Folk Reviews

Howie Reeve: Cracks Red Wig / Moncul / Bar Marfil LP/DL Available 13th May Alt-troubadour Howie Reeve returns with thirteen songs of human emotions and natures whims...

Impossible Bodies is as strong a debut album as you could wish to hear. It is the sound of an artist with a most wonderful gift for storytelling and for songcraft

Derbyshire Folk-Punk band 5 Hills Out have just released their double single ‘The Snug Sessions’, marking their first release on their own label Culvert...

Late Night Tales: Floating Points Late Night Tales LP / CD / DL 29/03/2019 For the latest in the Late Night Tales mix series, Sam Shepherd aka Floating...

It’s all well-constructed and well thought out stuff, melodic and fascinating from start to finish.

Saved Symmetry is an affectionate reminder on one of many lost groups from the 80s. Synth pop duo release first new album in thirty-five years. Fiat Lux: Saved Symmetry - album review by Paul Scott-Bates for Louder Than War.

Serious Sam Barrett new album release: Where The White Roses Grow. Bryony Hegarty reviews for Louder Than War.

Clint Mansell : Happy New Year, Colin Burstead OST Invada Records / Lakeshore Records LP / / CD/ DL Available now. Before it airs on BBC Two tonight...

Winter Solstice is worthy of your attention and, a few quid to ensure that the roots of music never fade.

La Otra Mitad is an album that will struggle to nestle into any genre defining shape, it seems to weave together opposing styles, almost like a compilation album but where everything has its place. 

Beans On Toast Rough Trade East, London 3rd Dec 2018 With his 10th album A Bird In The Hand released on 1 December 2018, Essex folk artist...

Vukovar have once more warned at the perils of compiling Album Of The Year lists too early.