- 14 May 2025
No fuss, just a ripple of applause, a moment of calm, then fortissimo G octaves....
- 13 May 2025
It’s so lovely when talented youth teaches old ears wonderful new tunes. That’s exactly what...
- 10 May 2025
What nerve! For a happy troupe of mainly middle-aged men to adopt the label of...
- 10 May 2025
Anoushka Shanka’s curating of the Brighton Festival 2025 has divided opinion, whilst many of us...
- 8 May 2025
Five excellent musicians – that is three singers, one also playing a Vielle (an early...
Reviews
Tuneyards – Nikki Nack (4AD)
- 10 June 2014
Opening track ‘Find A New Way’ is about ‘finding a new way to sing’, and...
Neil Young – A Letter Home
- 10 June 2014
Continuing his tradition of doing the unexpected, Neil Young this time coops himself up in...
Cara Dillon – A Thousand Hearts (Charcoal Records)
- 10 June 2014
Irish folkie Cara Dillon prefers to interpret the many traditional songs she loves with a...