Reviews
Through the Seasons: A Year in Morris and Folk Dance
Will Pound's incendiary harmonica playing has overshadowed his mastery of the melodeon – an injustice Through the Seasons puts to...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: June/2018
Ribbons
Justin Adams feat Anneli Drecker
From his solo debut with 2001's Desert Road through to his production work with Tinariwen, collaborations with Robert Plant and...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: August/2017
Young Waters
Young Waters are led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Theo Passington with a trio of string players – violin, viola...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: October/2018
Acoustic (Live)
Hailing from Saint-Étienne’s Algerian community, Dub Inc grew to fame on French radio waves with a unique fusion of reggae,...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: May/2021
Lady Diamond
Bryony Griffith & Will Hampson
Surprisingly, this is the debut album by a duo that already has a long pedigree. Griffith and Hampson have been...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
The Silent Majority
With two BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards wins, a couple of acclaimed albums, a live DVD and even a recent...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: May/2016
Work My Claim
Marking 30 years as a touring and recording musician, Brooks Williams offers up a collection of nine re-recorded, all-acoustic tracks...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2020
Naming & Blaming
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
This is the second album from the Melbourne-based Public Opinion Afro Orchestra and it is unabashedly Afrobeat. The group take...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: May/2019
Couteau / Haute Forme
Super Parquet command the confluence of Auvergnat folk, art and club music, creating their own unique sound flow. This follow-up...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: October/2022
Blessed Sadness
Antoni O'Breskey has long been a prolific, border-denying, genre-splicing presence in his adopted Ireland. Italian-born with Argentinian roots, his musical...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: November/2021
