rock sound with vocal harmonies that nod to the 70s west sound of bands like Crosb…
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May 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of Overstory the debut album by Scottish singer songwriter John Paul Mason

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John Paul Mason, Overstory (2025) Self Released
OVERSTORY, the layer of foliage in the forest canopy, is the perfectly formed debut from Scottish singer songwriter John Paul Mason. Mason’s writing balances reflective honesty with hope, looking a…
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February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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A double review for exciting Lincoln's Gothic Folk Jazz duo, Marsh Gothic. Their 2020 album A Secret Never Told and 2026 single A Mother’s Heart

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Marsh Gothic, A Secret Never Told (2020) and A Mother’s Heart (2026) JAM
The very evocatively named Marsh Gothic are songwriter musicians Shannon Reilly and Peter Conner. Inspired by meeting similarly titled folk inspired Australian band Bush Gothic, the duo’s music is …
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May 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of Afore Ye Go by Hamish Hepburn and Jack Houston

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Hamish Hepburn & Jack Houston, Afore Ye Go (2025) Cowan Street Records
AFORE YE GO is a set of recordings by Highland piper and flautist Hamish Hepburn and Donegal fiddler Jack Houston. Recording was fitted in during Hamish’s visits home from New Zealand. Jack’s sugge…
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February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Amira Kheir's Black Diamonds released on Sterns / Contro Cultura Music

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Amira Kheir, Black Diamonds (2025) Sterns / Contro Cultura Music
BLACK DIAMONDS is Sudanese-Italian vocalist Amira Kheir’s forth album. In title and focus the album honours Amira’s North African heritage through a mix of traditional and contemporary music. Wha…
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January 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Al Andar, the latest album by Holly Holden.

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The same review in Fatea Records Magazine

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Holly Holden, Al Andar (2025) Self Released
Singing in Spanish and English, British but with an international focus, singer Holly Holden’s album AL ANDAR (On Our Way or In Motion) is a rich mix of Cuban, Tex Mex and Americana all topped by H…
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October 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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My review of Na Caismeachdan, the third album by John Dew

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John Dew, Na Caismeachdan (2025) Self Released
NA CAISMEACHDAN is musician John Dew’s third studio album. What started as an EP grew as the piper added more pieces that explored the ‘march’ idiom with some experiments with polyphony, that two t…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of of Stay Here All Night, the latest album by Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin.

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Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin, Stay Here All Night (2025) Self Released
With time offering distance Scottish musicians Eilidh Shaw and Ross Martin lightheartedly  note this album’s Lockdown origin. That time when, faced with a long musical winter, musician …
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October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of The Knight, the debut album by Liz Wall

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Liz Wall, The Knight (2025) Self Released
Liz Wall is a midlands based singer songwriter and musician. THE KNIGHT her debut release is a mix of historically inspired songs and songs that grew fron watching her children grow and time pass. …
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December 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM