Reviews
The Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk
This richly varied introduction to the Welsh folk music tradition is an important contribution from the lesser known and often...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
WinterFolk
Christmas albums are like buses – you wait for ages then a whole fleet comes along. Yet few Yuletide sets...
Reviewed in issue Jan/Feb/2018
Acoustic Rarities
If the recent Acoustic Classics II was an accessible introduction to Richard Thompson and his long career, then Acoustic Rarities...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Far Flung Corners
A mix of Dorset and West Highland influences characterise Far Flung Corners and a beautiful and engaging collaboration it is...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Alchemy
Having first discovered medieval and Renaissance melodies at the age of four through her recorder playing, then taken up the...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Right at Home: Live at Mount Hooley
Dan Walsh is a busy man. Hot on the heels of his excellent solo record earlier in 2017, Verging on...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Between the Earth and the Sky
Words like ‘maverick’ and ‘beatnik’ have been liberally seasoning the many reviews of the music of Lankum – formerly known...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
The Bird Who Sings Freedom
Though this is the debut album from Wiltshire folk singer Georgia Lewis, she has been performing as a trio with...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
Afterglow
After Bellowhead disbanded in 2016, Jon Boden set about regrouping his band The Remnant Kings to record Afterglow, with fellow...
Reviewed in issue December/2017
