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Album reviews: September 17 2024
STEVE JOHNSON, CHRIS SEARLE and KEVIN BRYAN review new releases from Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow, Kris Davis Trio, PP Arnold, Rum Ragged, David Virelles, Mark Harrison Band, Linda Moylan, Catriona Bourne, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
BACK ON TOUR: Newfoundland folkies, Rum Ragged

Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow
Greens and Blues 
(Red Guitar Blue Music)

★★★★

 

AFTER doing a debut tour two years ago, Brooks Williams and Aaron Catlow are joined on their third album by double bassist Jon Short (John Martyn Project). Alongside Catlow on fiddle and Williams on guitar the result is a roller coaster of songs encompassing elements of folk, Blues and Americana.

Kris Davis Trio
Run The Gauntlet 
(Pyroclastic Records)

★★★★★

PP Arnold,
The First Lady of Immediate 
(Charly / Immediate)

★★★

Rum Ragged
Gone Jiggin’ 
(LHM Records)

★★★★

David Virelles
Carta
(Intakt Records)

★★★★★

Mark Harrison Band
Fools & Clowns
(Highway Records)

★★★★

Linda Moylan
The Fool 
(Talking Elephant)

★★★★

Catriona Bourne
Triquetra
(Youth Music Records)

★★★★

Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity
Jools & Brian 
(Charly)

★★★

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