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Genius Loci – The Ciderhouse Rebellion search for the Spirit of Place
There was an idea, long ago, in classical Roman religion, that every part of the world had its own little god, its own spirit. It was the ‘spirit of place’ the Genius Loci, and folk-improv duo The Ciderhouse Rebellion, featuring Adam Summerhayes on fiddle and Murray...
Review – The Bevin Boys (Bill Pettinger’s Lament) by Reg Meuross
PRSD review Reg Meuross's latest single: A song about unsung heroes is just one way of addressing a wonky world and putting a bit of history to rights. No doubt that reassessment will prick the ire of some culture warriors. But an honest heralding of the underdog in a...
Epic version of Black Is The Colour from The Haar
Since releasing their debut album 'The Haar' in 2020, a record that caused Folk Radio UK to proclaim "we need more music like this; spontaneous, alive and affecting”, Anglo-Irish folk group The Haar have found themselves, like many of us, separated by land and by sea....
“You don’t get medals down the mine” – The Bevin Boys (Bill Pettinger’s Lament)
Reg Meuross is widely acknowledged as “one of the finest singer-songwriters this country has produced” (Mike Harding) and has been called “a mighty songwriter and an equally fine singer” by no less than folk legend Martin Carthy. That he should choose to mark the...
Reborn folk duo Suthering – release new single Gather
Folk duo Suthering have announced their arrival with a new single. PURCHASE GATHER HERE. If the interweaved vocals, pure harmonies, and plaintive piano of new single ‘Gather' from Devon-based folk-duo Suthering ring some familiar bells, it is because those...
The Beacon is lit, this Friday!
A year after they were forced to return from a hastily-cancelled European tour in order to enter lockdown, Harbottle & Jonas are releasing their brand new album The Beacon this Friday 26th of March. "a magnificent sound…the music captures to perfection the...