Calexico’s latest release ‘Algiers’ retains many of the marks of the band’s distinctive rootsy, border sound but introduces a poppier, more accessible element.
Meursault have recorded a great album that arrives slightly late to the party, but it’s one that should bring them some of the success they richly deserve.
Eugene Twist’s ‘The Boy Who Had Everything’ marks the Glasweigan singer’s self-release debut and although just eight tracks long, he’s produced a very accomplished album.
On ‘The Sailor’s Revenge’ Bap Kennedy has surpassed all his past music to create as close as any musician is likely to get to their perfect record. The stars aligned, this is the album that Kennedy was always capable of making.
Dan Raza’s debut self titled release is an album about roots and identity; love and forgiveness; about leaving home and going back again. The heart of the album’s appeal is Raza’s emergence as a songwriter of exceptional talent.
Nels Andrews latest release ‘Scrimshaw’ is a sparsely presented and strikingly intimate album that combines deft storytelling with a warmth of tone and gentleness of pace.
★★★★★ An intricate web of ideas that tease the ear and hypnotise the soul, it’s difficult to believe that Andrew Bird‘s Break It Yourself took around about a week to record.
★★★★★ On Woodditton Wives Club Alex Highton uses gentle observation to brutal reveal, but in a way that provides coherency and a sense of narrative conflict.
★★★★★ Ani DiFranco’s ‘Which Side Are You On?’ is a phenomenal album by any standards, but all the more so because it’s a composite of everything that’s excellent about DiFranco’s music.
★★★★★ Burn is the fourth self-released studio album by Californian singer Rita Hosking. A strong collection of country-folk songs that range from the celebratory to the elegiac.
