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VRï : Tŷ Ein Tadau

Young Waters : Young Waters

Colorama : Cookie Zoo Reissue

Nick Ellis : Speakers' Corner

2018 Album of the Year : Adwaith : Melyn

Lemoncello : Stuck Upon the Staircase EP

First Impression : Siobhan McCrudden

First Impression : Findlay Napier : Glasgow

Live Review : DnA : 'folk rapture' : Galeri 13.09.18

Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage : Awake

Gwilym Bowen Rhys : Detholiad o Hen Faledi I

From the Archive : Lee Southall : Live 18.08.17

Michael Blyth & The Wild Braid : Indigo Train

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Video of the Month : Emilio Pinchi : This Machine

Liverpool's Emilio Pinchi has released a new EP full of melancholy and melody, and with it restates his claim for a place at the heart of the city's current rich seam of singer-songwriters. Read more.

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Essential Diary Dates

• The Last Waltz I Fri 16 November
  Seafoam Green & Mellowtone joyfully celebrate the music of The Band with songs taken from Martin Scorsese's iconic film of their last concert. Special guests include Phil Campbell (The Temperance Movement), Nick Ellis, Xander & The Peace Pirates & more. For further detail see : The Music Manual.
  Philharmonic [Liverpool] Doors 7.00pm / Tickets £20 & £26
  
• Tom Blackwell I Sat 1 December
  Tom Blackwell's last album, Memphis Volume 1, released in July, is an undoubted classic. The Liverpool based singer-songwriter draws on country, blues, gospel & American folk music to create what Bob Harris has rightly described as 'Wonderful, heartfelt music'. Unmissable.
  
  Blue Sky Café [Bangor] 7.00pm / £10 Adv
• Cara Dillon I Christmas Tour
  Looking for something special for Christmas that ranged beyond the site's usual geographic limits inevitably led to Cara Dillon's seasonal show, Upon a Winter's Night. Described by Mojo as possessing "quite possibly the world's most beautiful female voice", this will be the third year Dillon has taken a set of ancient and modern songs on the road with intention of celebrating the mystery of Christmas.

  The 17 date tour starts in her native Derry before working its way across Ireland then the UK:

  30 Nov : DERRY Millennium Forum I 028 7126 4455
  01 Dec : DÚN LAOGHAIRE : Pavilion Theatre I 01 231 2929
  02 Dec : BELFAST : The Ulster Hall I 028 9033 4400
  06 Dec : SHEFFIELD : Firth Hall
  07 Dec : GATESHEAD : Sage I 0191 443 461
  08 Dec : EDINBURGH : The Queens Hall I 0131 668 2019
  09 Dec : MANCHESTER : Stoller Hall I 0333 130 0967
  12 Dec : BROMSGROVE : Atrix I 01527 577330
  13 Dec : MILTON KEYNES : The Stables I 01908 280800
  14 Dec : LONDON : Union Chapel - See Tickets I 0871 220 0260
  15 Dec : SOUTHAMPTON : Turner Sims I 023 8059 5151
  16 Dec : FROME : Cheese & Grain I 01373 455420
  18 Dec : MAIDENHEAD : Norden Farm Arts I 01628 788997
  19 Dec : BRISTOL : St Georges Hall I 0845 4024 001
  20 Dec : BASINGSTOKE : Haymarket Theatre I 01256 844244
  21 Dec : CANTERBURY : Gulbenkian Theatre I 01227 769075
  22 Dec : SNAPE : Maltings Concert Hall I 01728 687110
  
  [More : Cara Dillon Website]

• Georgia Ruth I Wed 12 December
  Hailed as 'One of the British folk discoveries of the year' by The Guardian for her debut, Week of Pines, Georgia Ruth released her second album, Fossil Scale, in 2016 and is now working on a third. Pausing the recording sessions momentarily, she will step out for a one-off December date at The Gate, Cardiff.
  The Gate [Cardiff] 7.30pm / Tickets £12 (£10 Early Bird)
• Fara & Plu I Fri 21 December
  Acclaimed Orkney folk band Fara visit the Pontio on the back of a new album, Times from Times Fall, to appear for a Christmas date with the beatific harmonies and inventiveness of North West Wales' Plu supporting.
  
  Pontio [Bangor] 8.00pm / Tickets £13-14
  
  

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