MATTHEW HAWKINS applauds a psychotherapist’s disection of William Blake
Best of 2024 folk albums with Steve Johnson
The abundance of quality is heartening and bodes well for the future
Jon Boden and the Remnant Kings
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New releases from Christina Alden and Alex Patterson, Odette Michell, Clementine Lovell
JOHN GREEN is fascinated by a very readable account of Britain’s involvement in South America
Strip cartoons used to be the bread and butter of newspapers and they have been around for centuries. MICHAL BONCZA asks our own Paul Tanner about which bees are in his bonnet
GORDON PARSONS acknowledges the authority with which Sarah Kane’s theatrical justification for suicide has resonance today
RON JACOBS welcomes a timely homage to one of the IWW and CPUSA’s most effective orators
IT HAS been another good year for fans of folk music with interesting albums from some newer artists as well as veteran performers often with specific themes.
The Rosie Hood Band explored themes of nature and struggles for women’s rights in A Seed of Gold, including a stirring version of Bread and Roses. Honey and the Bear’s Away Beyond the Fret looked at the history of their home county of Suffolk and famous residents like Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.
The history of struggle in the Highland Clearances is also told by Mairead Green and Rachel Newton in Anna Bhan.
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New releases from Thorpe and Morrison, Daria Kulesh, and Will Finn and Rosie Calvert
Folk album reviews with Steve Johnson
STEVE JOHNSON applauds a fascinating transatlantic exploration of English folk songs that migrated to the US and the Caribbean
STEVE JOHNSON applauds a new and exciting trio that explore traditional songs to explore gender non-conformity