OCTOBER 2025 MICK’S QUICKS ► Heartiest congratulations! The prestigious Mercury Prize, which took place at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle on October 16 this year, included celebrated folk icon and legend Martin Carthy‘s latest Topic album Transform Me Then Into a Fish on its 2025 shortlist. The 84-year-old musician holds the record as the oldest…
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CD Reviews Archive (from 2020)
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Expand the Table of Contents to find the review you want DECEMBER 2024 MICK’S QUICKS ► Songwriters, singers and Paisley ‘buddies’ Evelyn Lawrie and Neil Thompson celebrate the rich and colourful population of their Renfrewshire home town in Silver Threads – Songs of Paisley (Independent release, STPEN10001) from its infamous connections to the witchcraft trials…
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CD Greats – Jan 2014 Issue
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by Mick Tems One of the perks of a good many years’ reviewing, writing and reporting on the roots scene is my bulging, bursting album collection. It’s a pointer to more than 40 years of exciting, wonderful history, and my eyes and ears have been influenced by many brilliant and exotic sounds from Wales, Europe…