Selina Ream

Horse Feathers – Cynic’s New Year

Horse Feathers – Cynic’s New Year

by Selina Ream 26 April 2012 Folk Music Reviews

Cynic’s New Year is a fragile beast with transitory fiddle, banjo, guitar and cello to cushion frontman Justin Ringle’s tentative laments and words of found wisdom.

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Album Review: Patrick Watson - Adventures in Your Own Backyard

Patrick Watson – Adventures in Your Own Backyard

by Selina Ream 19 April 2012 Folk Music Reviews

Adventures in your own Backyard is an attempt to ‘make the music we would want to listen to at home’.

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Album Review: Will Stratton – Post Empire

Will Stratton – Post Empire

by Selina Ream 2 April 2012 Folk Music Reviews

American singer songwriter Will Stratton says that his albums are ‘most comprehensible in fall or early winter’. Perhaps it’s because we’re across the pond, but Post Empire feels entirely suited for Summer. It has the sound of the mid-west, with adept and agile fingerstyle guitar that places itself in the middle of a dusty desert [...]

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Django Django – Django Django

by Selina Ream 9 March 2012 Folk Music Reviews


Django Django have been kicking up a storm in the music world recently. So drought hardened are we for new guitar led rock/pop music that every droplet is sucked up in the hope of much needed revitalisation.

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Album Review: Lambchop - Mr. M

Lambchop – Mr. M

by Selina Ream 7 March 2012 Folk Music Reviews


Whilst Lambchops latest release ‘Mr. M’ is a low-key elegiac affair the emotion is revealed in the music. It may be understated but it’s far from underwhelming.

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Album Review: Damien Jurado - Maraqopa

Damien Jurado – Maraqopa

by Selina Ream 2 March 2012 Folk Music Reviews


The subtle experimental idiosyncrasies on Damien Jurado latest album ‘Maraqopa’ turn it into something more unique.

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Live Review: St Vincent - Shepherd's Bush, London

Live Review: St Vincent – Shepherd’s Bush, London (plus video)

by Selina Ream 29 February 2012 Live Reviews

St Vincent’s appearance at Shepherds Bush will be a night to remember as she threw herself into the audience lying on her back, legs flailing she continued to play!

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Sharon Van Etten – Tramp

by Selina Ream 23 February 2012 Folk Music Reviews


Sharon Van Etten’s tird studio album Tramp sees a whole host guest collaborators including Zach Condon of Beirut.

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Album Review: Ed Tullet - Never Joy

Album Review: Ed Tullet – Never Joy

by Selina Ream 31 January 2012 Folk Music Reviews


Never Joy is not a grower – it’s love at first listen. But can this debut album from frighteningly talented 18 year old Ed Tullet be the real thing?

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