Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
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Read news, reviews, interviews, and more about folk music only on Darren's music blog. Welcome to my music blog. I have fairly varied tastes in music: folk, rock, glam, heavy metal, and more. My blog pretty much explains my journey of musical discovery over the years and the eclectic range of reviews.
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
5d ago
Cool Waters is the debut solo album from singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Mark Neal. While he’s been playing and recording as part of the Scottish traditional music scene for many years, this is the first time he’s worked solo. Based in Helensburgh in the west of Scotland, Neal is mainly a guitarist and singer but ever ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
2w ago
A Happy New Year and thanks to everyone who has visited Darren’s music blog during 2024. As usual, we have a nice eclectic mix of musical genres featuring in this year’s top ten most viewed posts: folk-rock, prog rock, glam rock and much more besides. Here’s to 2025! 1. Live review: Saving Grace with Robert Plant ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
1M ago
A contemporary Scottish fiddle and guitar duo featuring fiddle player, Neil Ewart, and guitarist, Ali MacQuarrie, the pair came into one another’s orbit through the bustling live music scene in Inverness and the band’s name pays homage to that, where it’s not unknown for in-demand musicians to play up to three venues in one night ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
1M ago
In 2023 Phil Beer and Steve Knightley announced a final tour before putting Show of Hands on indefinite hiatus, pledging to “prioritise their well-being, creativity, and longevity above the demands of the road.” There was no suggestion, thankfully, that either of them would be giving up performing altogether and for those feeling a Show-of-Hands-sized gap ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
2M ago
Born and raised in Leigh in Lancashire and now living in Otley, Yorkshire, Jon Budworth started playing guitar at the age of 11 and has been honing his skills, diversifying his repertoire and experimenting with various genres ever since, with rock, blues, folk, and jazz all featuring on his musical horizons. Budworth’s debut EP as ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
2M ago
The UK guitarist and singer-songwriter, Jake Aaron, has released a new single ahead of what will be his third album next year. ‘Watery Moon’ was released digitally on 25th October 2024. Jake Aaron: “Watery Moon is the first single from a new album due out next year. I was strumming the opening chords and starting ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
3M ago
Following a hugely-impressive debut album released in 2022, Norwich based indie-folk outfit Eliza Delf and The Wilderness will be unveiling their latest single at the end of this month. ‘Look At Me’ will be released across all digital platforms on 31 October 2024, and isthe first taste of a brand-new album scheduled for release in ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
4M ago
I reviewed Joe Danks’ last full album, the maritime-themed Seaspeak, when it came out in 2021. Gosh, was that three years ago already? How time flies. Anyway, he’s followed that up with a four-track EP of original material that’s already been out some four months. I’m rather later to the party with this one but ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
4M ago
To A Sea Cliff is the third album from Anglo-Scottish folk ensemble Far Flung Collective. The collective was originally formed back in 2015 as part of a collaborative project between English SoundStorm Music Education Agency and the Scottish University of the Highlands and Islands, linking musicians from southern England with peers based in the Gaelic ..read more
Darren's music Blog » Folk Music
5M ago
I’ve been responsible for herding a fluid and evolving group of friends, family members and friends of friends to attend Fairport’s Cropredy Convention for some fourteen years now. Looking for somewhere to rendezvous that very first time back in 2010 (in order that we could all drive in together and camp next to one another ..read more