Reviews
Onwards
Formed in 2014, Mile Twelve are largely the product of the interest in bluegrass and other acoustic folk idioms within...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018
Tur Kur Mīti
Latvian post-folk group Iļg‘i have been around for over three decades, tracing their heritage back to the folk-oriented musicological researches...
Reviewed by Kim Burton in issue: March/2018
Fifteen
For their first new album in six years, The Wailin’ Jennys celebrate a 15-year-long relationship with a nine-track collection of...
Reviewed by Doug Deloach in issue: March/2018
The Black Orchid String Band
The tragedy of West Papua and its peoples’ hopes for eventual independence is an ongoing daily struggle for the native...
Reviewed by Seth Jordan in issue: March/2018
The Poacher's Fate
It's always refreshing to hear music that has nothing to hide behind. The London-based folk duo of Laura Smyth &...
Reviewed by Matt Milton in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Infinity
Chilean pianist Tania Naranjo and Finnish accordionist Minna Weurlander hail from different hemispheres but are united by a common adopted...
Reviewed by Tim Woodall in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Mr Bongo Record Club Volume Two
Brighton's estimable Mr Bongo label started its record club as an opportunity to air obscure vinyl finds from its crate-digging...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Salón, Lágrimas y Deseo
Lila Downs is a Latin American superstar. On her ninth album she fronts an orchestra of 20 musicians from as...
Reviewed by Chris Moss in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
Two Sevens Clash
It's rare for a group to write a record so powerful that it instilled an impending fear of apocalypse in...
Reviewed by Alex De Lacey in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
The Reason Why Vol 3
Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkestra
According to Swedish trumpeter Goran Kajfeš, this will be the last outing of covers for his Subtropic Arkestra ensemble. If...
Reviewed by Russ Slater in issue: Jan/Feb/2018
