Album Reviews
Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick :: Magic Tragic
Post-classical ambient, historical harps, vocal loops and wildfire aftermath
Singer-Songwriter
Reviews and essays on singer-songwriters: intimate, confessional songcraft carried by one voice and an instrument, from folk lineage to its quiet heirs.
Album Reviews
Gia Margaret :: Singing
Folk pop, processed voice, trumpet and the recovery of song
Album Reviews
Virginia Astley :: From Gardens Where we Feel Secure
Pastoral ambient, field recordings, English gardens and concealed unease
Second Hearing
Nick Drake :: Pink Moon
Fingerstyle folk, open tunings, close vocals and radical subtraction
Album Reviews
The Innocence Mission :: My Room in the Trees
Pastoral folk, hushed vocals, home recording and passing time
Album Reviews
Liana Flores :: Flower of the Soul
Folk bossa nova, chamber arrangements and British-Brazilian inheritance