Reviews

Trespass

Alex Roberts

“Alex plays bloody wonderfully,” said the late great John Renbourn, of Pentangle fame, and here’s a new set that proves...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Lineage

CAIN

What’s a techno/broken beat DJ doing in Songlines? Duncan Grant aka CAIN has been making electronic music for years, but...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Quattro

Bonifica Emiliana Veneta

Bonifica Emiliana Veneta return with a brand-new recording after nearly two decades. Quattro refers to both their fourth release and...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

An 424

Trá Pháidín

Imagine an amalgam of traditional Irish folk, post-rock, jazz and the disruptive spirit of Dada, stir provocatively with nine musicians...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

The Devil Rides Again

Adrian Raso & Fanfare Ciocarlia

There is no doubt that Fanfare Ciocarlia remain among the fastest and most precise brass bands in the world. And...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Pantilde

The Worm

The debut full-length from avant-folk project The Worm, Pantilde is a concept album that pulls you into a world of...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Sunwise

Brìghde Chaimbeul

The third solo album from Scottish composer and smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul, Sunwise feels like the start of a bolder...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Cold Blows the Wind

Granny’s Attic

The assured trio of Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne on melodeon, concertina and vocals, singer and guitarist George Sansome and violinist Lewis Wood...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

All Smiles Tonight

Poor Creature

We’ve yet to fully metabolise our experiences of the pandemic. We can relive facts of the time, list off the...

Reviewed in issue August/2025

Chamber Cairn

Jack McNeill

Recorded across two days deep in the Cumbrian landscape, and written, performed and produced by Jack McNeill on clarinet and...

Reviewed in issue August/2025