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Marc Higgins
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Music Fan ( Cds, Vinyl, 78s, Cassettes and wax cylinders if I ever find any), Music Reviewer, Music Writer, Sketchbook Artist, Art Teacher, Head Of Faculty, Reader, collector of books and walking sticks (thanks Muscular Dystrophy).
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of Overstory the debut album by Scottish singer songwriter John Paul Mason

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John Paul Mason, Overstory (2025) Self Released
OVERSTORY, the layer of foliage in the forest canopy, is the perfectly formed debut from Scottish singer songwriter John Paul Mason. Mason’s writing balances reflective honesty with hope, looking a…
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February 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of Afore Ye Go by Hamish Hepburn and Jack Houston

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Hamish Hepburn & Jack Houston, Afore Ye Go (2025) Cowan Street Records
AFORE YE GO is a set of recordings by Highland piper and flautist Hamish Hepburn and Donegal fiddler Jack Houston. Recording was fitted in during Hamish’s visits home from New Zealand. Jack’s sugge…
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February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records of the new album by The Willow Trio

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The Willow Trio, Bestiary (2025) Self Released
The Willow Trio are three Glasgow based clarsach players, Maya, Macadam and Romy Wymer who had met studying on the Royal Conservatoire traditional music course and local harpist Sophie Rock. With a…
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February 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records of First Light, the latest album by Sean Taylor. 20yrs in Sean continues to be consistently excellent, capable of warmth and bite

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Sean Taylor, First Light (2026) Self release dist by APM
I first saw Sean Taylor play, supporting Michael Chapman I think in 2006. Sean gave me a copy of first album CORRUGATIONS, I was utterly blown away by his playing and have been a big fan ever since…
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February 8, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records of The Songs Of Robert Burns a reissue of a 1989 by Andy M Stewart.

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Andy M Stewart, Songs Of Robert Burns (2026) Birnam
Birnam CD’s presents Andy M Stewart’s SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS. Originally released by the German  Wundertute label in 1989, the eleven tracks find the one time lead singer of Silly Wizard accompanied…
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February 7, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing and Fatea Records Magazine of the latest album by the always excellent John Blek

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John Blek, The Midnight Ache (2026) Own Label
Cork born and based John Blek has spent 12 years and  9 albums, THE MIDNIGHT ACHE being number 10, delivering intimate beautiful lofi music that showcases his guitar and lush soulful voice. THE MID…
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February 6, 2026 at 8:12 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing, and Fatea Records Magazine of Roberta Smith's Textile Lemonade LP

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Roberta Smith, Textile Lemonade (2025) Self Released
Roberta Smith has spent a life time performing after winning a talent competition as a flower child student which led to opening for Ralph McTell. More recently she was showcased as part of ‘Talent…
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February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Shouting At The Moon, the third solo album by Brinsley Schwartz the man not the band

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Brinsley Schwartz, Shouting At The Moon (2025) Fretsore Records
Continuing the trilogy of solo albums and following up TANGLED from 2021, Brinsley Schwartz founder of the legendary 70s Pub Rock band that borrowed his name, returns with SHOUTING AT THE MOON. The…
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February 1, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of The Sorrows by Andreas Lechner performing as The Ghost And The Machine

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The Ghost And The Machine, Sorrows (2025) Fullmax Recordings
Playing with Gilbert Ryle’s philosophical phrase, the moniker The Ghost And The Machine perfectly describes Andreas Lechner’s mix of the ethereal and industrial or mechanical. Performing as GATM Le…
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January 28, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Polaroid the second album by Celtic Rock Folk band Torridon.

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Torridon, Polaroid (2025) Own Label
The cover image of snapshots may be true to the personal and shared experiences that inform the songs on POLAROID, but it suggests a softer listening experience than the full throttle roar that kic…
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January 26, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Sam Carter's, The Oakham Poacher EP

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Sam Carter, The Oakham Poacher (2026) Captain Records
Award winning singer songwriter, guitarist and performer Sam Carter has an impressive catalogue. A mix of onward looking experimental like the excellent HOW THE CITY SINGS, rich acoustic folk, the …
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January 20, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Jaliya Silokang, the latest album by Suntou Susso, Jaliya

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This review also appeared in Fatea Records Magazine

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Suntou Susso, Jaliya Silokang (2025) Self Released
Suntou Susso was a name I knew from his previous lush and upbeat album KANEFONYO and an appearance on a 2017 Seckou Keita album. JALIYA SILOKANG (THE PATH OF THE GRIOT), Susso’s latest album shows …
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January 19, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of the always excellent Robin Adams', The Beggar

