Reviews
Ballads of the Broken Few
Seth Lakeman featuring Wildwood Kin
The sound of Devon singer-songwriter and fiddler Seth Lakeman is well-known to many. This is his eighth studio album since...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2016
The Last Bird to Sing
Some first-rate accompanists join Ewan McLennan for his second album – Martin Simpson, John McCusker and Karine Polwart on harmony...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: Aug/Sep/2012
The Spirit of God & Madness
In the publicity for this five-person string-and-vocal group, their home base — Vancouver, British Columbia — is credited as being...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: April/2018
Where the World is Thin
Kris Drever’s solo albums don’t come that often – 2010’s Mark the Hard Earth was followed six years later by...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/2021
The Ravishing Genius of Bones
Anyone still labouring under the misapprehension that the tin whistle is a poor man's instrument will have their preconceptions shattered...
Reviewed by Andy Letcher in issue: Nov/Dec/2010
Ink of the Rosy Morning
Like a number of albums released this year, the root story behind the Cambridge duo’s debut for Topic Records is...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: June/2022
Archwilio’r Traddodiad: Exploring the Tradition
This debut from bassist Aidan Thorne and guitarist Jason Ball was recorded live at Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown on...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: May/2025
In the Dark We Grow
The folk duo’s fourth album, In the Dark We Grow, steers away from the compelling introspective spareness of 2022’s Ink...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: December/2024
Treacle & Bread
On the sleeve of this marvellous album there’s a picture of Rod Stradling playing his melodeon and beaming. He’s smiling...
Reviewed by Julian May in issue: March/2022
Nigeria 70: Sweet Times: Afro-Funk, Highlife and Juju From 1970s Lagos
The third edition of Strut's Nigeria 70 series contains another 13 crate-raiding tracks never previously issued outside of Nigeria –...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: July/2011
