Reviews
Night Hours
Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith
This is the second studio album from the young Bristol folk duo. It is a well-judged collection that feels very...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Amplitude
Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras
The concertina is as versatile as it is portable – hence its pivotal role in American, Argentinian and South African...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Big Machine
Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band
Bold, brassy and bendy, Eliza Carthy's Big Machine is a monster of an album, and she has a monster of...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Findings
Ange Hardy and Lukas Drinkwater have been performing as a duo since December 2015 and this album encapsulates what they...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Tricks of the Trade
There's a rich luxurious feel to the many beautiful instrumental tunes on this debut from John Dipper and Dave Malkin....
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Seamount
Birlinn Jiarg are a band that was put together by whistle and Anglo concertina player Beccy Hurst to perform the...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Vieilles Caniques et Nouvelles Caniques
Stanley Brinks & the Old-Time Kaniks
Indie-folk is often terrible: a ham-fisted, middle-of-the-road mush of xylophones and ukuleles that is unashamedly twee and contrivedly cute. Thankfully,...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Damar
The almost presidential aura exuded by the Bosnian and Herzegovinian singer and humanitarian in the monochrome photo that graces the...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
Momentum
The third album from these three Flemish brothers finds them building impressively on the success of previous offerings Modus Operandi...
Reviewed in issue March/2017