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Robin Adams, The Beggar (2025) Hamework Records
“Sun Behind The Storm” and “Catapult” off Robin Adams’ 2021’s release, with their real emotion and nods to the intimacy of Nick Drake were some of the best things I heard that year. The more countr…
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January 17, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Simon Kempston and Paul Tasker's excellent, Tangled Strings guitar album on Self Portrait Records

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Simon Kempston and Paul Tasker, Tangled Strings (2025) Self Portrait Records
TANGLED STRINGS is a warm, inviting and fundamentally impressive album of banjo and guitar instrumentals performed by Simon Kempston and Paul Tasker, two Scottish master musicians. A record of a pa…
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January 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Amira Kheir's Black Diamonds released on Sterns / Contro Cultura Music

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Amira Kheir, Black Diamonds (2025) Sterns / Contro Cultura Music
BLACK DIAMONDS is Sudanese-Italian vocalist Amira Kheir’s forth album. In title and focus the album honours Amira’s North African heritage through a mix of traditional and contemporary music. Wha…
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January 14, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of the debut album by Steve Avo Lindsey

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Steve ‘Avo, Lindsey, Ping (2025) Fretsore Records
Steve “Average” Lindsey with his Deaf School moniker reduced Liverpudlian style to ‘Avo’ has waited until the age of 70 to release a solo album. PING is named in part for the sonar noise that subma…
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January 12, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Brown Boots Boogie Band, Dancing Boots

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Brown Boots Boogie Band, Dancing Boots (2025) Own Label.
Brown Boots, Will Allen Melodeon and Martin Clarke Fiddle have been playing folk dance music and recording since 2017. Brown Boots Boogie Band with a great alliterative name are an expanded quartet…
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January 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of the latest album by Elizabeth And Jameson, Way Out West

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Elizabeth And Jameson, Way Out West (2025) Own Label
Five years on from their last album, acoustic duo Elizabeth and Jameson return with WAY OUT WEST. 2020’s NORTHERN SHORES AND STORIES was a thematc album of stories about Whitby and the North Yorksh…
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January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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My review of BG McDaid's, Folk n Trouble in Time Past and Time Passing

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BG McDaid, Folk n Trouble (2025) Self Released
Some albums shout at you and promise a lot, only to under deliver when played. Some BG McDaid’s FOLK N TROUBLED, sit there quietly and cause a bit of an emergency stop and stare when you listen. Th…
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January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of The Last Bough, the latest album by Kyle Carey.

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Kyle Carey, The Last Bough (2025) Self Released
New Hampshire’s Kyle Carey calls her music Celtic Americana and that succinctly describes the Transatlantic music that makes up THE LAST BOUGH her 2025 forth album. Tracks like the gently lush “The…
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January 8, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Argonaut, the latest album by The Destroyers

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The Destroyers, Argonaut (2025) Self Released
The Destroyers are a 12 piece Birmingham band, bold sassy and complex they roar out of the speakers like a Balkan or Gypsy take on Bellowhead. The band are celebrating their 20 year anniversary wit…
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January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Speed Of The Stars' latest album, While Italy Dreamed...Through Summers Of Haze

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The same review in Fatea Records Magazine

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Speed Of The Stars, While Italy Dreamed…Through Summers Of Haze (2025) Easy Action Records
Sitting somewhere between the Prog ambience of LAMB LIES DOWN Genesis and Rain Tree Crow Tree or David Sylvian, Steve Kilbey and Frank Kearnes as Speed Of The Stars are the absolute masters of blis…
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January 6, 2026 at 9:50 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Mikey Kenney's latest album Tiny Little Light.

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Mikey Kenney, Tiny Little Light (2025) Penny Fiddle Records
There is a wonderfully organic and ‘in the room’ quality to Mikey Kenney’s TINY LITTLE LIGHT. On most tracks Mikey is playing the fiddle and singing simultaneously, as he would live, wi…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of Wrong Kind Of One, the excellent secondvalbum by Amit Dattani

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Amit Dattani, Wrong Kind Of One (2025) Self Released
Using the same template of guitar and drums as Seasick Steve, only with more grace and sensitivity, Amit Dattani’s take on Americana and The Blues is sophisticated and subtle. In 2018 Amit was diag…
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January 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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My review in Time Past and Time Passing of the Airs On A Sixstring EP by Roberta Smith

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The same review in Fatea Records Magazine

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Roberta Smith, Airs On A Sixstring EP (2025) Self Released
The AIRS ON A SIXSTRING EP is the latest release from self confessed ‘Boho’ Singer Songwriter and musician Roberta Smith. That effortless mix of old and new, contemporary and retro is very evident …
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January 3, 2026 at 10:44 PM