Reviews
Mountains on the Moon
Acoustic roots duo Paper Wings float effortlessly between genres with their new album, Mountains on the Moon. Their songs sound...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: May/2026
Against the Dying of the Light
As our miserable British winter drags on, this fifth album from the acclaimed Swedish-Argentine folk guitarist provides the audio equivalent...
Reviewed by Paul Slade in issue: May/2026
Music to My Ears
If Ricky Skaggs has ever made a bad record, I haven't heard it. Music to My Ears perfectly complements last...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2013
Clare Sands
Galway-born multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Clare Sands has been making a name for herself on the Irish and international live circuit...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: December/2022
Dance to the Full Moon
Invisible System is multi-instrumentalist and Frome resident Dan Harper, whose initial reputation was made via his Ethiopian fusion work, a...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2020
Fado Tango
Cristina Branco is a conceptualist. Each of her albums, ever since 2003's debut Sensus, approaches fado according to a vision,...
Reviewed by Gongalo Frota in issue: Nov/Dec/2011
Forduló
Nana Vortex are a young Hungarian band playing original songs, but with strong folk influences. The seven-piece line-up includes two...
Reviewed by Simon Broughton in issue: July/2017
Guiss Guiss
Beginning and ending with a Fela Kuti sound bite about the spiritual power of music, ‘La musique de mélange’ kicks...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
Lily-O
With his assured fiddle, guitar, banjo and voice, this native of Brattleboro, Vermont has a firm enough grasp of American...
Reviewed by Jon Lusk in issue: Nov/Dec/2014
Last of the Outlaws
Railroad Earth balance a studious approach to Americana, which generates tuneful passages and thoughtful songs, with a “Worry? What, us?”...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Jan/Feb/2015
