Reviews
Smokey Joe
FolkLaw are a folk-rock four piece from the Gloucester area of England – an easy-going part of the world. Their...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: December/2016
The Watchmaker's Wife
This is a highly anticipated third album from the double-bassist and fine vocalist Miranda Sykes and mandolin maestro Rex Preston....
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: April/2016
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
Iboto Ngenge
A fine balance of danceable music which pushes the boat out sonically and a sound firmly rooted in Congolese rumba...
Reviewed by Nik Hann in issue: May/2024
Lullabies
Lullabies – cradle songs – a term derived from the middle English ‘lullen’ (lull) and ‘bye’ (near), and, much further...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: January/February/2024
Drogi
Galicia, once a vast multicultural province of the Austro-Hungarian Empire stretching from Kraków to Lviv, was a meeting point of...
Reviewed by Mateusz Dobrowolski in issue: May/2025
Chule Chule Iwe
Gasper Nali’s third album arrives six years after the previous Zoona Malawi and continues his singular musical journey from the...
Reviewed by Alexandra Petropoulos in issue: July/2025
Minor Gestures
On Minor Gestures, Susannah Stark explores the space between traditional folk and experimental sound art – entering a dialogue with...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: January/2026
