Essays
The Bare Cross
Byzantine caves, forged histories, restored frescoes and layered memory
Pastoral
Pastoral on Hwael Mag: hedgerow songs, field and season — the landscape sung, English and beyond.
Album Reviews
Jackdaw :: Larry Conklin & Jochen Blum
Fingerstyle folk, twelve-string guitar, violin and pastoral restraint
Album Reviews
Maisy Owen :: Dark on a Sunny Day
Folk, fingerstyle guitar, Nashville unease and spectral Americana
Essays
Clay Pipe Music at Low Tide
Pastoral, electronica, library music, handmade records and lost places
Album Reviews
Ann Annie :: El Prado
Pastoral folk, modern classical, field recordings and reclaimed identity
Album Reviews
Virginia Astley :: From Gardens Where we Feel Secure
Pastoral ambient, field recordings, English gardens and concealed unease
Album Reviews
Juni Habel :: Evergreen In Your Mind
Pastoral folk, American primitive guitar, synths and classroom memory
Essays
Edith Holden and the Year That Did Not Know It Was Vanishing
Nature writing, phenology, Edwardian landscapes and the discipline of attention
Second Hearing
Vashti Bunyan :: Just Another Diamond Day
Folk, pastoral miniatures, acoustic textures and landscape as song