One Step Forward – Retrospective

Review published 2015 in Folk Rag (folkrag.org) One Step Forward, the (mainly) a cappella group of Maree Robertson, Ann Bermingham and John Thompson were a Brisbane based folk ensemble from 1990 to 1995. Focused on powerful three part…

Mark Cryle & Carmel Newman – The Taste Of The Rain

25 September, 2015 Review first published in Folk Rag (folkrag.org) Mark Cryle is one of Australia's best contemporary songwriters. It follows that any CD featuring songs from his pen is an eagerly anticipated delight. Let me tell you then…

One Step Forward – One Step Forward

11 November, 2015 The soundtrack to my drive to work today - the fabulous (& briefly reformed) One Step Forward (Maree Robertson, Ann Bermingham, John Thompson). Brand new album, launched at their one off gig at Magda Community Artz…

Fred Smith – Home

15 September, 2014 Soundtrack for today's journey - the brand new album from the inimitable Fred Smith which dropped in my PO box this morning. Funny, sad, bittersweet, twisted, shaken, stirring, emotive & enrapturing - it's all here!!…
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Tony Cuffe – Sae Will We Yet

8 December, 2015 This album (Tony Cuffe - Sae a Will We Yet) arrived in the post this morning, & has been the soundtrack to my commute to work today. Best known as guitarist & singer of seminal Scottish folk group Ossian, Tony Cuffe…

Michael Fix – Classic Fix

9 December, 2015 Gorgeous set from Michael Fix last night at The BUg Folk Club, & I joined the queue which bought up all the albums he'd brought for sale!! So here's one of those albums today as the soundtrack to my commute to work -…

Beppe Gambetta & Tony McManus – Round Trip

31 March, 2016 Today's commute to work soundtrack (half the album got me home last night from the gorgeous performance by Tony McManus & Beppe Gambetta at The Danish Cub, Brisbane!!) I've seen Tony in various guises, solo & in duo…

Sadie & Jay – Curious

3 March, 2016 The soundtrack to my commute to work  this week - "Curious" by the extraordinarily talented Sadie & Jay (Sadie Gwynn Jones and David "Jay" Penman). I bought the album after mixing their performance at the first Folk…

Sadie & Jay – Rogue Folk

25 October, 2017 The soundtrack for my commute to and from work over the past couple of weeks, as well as my seemingly interminable trip to Norway, has been “Rogue Folk”, the exquisite second album from Sadie and Jay (Sadie Jones and…

Kate Heart (Self-titled EP)

The soundtrack to my commute this morning (5 November, 2015). Kate Heart's eponymous 5 track EP (I got to hear it twice in the 40 minute drive!!) Big drums, jangly guitars (electric & acoustic), lovely songwriting, and a gorgeous voice…