Celtic Connections: Lambchop
Royal Concert HallKurt Wagner and Andrew Broder deliver a masterclass of quiet majesty and poignant lyricism with just piano and vocals
Lewis Wade/29 January 2024
folk
All The Bees - All The Bees
This newly formed outfit tap into a specific and glorious strain of bucolic folk music
Ichiko Aoba
susurrating vocal is mesmerising
Aoba's dreamy set soothes more than the soul
Phoebe Bridgers
Punisher
The young champion of melancholy returns with another quality album
Larkin Poe
Self Made Man
Georgia sisters refine blues rock in their stunning fifth album
Aidan O'Rourke
Lau fiddler tells us about his astonishing year-long composition project
Peter Oren
The Greener Pasture
An intriguing and timely treatise on the tyranny of digital communication from Indiana-based folk singer
Myrkur
Folkesange
A radical departure in sound does nothing to diminish Mykur's impressive third album
Salt House
Huam
Beautifully traditional music from Scottish folk trio
Pavey Ark
Close Your Eyes and Think of Nothing
Enjoyable first album from alternative folk band
Ian Anderson
Jethro Tull frontman looks back over 50 years of the band and how times have changed
Arborist
A Northern View
Identity and home examined on lush second album from Northern Ireland's Arborist
Sam Lee
Old Wow
Climate crisis is the focus on Mercury-nominated folk singer's third album