Reviews
Songs Doc Didn't Sing
Arthel ‘Doc’ Watson, the legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter from Deep Gap, North Carolina, possessed a uniquely compelling vocal instrument. Smoky...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2021
Anne Briggs
One of three deluxe reissues from Topic as part of its 80th birthday celebrations, Anne Briggs' first album has only...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2019
Won’t You be Cruel to be Kind
The third instalment of the Buffalo Gals’ Won't You… series of albums includes 15 tracks running the Americana gamut, from...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2013
Morose
Polished musicianship and cosy camp-fire gatherings don’t necessarily go hand in hand. Yet the sophisticated arrangements on this album take...
Reviewed by Wendy Scott in issue: July/2018
Pura Maldad
Amsterdam-based tropical psych merchants Lola's Dice deliver a brain-bending blend of synth-infused cumbia, merengue, dub and fuzzy funk on this...
Reviewed by Simon Cross in issue: March/2023
The Eternal Return
Nigh on 30 years from the coining of the term, there remains a certain oddity in styling oneself a ‘world...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2017
Hidden
Marry Waterson & Oliver Knight
She may have one of the most famous surnames in folk but one thing’s for certain: this isn’t, by any...
Reviewed by Matthew Milton in issue: October/2012
Songs of Forbidden Love
Under the assured leadership of Dessislava Stefanova, The London Bulgarian Choir have become a very impressive outfit. The LBC consist...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: April/2020
Primeros Pasos
Vintage culture, retro fashion, burlesque stage shows: our age is all about recycling and reclaiming. The London Tango Orchestra, founded...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: March/2015
