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Songs to Learn and Sing by Echo and the Bunnymen – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Greatest hits, or best of albums, can be misleading beasts. This 1985 compliation from Echo and the ... -
Smoke + Oakum by The Longest Johns – Album Review
By Ellie Victor The unlikely viral success of The Longest Johns’ 2021 breakout track, ‘Wellerman‘ – a sparse reading of ... -
Fela’s London Scene by Fela Kuti – Album Review
By Alex Hoggard To celebrate the 50th anniversary of its release, Fela’s London Scene has been treated to a reissue. ... -
The St Buryan Sessions by Sarah McQuaid – Album Review
By Ellie Victor The miasma of lockdown forced creatives into a new working space. Some flourished, making art imbued with ... -
A Head Full of Ideas by The Charlatans – Album Review
By Alex Hoggard Despite having formed in the West Midlands in 1988, The Charlatans went on to become mostly associated ... -
Richard Carpenter’s Piano Songbook by Richard Carpenter – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Richard Carpenter, songwriter and arranger for The Carpenters’ mega-selling 70s hit factory recordings, once said that when ... -
Still Rising by Gregory Porter – Album Review
By Ellie Victor Maybe Gregory Porter‘s late-blooming career should be a lesson. The soul singer is 50 now – and ... -
Pohorylle by Margo Cilker – Album Review
By Alex Hoggard If you were to ask people what they have missed over the past twenty or so months, ... -
Endless from the Start Union of Knives – Album Review
By Alex Hoggard Fifteen years after their debut album, Violence & Birdsong, Scottish electronic rock band Union of Knives are ... -
Hildegard by Hildegard – Album Review
By Alex Hoggard Hildegard is a collaboration between Canadian artists Helena Deland and Ourielle Auvé (Ouri). Their eponymous debut sees ...
