Hedy West – From Granmaw & Me

Should your knowledge on the history of American folk music be a little rusty,  Hedy West , who passed in 2005, aged 67,  was one of the le...

Bishop Briggs – Church Of Scars

British singer-songwriter Bishop Briggs’s    River,    however, is the kind of song you might have heard sandwiched between Paula Cole’s   ...

Perfection is not attainable, but “Ma Polaine’s Great Decline – The Outsider” gets close.

Described as “like a young Billie Holiday gate-crashing a Tom Waits Swordfishtrombones recording session”, blues and roots duo Ma Polaine’s ...