Reviews
The Sweet Primeroses
An extraordinary and singular recording even 52 years after it first appeared, Shirley Collins' The Sweet Primeroses is one of...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019
Chewing the Fat
There are ambitious debut albums and there is Chewing the Fat. In this first solo record, London-based Irish violinist James...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: April/2018
The Roaring Whirl
The conceit of this disc is to take readings from Kipling's Kim and juxtapose them against a musical interpretation of...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: March/2020
Despite the Dark
The opener ‘Dark Reel’ is an ambitious and blistering introduction to an album that is moody, earthy, haunting and passionate,...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2015
Bilambiyal (The Learning)
It’s been a decade since Radical Son (aka David Leha) burst onto the Australian scene with his brilliant 2014 album...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: August/2024
The Edinburgh Rollick
NYC-based Ruckus – described as “the world’s only period-instrument rock band” – have joined forces with violinist, composer and musicologist...
Reviewed by Tom Newell in issue: May/2025
The Granite Way
The granite massif of Dartmoor runs as a giant seam through the consciousness of South West England – a beautiful,...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2025
The Dome Sessions
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
Designed in 1962 by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, the concrete dome in Tripoli, Lebanon was intended to be one of...
Reviewed by Charlie Cawood in issue: October/2025
The Strangers’ Share
The Strangers’ Share sits somewhere west of Cornwall, out there where English mingles with Americana. This Cambridge-based folk duo are...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: January/2026
Be The Sky
Tenzin Choegyal & Philip Glass
Be The Sky is a heartfelt tribute to the 90th birthday of H.H. the Dalai Lama by his...
Reviewed by Michael Ormiston in issue: February/March/2026
