Album Reviews
Sofie Birch :: Bivabippabualukka
Ambient folk, field recordings, bossa nova and unstable cartographies
Pastoral
Pastoral on Hwael Mag: hedgerow songs, field and season — the landscape sung, English and beyond.
Essays
The Soundscape of the Olive Grove: Listening to Puglia After Xylella
Olive-grove soundscapes, Xylella, work songs and acoustic inheritance
Essays
The Island That Sang Itself into Being
Folk music, ritual, invented tradition and the acoustic state of Summerisle
Album Reviews
Hiraeth :: Kasteiung
Dark ambient, ritual noise, religious doubt and penitential landscapes
Essays
The Students of United Bible Studies
Free folk, open membership, micro-labels and a transatlantic underground
Essays
Walkabout Soundtrack: The Country Beneath the Score
John Barry, pastoral scoring, colonial memory and an Australian soundscape
Essays
The Many Lives of The Unquiet Grave
Traditional ballad, grief, oral memory and songs carried across borders
Film Reviews
Andrej Tarkovskij :: The Mirror
Soviet cinema, memory, family, landscape and a house rebuilt from childhood
Album Reviews
LULUC :: Sweet Thief
Folk, fingerstyle guitar, quiet arrangements and contemporary unease
Essays
The Face that Keeps Growing Back
Folklore, medieval carvings, invented tradition and recurring green figures
Film Reviews
Jaromil Jireš :: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Czech New Wave, folk horror, surrealism and political repression
Essays
Pink Moon: The Meaning Nick Drake Left Behind
Studio austerity, family memory and a record remade by posterity