"Separated By The Sea" is a thing of rare wonderment - a bold opening statement from an artist so far beyond the Morrisons and Blunts of this world it's laughable. And that's the most exciting thing - it's just the beginning.  Full text...

I must admit, friends, that I did not go into listening to Findlay Brown with an open mind. The single Come Home has appeared on a Mastercard ad, he is signed to a label that is also home to that other great 'sensitive' sell out, Jose Gonzalez, and he's from Yorkshire. There hasn't been a great musician from there since Jake Thackray.   Full text...

An unexpected gem for the start of the year.  Full text...

Employing at various points three-part harmonies, banjos, strings and slide guitars, many of Brown's songs (see Losing The Will To Survive and the epic Don't You Know I Love You) are reminiscent of the likes of Crosby, Stills and Nash or The Byrds, conveying the wide open expanses of the wild American countryside, far more than the hills and valleys of the county he grew up in.  Full text...

Separated By The Sea is a debut to be cherished – a simple, all-consuming collection of folk tracks with fragile vocals and lush instrumentation; perfectly formed and genuinely beautiful.  Full text...

This record is never in short supply as far as romantic endeavour is concerned... soothing country-tinged vocals, wistful picked melodies, heart-felt lyrics and occasionally backed by string arrangements - this is a contemporary, yet intricate take on 60's folk with incredibly clean and polished pop production.  Full text...