Reviews
Shaman!
With the return of original band member Dr Margaux Simmons on flute, the Pyramids are now seven. This alone helps...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: November/2020
Painted
Joe Broughton's Conservatoire Folk Ensemble
Painted is a kind of folk thesis: a powerful argument that all the world's musical styles comprise a patchwork we...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: October/2017
Travesseiro Feliz
Travesseiro Feliz (Happy Pillow) opens with a Brazilian alt-rock groove, setting the stage for the psychedelic fusion this album promises....
Reviewed by Charlie Long in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
Traces
Traces is Polwart's fifth studio album and her talent for responsive and emotive lyrics combined with sweet melodies is just...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: October/2012
Camino
Gustavo Santaolalla gets around. Whether on home visits to Argentina, European tours with Bajofondo or work trips around his adopted...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: October/2014
Blackhouse
Taking inspiration from the present and the future, Blackhouse is an energetic and exciting album from the Peatbogs and shows...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: Aug/Sep/2015
The Happiest Man in the World
Eric Bibb & North Country Far & Danny Thompson
Eric Bibb refutes the stereotype of the bluesman as bad-ass drunkard who would sell his soul so to play music...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: July/2016
Hâfez & Goethe: Divân
Abed Azrié is the sort of intellectual musician who could probably only flourish in France. Born in Syria’s most cultured...
Reviewed by Bill Badley in issue: Jan/Feb/2014
