Reviews

Regresso

Alvorada

The Alvorada trio, made up of António José Moreira and Ricardo Dias (Portuguese guitars) and Pedro Lopes (Spanish guitar) continue...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

Scottish Cowboy Ballads & Early American Folk Songs

Sam Shackleton

Also known as Sorley the Bard, Shackleton developed his chops busking on the streets of Edinburgh with his father, Norman...

Reviewed in issue December/2025

NIHT

Sowulo

The night, mourning and ancient wisdom are among the dark themes of this meditative journey of the soul, a project...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

This Material Moment

Me Lost Me

Me Lost Me’s Jayne Dent has a voice that cuts through dreams. Up close and without affectation, it is the...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

What Love Is

Katie Spencer

Katie Spencer’s third album proves that she is a fine singer-songwriter, and an excellent guitarist with a style that at...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Asteartea

Bea Asurmendi

Bea Asurmendi is a London-based Basque singer-songwriter and Guildhall graduate with a sensitive, wide-ranging voice. This album was informed by...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

The End

Junior Brother

“The sound of the album is supposed to take the organic instruments of Irish traditional music and lift them somewhere...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Stråk

Qvam / Plassen

In the mid-17th century, the copper mining industry began in the Norwegian town of Røros. The mines needed coal and...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

XXX

Söndörgő

The latest album from Hungarian tambura band Söndörgő isn’t triple X-rated, but it does mark their 30th anniversary. Their name...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Needless Alley

Jon Wilks

Named after a backstreet that runs through his home city of Birmingham, Wilks’ third album arrives rich in original songs...

Reviewed in issue October/2025