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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

Bridge of Glass

Plønk

Christian Mohr Levisen hails from Denmark, while his musical partner Björn Kaidel comes from Germany. Together, they record as Plønk,...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Dedications

Sullow

A distributary of the folk futurist group Shovel Dance Collective, Sullows are an improvising outfit consisting of Jacken Elswyth, Daniel...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Whitby

David Boulter

David Boulter is a founding member of alternative rock band Tindersticks, but has been releasing solo music for years. In...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Sílvia & Salvador

Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Salvador Sobral

Whenever two high-profile singers make an album together there is the possibility of courting disaster. But Sílvia Pérez Cruz and...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Howl For More

Antony Hurley

Evolving from the introspective folk of his debut Quiet Rooms to a more ambitious, delicately electrified musical palette, Howl For...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper

Širom

Slovenian avant-folk outfit Širom have built a much-deserved buzz around themselves over the last ten years. The trio are not...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Inspirar

Danças Ocultas & Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras | Danças Ocultas

‘Inspirar’ means ‘to inspire’ in Portuguese – no surprise there, right? And the word takes the same double meaning as...

Reviewed in issue October/2025

Angel

Cerys Hafana

Cerys Hafana found a ballad from the Welsh National Library’s database about a man sent into a 350-year sleep by...

Reviewed in issue October/2025