Reviews
Sound and Reason
Four of London's most dynamic musicians enter the studio in April 2021. Then follows a two-day voyage of all-improvised sonic...
Reviewed by Jim Hickson in issue: August/September/2023
While I Sit and Watch This Tree
Lizabett Russo is a cool, gently hypnotic singer whose songs drift effortlessly between folk and jazz, with echoes of her...
Reviewed by Robin Denselow in issue: March/2021
Songs for Nina and Johanna
Scottish singer-songwriter James Yorkston’s latest release doesn’t tinker with his winning formula of gently absorbing compositions set against lush, but...
Reviewed by Chris Wheatley in issue: December/2025
Love and Leave You
As the title suggests 100 Mile House's second album is all about relationships and loss. Love and Leave You is...
Reviewed by Tony Gillam in issue: July/2020
My Love and Music
He may be 80 this year and still touring, but this pair of reissues turn the clock back half a...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: May/2016
Tried and True
Right away, from the opening title-track, you can feel the warm, welcoming, kick-off-your-shoes vibe that runs through Annie Lou's latest...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: Apr/May/2015
Wild and Clear and Blue
What started out in 2014 looking like a one-off or short-lived supergroup of Americana singer-songwriters – Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: June/2025
The Woman and Her Words
Hannah James & The JigDoll Ensemble
Accordionist, singer and dancer Hannah James has been an adventurous and much-admired figure on the folk scene through her many...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: November/2019
Peru: Folklore and Mythology
There is something quite bizarre about the presentation of these field recordings, made in Lima, Puno, Cuzco, Ay a cucho...
Reviewed by Jan Fairley in issue: Aug/Sep/2010
