Reviews
Darrere els Horts/Behind the Orchards
In the liner notes to Catalan singer-songwriter Ferran Orriols’ second album, Darrere els Horts, what stands out is the sheer...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: July/2025
The Reach
A debut album for the ages from Cardiff-based collective Afro Cluster, whose mission to ‘address the struggles facing individuals and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Aug/Sept/2020
The Wave
Composer Marcus Davidson has form when it comes to mixing things up musically, blending an ethereal chorus with the intense...
Reviewed by Michael Quinn in issue: May/2019
The Village
Although most of the compositions on this CD are based on traditional Zimbabwean songs, it would be fair to say...
Reviewed by Martin Sinnock in issue: March/2013
The Brickfields
This fourth studio album from the British folk trio is one of many albums born out of the pandemic that...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: November/2021
The Woods
The Woods marks the third instalment of acclaimed musician and composer Hamish Napier's ode to his native Scottish Highlands. Following...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: July/2020
The Mutiny
If there is a word that sums up this collective founded in Cambridge by husband-and-wife duo Joel Clayton (guitar and...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: June/2012
The Secret
In the past, some of Vieux Farka Touré's guitar playing has steered perilously close to the self-indulgent and generic, particularly...
Reviewed by Howard Male in issue: October/2011
Wondrous Traveler
In more than one aspect, this is a unique recording of a new group uniting two stars based in and...
Reviewed by Jeff Kaliss in issue: October/2016
Back to Sustain
Like a light hike on an easy trail on a sunny spring afternoon, The Pine Hearts' fourth studio album doesn't...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: April/2020
