Reviews
Diary of a Fiddler #2: The Empty Nest
Darol Anger may not have invented the bluegrass fiddle ‘chop’ (he learned it from originator Richard Green, who created it...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: September/2025
So Long Little Miss Sunshine
With her latest solo album, So Long Little Miss Sunshine, Molly Tuttle further secures her reputation as one of modern...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: September/2025
Poems & Non-Fiction
Newcastle-based singer, musician and disability activist Ruth Lyon's Poems & Non-Fiction is a stonking slice of indie-folk, layered with lush...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: September/2025
What Pop People Folk This Popular
The most bravely inventive folk band in Australia is moving on. Famed for their re-working of self-described ‘darker, stranger’ traditional...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: September/2025
Asar
Pakistani singer Muslim Shaggan comes from an impressive lineage of vocal musicians in two ways. Firstly, his grandfather and teacher...
Reviewed by Maria Lord in issue: June/2025
La Huella de las Cuerdas
Classical guitarist Berta Rojas presents a high-concept multimedia project that explores the history of the guitar across Latin America. Over...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: January/2026
América Zureta
Hailing from the north-east of Brazil, singer-songwriter Ian Lasserre’s songs of protest are couched in the gentlest of voices. In...
Reviewed by Paul Bowler in issue: January/2026
Phylipe Nunes Araújo
With his debut album, the singer-songwriter from Pernambuco adds his own poetic, melodic music to that of similar artists from...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
O Fado
This is Portuguese singer Lina_’s second album in a matter of months. And it is not a bad call. After...
Reviewed by GonÇalo Frota in issue: January/2026
