Reviews
Tropidelicos
From Houston, Texas, will you welcome please… guitarist Gio Alejandro and percussionist Coffee Guzman. Add the cheesy synthesised organ of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/2026
Oli kerran ryytimaassa…
Pekko Käppi has helped revive the jouhikko, an ancient Finnish bowed lyre, by producing over 10 albums featuring the instrument...
Reviewed by Wif Stenger in issue: January/2026
Minor Gestures
On Minor Gestures, Susannah Stark explores the space between traditional folk and experimental sound art – entering a dialogue with...
Reviewed by Olivia Cheves in issue: January/2026
Tiny Little Light
Mikey Kenney’s dexterous fiddle playing has long been coveted by folk musicians from across the world. But his songwriting, formerly...
Reviewed by Sophie Parkes in issue: January/2026
Cathedrals Beneath the Black Mountain
This is an accomplished, confident new album from Denver guitarist D. West, who leans more towards the ‘new age’ instrumental...
Reviewed by Glenn Kimpton in issue: January/2026
Drift
Nashville bluegrass banjo stalwart Wes Corbett’s new album, Drift, is surprisingly spectacular. A member of the Sam Bush Band, Corbett...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: January/2026
Cool Down the Heat
Junior Murvin became reggae’s falsetto voice of choice with his 1976 hit ‘Police and Thieves’, a song whose popularity in...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: December/2025
Ballad Lines
That odd beast – a folk concept album – takes shape in Ballad Lines, a new Scottish folk musical by...
Reviewed by Billy Rough in issue: December/2025
As It Comes
Belgian composer and multi-instrumentalist Ward Dhoore has made fairly regular appearances in these pages as a member of such forward-thinking...
Reviewed by Kevin Bourke in issue: December/2025
Turn O Spinning Wheel
Sheffield’s storied musical pedigree is further burnished by Mishra, a folk collective supplying a beguiling ‘Indo-fusion’. The group deftly bring...
Reviewed by Liam Izod in issue: December/2025
